This will be a constantly evolving post, a series. I’m always looking for cheap restaurants in London. Here are a few recent places I’ve visited.
Jincheng Alley – Sichuan
This place is between Holborn and Tottenham Court Road, near the British Museum. There is a new little Chinatown around there, less touristy than actual Chinatown. We, my sister and I, sat down at a formica table. Each table had an enormous paper fan as decoration.
The food is Sichuan. The menu is very authentic with items like beef tripe, young pigeon, pigs trotters, boiled lamb entrails, frogs legs, fried rabbit. There was barely a vegetarian option. I ordered MaPo tofu and fortunately I asked for the non-spicy version. What came rather blew my head off, but it was delicious. My sister got the chicken. While the meat itself was not spicy, the dish was piled high with red chillies. Fortunately she didn’t eat the chillies – I think they are there for effect – we were told that you aren’t supposed to eat them.
