Ping Pong vs. Royal China (No Contest)
Ping Pong (various locations)
www.pingpongdimsum.com
Royal China (various locations)
www.royalchinagroup.co.uk
www.pingpongdimsum.com
Royal China (various locations)
www.royalchinagroup.co.uk
Dim Sum & Chop Sticks
Dim Sum Trio
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I've eaten at Ping Pong since the very beginning, when my friend called and said, "There's a new restaurant opening on Great Marlborough Street that serves little steamed parcels of deliciousness!" And I thought it was great, until I went to Royal China.
Ping Pong is reliable. The food is always the same, the service is always fine., and the jasmine tea is always good (and now available by the box).
And with several new locations (and a glut of them in the Oxford Circus area), you can usually find a table in short order, eat your steamed (and fried) parcels, and be on your way without breaking the bank.
There is, of course, also that USP - at Ping Pong you can eat Dim Sum in the evening.
After eating dinner at a few Royal China locations, I finally made it to one on a Saturday afternoon. And what I learned was that Dim Sum in London could be much tastier than I knew before.
(So that's why everyone loves it!)
We ordered prawn and chive dumplings, which featured huge green chives, the minced pork dumplings were divine, and even the steamed pork buns (which I normally avoid) were very good. The only thing we didn't like - at all - were the spare ribs in black bean sauce, which from what we could tell where unhappy grey pieces of bone and fat.
Accompanied by a small bowl of wonton soup (with robust and delicious wontons) and Chinese tea, we were set - and for no more than a meal at Ping Pong.
If Royal China were to break with tradition and serve Dim Sum in the evening, surely something would be lost.
And so in the future, I too shall eat traditionally.
At Royal China.
And with several new locations (and a glut of them in the Oxford Circus area), you can usually find a table in short order, eat your steamed (and fried) parcels, and be on your way without breaking the bank.
There is, of course, also that USP - at Ping Pong you can eat Dim Sum in the evening.
After eating dinner at a few Royal China locations, I finally made it to one on a Saturday afternoon. And what I learned was that Dim Sum in London could be much tastier than I knew before.
(So that's why everyone loves it!)
We ordered prawn and chive dumplings, which featured huge green chives, the minced pork dumplings were divine, and even the steamed pork buns (which I normally avoid) were very good. The only thing we didn't like - at all - were the spare ribs in black bean sauce, which from what we could tell where unhappy grey pieces of bone and fat.
Accompanied by a small bowl of wonton soup (with robust and delicious wontons) and Chinese tea, we were set - and for no more than a meal at Ping Pong.
If Royal China were to break with tradition and serve Dim Sum in the evening, surely something would be lost.
And so in the future, I too shall eat traditionally.
At Royal China.
Here Is The Writer : Sarah Western Balzer
Sarah Western Balzer is the managing director of HITC Life and is always on the lookout for reader-writers, so if you'd like to be one, make yourself known (sarah.western@hereisthecity.com). Sarah moved to London six years ago from New York but is originally from Florida, and still suntans like it's 1989. She is so grateful to the banker who introduced her to Here Is The City that she married him, and they live in Wapping with their son.
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