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Restaurateur Alan Yau has named his top five Chinese UK restaurants for Observer Food Monthly. They are Maxim's (Ealing), Royal China (Bayswater), Dynasty (Bristol), Dragon-I (Glasgow) and his own Yauatcha - he claims he was forced to include it by the OFM team. Sadly my own recent meal there was abysmal.
Hunan in Pimlico also gets a mention in the piece, as does Singapore Garden in South Hampstead. Alan also recommends Bayswater's Four Seasons and their 'deserved reputation for its chef's ways with duck'. This is unfortunate - the place changed hands well over a year ago and promptly went downhill. The chef moved on... just down the road to 'Gold Mine'.
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