Hello foodies! My name is Reena and I am a food blogger from
The Veggie Perspective. I was delighted when the lovely girls at fEastToWest invited
me to share a guest blog post. As a fellow foodie, I am a big fan of
fEastToWest and regularly visit the blog to see the latest restaurants the girls
have been feasting at! I focus on the vegetarian side of things and I would
like to share my recent experience at Yauatcha City.
Yauatcha City is perfectly located overlooking Broadgate
Circle, an area in the city which houses a collection of restaurants providing
flavours from all over the world. It is the second Yauatcha branch in London (the
first opened in Soho in May 2015) by Alan Yau which is inspired by tea houses
in China. The prime London location and popularity of Yauatcha successfully
draws in the surrounding city workers making it difficult to get a reservation here
last minute.
After hearing so much about Yauatcha’s legendary dim sum, I
had very high expectations. Generally I haven’t been blown away by vegetarian
dim sum at other Chinese restaurants so I was curious to see if Yauatcha could
change my opinion.
Dim sum, which is actually a casual street food in China,
features on the menus of some of the fanciest restaurants in London and I think
the dish will always be considered one of the ‘it’ dining foods in the city. Having
recently attended a dim sum making class, I can fully appreciate the skill and
artistic element that goes into making this dish.
Yauatcha City has a trendy feel with simple elegant décor
reflecting a modern tea house. I walked passed the patisserie to enter the main
dining area and had to come back after being seated to admire the beauty of the
desserts, particularly the signature macaroons. My sweet tooth left dessert playing
on my mind before the meal had even begun!
A friend and I used the Bookatable deal which was excellent
value and included a drink, 9 sharing dishes and dessert for £30. This was a
great way to try a selection of the menu. There are a limited number of
vegetarian dishes on the menu so I probably tried most of the dishes that I
would have been able to eat here.
Throughout the meal the service was superb. Our waitress
described each dish in detail and was very friendly. Bar one slip up with a mix
up over the bill, I wouldn’t fault the service. This was apologised for and
sorted out immediately.
The selection included:
-
Wild mushroom
dumpling
-
Steamed
vegetable dumpling
-
Garden
dumpling
-
Crystal
dumpling wrap with pumpkin
-
Edamame
truffle dumpling
-
Vegetable
shanghai dumpling
-
Mushroom
spring roll with black truffle
-
Curry
taro croquette
-
Three
mushroom style cheung fun
I was impressed by the flavours in the dishes I tried. This
has definitely been my best dim sum experience in London in terms of presentation and
taste. Although I love mushrooms, I did feel that there were too many mushroom
based dishes which tasted samey so this may not be the best experience for a
vegetarian who doesn’t like mushrooms.
The highlights of the meal for me were the edamame truffle
dumpling and curry taro croquette. Both were very rich in flavour and stood out
from the other dishes.
My least enjoyable dish was the three mushroom style
cheung fun because I didn’t like the sticky texture.
Elderflower,
cheesecake, lavender and matcha macaroons - I was surprised by how much I enjoyed
the elderflower and lavender macaroons. The lavender macaroon had a
complimentary chocolate centre. The matcha and cheesecake macaroons were slightly
disappointing as their distinct flavours didn’t seep through as much.
Overall my experience at Yauatcha from booking to dining was
brilliant. It is pricier than your average meal, but this reflects the
sophisticated setting and artistic presentation making it a great place for a
special occasion. Although I felt a few dishes tasted a bit too similar, I was
generally impressed by the dim sum selection and vegetarian options available,
possibly due to my love for mushrooms.
If you would like to read more about my experiences at
restaurants in London from a vegetarian viewpoint please check out my blog: www.theveggieperspective.com
Thank you to the girls at fEastToWest! Looking forward to
your future foodie posts!
No comments :
Post a Comment