I haven’t had "dim sum" for some time now. So, with my husband being up for some traditional Chinese dishes, we popped in at a restaurant aptly called Ping Pong to celebrate Chinese New Year at the weekend.
Ping Pong is an Asian inspired chain restaurant, whose main objective is introducing Londoners to the Chinese “Yum Cha” culture. This group is doing quite well, opening branches in some pretty iconic locations across the whole of London, such as Southbank, Covent Garden, Soho and St Paul’s.
We went to the Ping Pong branch located inside the huge shopping mall of Westfield near White City and Shepherd’s Bush tube stations. What a convenient location to stop by and have a quick bite or a more substantial lunch break during a busy shopping spree, lol.
The restaurant has a large outside terraced area which is perfect for summer parties. In addition, there is a small bar area in the centre within. I heard the cocktails in this place are a must try!
The whole place looked stunning and beautiful, attentively designed in great detail. The décor is nice and somehow reminded me of ancient Chinese tea houses. I also found it quite interesting that they designed the seat array facing around the kitchen, so you can enjoy your cocktail whilst watching the chefs cooking your dim sum right in front of you, lol.
Or you can choose to sit near the window and watch the shoppers amble by. The dimly lit setting of this place creates a relaxed atmosphere, offering up a warm romantic dining experience.
We were greeted immediately upon entering and promptly offered a table. The service was excellent as there wasn’t much of waiting around. Soon after, the waiter approached and explained the menu in further details, before taking our drinks order.
On the "drinks" menu, you will find a diverse range of cocktails with an "Asian" touch, such as lychee & rose martini or Matcha Tea-Ni. I decided to go for the classic Cosmopolitan! You can never go wrong with that, right?. They also have a wide variety of teas, some unusual like Tai Chi Tea which sounds quite interesting. Will give that one a go next time perhaps, lol.
The Ping Pong menu offers a variety of dim sum dishes including a selection of steamed, baked and fried variants. This included items such as dumplings, spring rolls and spare ribs, as well as an eclectic "set menu" option that catered towards vegetarians and "gluten free" customers.
We ordered a variety of dishes of which we were not disappointed whatsoever.
My husband @ezzy loves Crispy Duck Spring Rolls as well as the Crispy Lamb Gyoza. Both starters were fantastic, having that great "crunch" appeal to it whereas the meat was super tender with strong, intense taste. They went perfectly well with the sweet and tangy chilli sauce.
The Spare Ribs were also one of the highlights of the evening. The pork on the bone was succulent and the flavours just perfect with a delicious honey sauce. It was juicy, tasty and tender in it's quality deliciousness!
Next, our Bamboo steaming baskets arrived. Although you can't see it in the photos, the food served up was piping hot!
Beef Satay Dumpling is one of the Chinese New Year Special dishes from this restaurant. It consists of beef, shiitake mushroom and spring onion, wrapped in a steamed beetroot pastry. Quite an unusual recipe but very creative indeed as well as being super yummy.
Though my particular favourite has got to be the Shanghai Xiaolongbao. This is a traditional soup dumpling dish made with pork and spring onion. The skin is sliced very thin contributing to a delicious soup from taking your very first sip… Absolutely the best! I wish I had ordered a second one now, haha.
We also opted for the Long Stem Broccoli and Honeyed Chicken Rice Pot, of which both were adequately good. Special mention also for the tasty sesame dip on the Broccoli. It paired together exceptionally well.
Last but not the least, the desserts! I opted for the "Chinese New Year Specials" - a beautiful Salted Caramel with coconut rice. A really lovely sweet rice pudding made up of coconut and several layers of salted caramel sauce. Absolutely delicious! In comparison, @ezzy was far less adventurous as he went for his usual of three ice cream scoops with different flavours, haha.
Ping Pong is not your typical China Town establishment. It produces Chinese dumplings in its own unique style and art form as well as their servings of top notch food quality. Everything in this restaurant is very classy, modern and quite fancy in decor.
We really enjoyed this great assortment of tasty dim sum with amazing flavours and the lovely cocktails. Definitely comes recommended and will be returning soon.
Happy New Year to my Steemian friends!!
