Colindale, Chinese Restaurant Guide

Andrew Hung quit a career in architectural engineering for this “polished” Colindale passion project: a glossily spec’d out unit at the foot of an apartment block serving high-quality cuisine that fans say is “faultless: perfect for lunch or supper” (with dim sum to the fore for the former). The worst critique this year? “Good, but didn’t quite live up to Giles Coren’s review”.

“Reliable dim sum” ensures that the conventional Cantonese restaurant on the ground floor of Colindale’s Bang Bang Oriental Food Hall is “always busy” – offering a “great” alternative to the hit-and-miss kiosks upstairs. It has a twin in Chinatown (see also).

“Great northeastern Chinese cooking and dumplings!” are reported at this trio of pitstops originally in Colindale’s Bang Bang oriental food hall, and now with standalone locations in Covent Garden and more recently near Liverpool Street. They are the work of 27-year old Wenjun Xiang, and inspired by her upbringing in Dalian, China. “Much nicer than Din Thai Fung and A LOT cheaper!”