London's Gerrard Street in the centrally located Chinatown offers a wide selection of authentic dishes for those yearning for a taste of home while exploring the British capital.
Golden Dragon
28 Gerrard Street
Although Gerrard Street is packed with Chinese restaurants, the popular Golden Dragon maintains the ambience and style of a good Hong Kong eatery better than most. A meal for six, including Peking Duck and a few bottles of Tsingtao, costs about GBP25 (HK$385) per person. The skin of the bird wasn't as crispy as that served in Hong Kong, but the meat was tender and served in more generous portions.
New China
48 Gerrard Street
With large windows perfect for people-watching and traditional-style green-tiled eaves, New China stands out at the Leicester Square entrance to Gerrard Street. It's a modern dim sum restaurant with a full menu, but minus the squeaky trolleys stacked with bamboo containers. It offers deep-fried yam dumplings, barbecue pork buns and beef tripe with ginger and spring onion - all for a mere #2.40. Other selections include crispy red bean balls and wrapped ducks' feet in black pepper sauce.