我好久没吃点心了，所以决定和先生一起去一家名为“Ping Pong “的中餐馆吃点心大餐庆贺春节，呵呵。
Ping Pong是一家亚洲风味的点心连锁餐馆，在伦敦各个标志性地区都设有分店并向伦敦人民介绍咱们中国的“饮茶”文化。我们去了位于White City和Shepherd's Bush地铁站附近，在大型购物中心Westfield内的Ping Pong分店。这个地理位置相当不错，购物完过来这里享受点心，方便得很！
餐厅有一个大型户外露台，盛夏季节来这里一定很棒！餐厅内有一个小酒吧区。 我听说这里的鸡尾酒值得一尝！
Ping Pong 的餐厅设计让我联想起旧时中国的茶馆，很漂亮也有点儿时尚。从精致的家具和板凳到工艺制品和灯光都是经过精心设计，特别注重细节。餐厅中心有点心台，顾客可以围着点心台坐，能够看着点心是如何准备的，很有意思吧，呵呵。
喜欢休闲的朋友也可以选临窗的座位，坐看人来人往。餐厅里昏暗灯光设计营造出轻松，浪漫的温馨氛围。
我们没等多久就被安排坐下了，服务生也很快过来向我们介绍菜单并点饮品。服务十分到位。这里的鸡尾酒品种不少，还有带点儿亚洲风味的，如荔枝口味马提尼酒。我点了最经典的大都会鸡尾酒，这个一定错不了，呵呵。
这家店提供各种点心菜肴，包括蒸的，烤的和煎炸的，有各式各样的饺子，春卷和小菜，以及各款套餐。其中也有适合素食者的菜式。
我们两人各点了几样点心，味道真不错！
我先生@ezzy很喜欢这里的脆皮鸭春卷和羊肉煎饺，两样都美味地道。那个表皮炸得金黄脆口，里面的肉味浓郁，很赞！
他们家的蜜汁排骨也是亮点之一。这道菜不但色泽诱人，更有甜蜜的滋味，真的让我食指大动，胃口大开，哈哈。
接下来的是期待已久热气腾腾的蒸笼点心。
牛肉沙爹饺子是餐馆特别为过年而准备的新款菜式。面皮拌了红头菜所以颜色艳丽，象征着好意头！里面裹着的是牛肉，香菇和葱。非常有创意，而且味道也不错。
我最爱吃的要数上海小笼包了。它是一种传统的猪肉加洋葱饺子，内馅带有汤汁的“灌汤包“，又称为”小笼汤包“。咬上一口，满嘴都是浓郁鲜美的汤汁，肉馅鲜嫩，那滋味真是难以形容！一下子就被我们消灭光了，真有点儿后悔没多点一笼，呵呵！
我们还吃了西兰花和鸡煲饭，味道都挺好的。要特别提到的是配西兰花的芝麻酱很不错。
最后当然少不了甜点咯！我选了厨师特别推荐的咸焦糖椰子口味的糯米布丁。听起来怪怪的组合，但吃起来口感绵密，味道很棒，而且颜值也相当高！@ezzy 则选了他最爱的三色冰激淋作甜点，也说不错。
Ping Pong与唐人街的中餐馆不同，它以自己独特的艺术风格制作中国传统饺子，并提供一流的品质。我很喜欢这家餐厅优雅的环境和艺术气息，当然最重要的是他们家美味的点心和鸡尾酒，很值得推荐。
Awesome .. Post beautiful
Well done .. good for you the place looks great
Thanks for sharing your experience
This food looks delicious. Chinese food are my favorite ones. If I visit China I will try this restaurant.
Hello @introvert-dime, this restaurant is actually in London, lol.
Oo looks very delicious ;)
I am hungry now.
Happy new year My friend!
Thanks a lot!!
This place looks fancy, but not fancy at the same time. You know what I mean? Looks high class but is a pretty relaxed place.
Good choices on the food too - crispy duck spring rolls!
LOL... always enjoyed your comment! Yes, the crispy duck is @Ezzy's favourite too!
嘩很精美的點心！跟我在香港吃的不一樣呢～它已經有了自己的風格～
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Happy new year and I'll put this restaurant on my want to go to once in my life list. Food and ambiance really looked on par!
Thank you and I hope you have a chance to go there one day. :)
Oh my this looks so good! Happy new year of the dog 🐶
Happy New Year!!
新春快乐 Rea！🎉 恭喜发财，币币高升！
Beef Satay Dumpling looks so tasty. Now my mouth is watering lol.
谢谢， 有空过来伦敦玩啊!
