Visit: 27 July 2024 lunch for two
Price: **
Website: https://parkchinois.com/
The Review
Park Chinois is a Chinese restaurant in Mayfair with two distinct spaces that are designed to reflect the glamour, fun and decadence of 1930s Shanghai.
On the ground floor Salon de Chine is a relaxed restaurant with excellent Chinese cuisine, an extensive selection of drinks, and live jazz from Thursday to Sunday. In the evenings, down the spiral staircase on the lower ground floor, Club Chinois has live shows, late-night DJ sets and Chinese dining. The house special is 72-hour roasted Duck de Chine which has to be ordered in advance.
Salon de Chine is open on a Saturday and Sunday for lunch. There is a dim sum menu as well as a la carte options. We chose a selection from the dim sum menu, including Szechuan prawn and shiso cress dumplings, Atlantic sea scallop and mui choi dumplings, Har gau (prawn dumplings with bamboo shoot), Wagyu beef with bamboo in charcoal baos, lobster shumai with tobiko caviar and chicken, crystal dumplings of vegetables, superb prawn and crispy bean curd cheung funs (steam rice noodle rolls), seasonal black truffle and crispy bean curd cheung funs, and, finally, Iberico pork rice puffs.
The dim sum were excellent. Most came as three pieces, except the prawn and crispy bean curd cheung funs which were served as six pieces. The cost of the dim sum was very reasonable for Mayfair. The wine selection was reasonably extensive, but priced for Mayfair! Service was prompt, friendly and very polished.
Park Chinois was most enjoyable for a light dim sum lunch and we will be returning for the lively evening entertainment and more of the excellent Chinese cuisine.
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