Pictures speaks a thousand words even without translation.lol.. So I am getting a good impression from your New Year. Thanks
I cannot agree more @dijitalkowboy!
Wishing you a very Happy Chinese New Year Rea!
Thank you!!!! That's very sweet of you.
好丰盛啊 新年快乐 狗年旺旺旺
谢谢，也祝你和家人新春快乐!!
The beef satay dumplings look divine. Happy New Year 💗 When I was a teenager I worked in a chinese takeaway for a family from Macau so we celebrated every year. Which chinese zodiac sign were you born under? Mine is the Dragon 😀
Thanks @thriftymum!! Dragon is a good one, I am a horse, hehe.
Everyone used to tell me Dragons were lucky! The horse is fiery and independent right?! hahaha. I look forward to your next adventure.
wow....what a dish.... I am a Chinese food lover....
看起来presentation 很美，应该很贵吧。现在越来越多这样走高级路线的中餐馆了，我还挺喜欢的：)
价格在伦敦来说还好啦， 呵呵。在西方的中餐馆食物卖相都不错!
Chinese food is for me the best but the question I always ask myself how Chinese eat with chopsticks :)
It comes with lots of practise, hehe!
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Woah! Woah! Woah! You really had a nice time and fun there hope you got some for me
excellent, very good
@rea, 留点时间给反思，留点平淡给自己...
i visited ping pong myself during my trip to london last year :) they are really really nice and offer an nice experience :) glad to see your post :)
Thank you @reini137. Yes I was impressed with the food and atmosphere of Ping Pong!
I just had dim sum for the first time yesterday! Celebrated Chinese New Year for the first time ever, only I celebrated in Thailand! They do it pretty big here... I was excited to post about it because I saw so many cool new things.
Oh my goodness- that lychee rose cosmopolitan looks amazing! I love trying unique flavors like that! It makes life more interesting.
That restaurant is beautiful. I love the umbrellas and lanterns on the ceiling, and the artwork they have around the bar I think it is.
I also love salty/sweet combinations. Oh my goodness I love reading about food haha this post makes me want to eat 1 am snacks haha.
Thanks for all the details and photos! Upvoted and following you! I put you in my steemify notifications :)
Thank you. :)
yummy yum yumsss:) .. psh as usual yummy af! hiiiii hope all is well with you:)
I know. This post gave me the late night munchies (its 1 am for me). Now I'm screwed. I'm gonna get so fat lol
I am really confused about one thing. why chines not celebrating new year with rest of the world at the same time ?
Good question. I don't know the answer...but I do know I'm glad they start in February because it gives me a second chance to start my new year's resolutions all over again, haha
Haha. Great. 😁
This dim sum food must be so much delicious for you to write a lot about it
It shows you really enjoy the new year festival with these pictures
I did. Thank you for your comment. :)
good pictures..
good post
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That beet root pastry looks delicious. I thought it was a desert. :). Joy
It can be a dessert with sweet filings inside. :)
I'm in SF bay area. I think I had it as a desert before or I saw it made as a desert on tv.
Lol. I love Asian food! Joy
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This food looks very good :)
Buen post! muy buena información la que compartes y las fotos son muy hermosas.
What a beautiful and pleasant place, I also love Chinese food, thank you for such beautiful photos
Thank you. :)
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never tried a Chinese dish, but it looks very nice. good post.
The food looks delicious! I love dim sums!
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look tasty ! I like chinese food too.
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Oh my goshh i love dim sum! but just looking at the photos takes me into a whole different level of feelings!
Red dimsum ... nice color.
Like delicious.
Everything looks so good in your post @rea .... you have us eating with our eyes ... just looking at your photos.
Glad you enjoyed your meal & wishing you a Happy New Year!
oooh ping pong is fun!!!!! i need to check it out!!!xx
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Ese restaurant es bello me encanta la cultura china,y lo mas original,es ese sitio que es tan chino sin estar en china,y las comidas con esas combinaciones de dulce y salado,lo agridulce caracteristico ,son sabores que me recuerdan y hacen agua la boca de solo pensar en su gastronomia
haha，上海小笼包的确很好吃啊！我也喜欢刚刚咬破薄薄的包子皮，汁水四溢充满口腔的感觉：）哈哈，突然想去吃了呢！
Good morning, nice place, the food should be excellent, I wish one day to be there, greetings from the island of Margarita, Venezuela
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