Kam Tong Restaurant London

Roast Duck

Siew Yoke

Deep Fried Squid with Salt and Pepper

Mixed Curry Vegetables

Having heard rave reviews from my friend Joseph as well as reading online reviews, I decided to check out this restaurant at Bayswater. After hearing that this place had roast duck that was better than that of Four Seasons, I was pretty sceptical about it. How right I was. :(

Being a huge fan of roast duck, I can devour a whole bird and 2 cups of rice in one sitting. :) However, this roast duck sorely lacked the taste to whet my appetite to such an extent. For a chinese restaurant, the dishes seemed to sorely lack in sodium. Amazing eh?

The roast duck seemed to be lacking any taste of sort. It was neither salty nor sweet (as per Four Seasons/Gold Mine). The only thing that they had in common was the same fattiness. The gravy had the same look and appearance as the the other restaurants, but it was extremely plain to say the least. I was really disappointed with my roast duck dinner tonight, and I actually contemplated buying back some of the real stuff from Four Seasons, but alas I was too full.

The only saving grace was the Siew Yoke though. It was crispy and salty, definitely providing a good contrast to the tasteless roast duck that I just had. For £8.50, the portion served for the deep fried squid was very small and as per Kam Tong style, it lacked salt as well. Lastly, the mixed vegetable curry is a very westernised version of the dish I'm used to back home (sayur lodeh) and please do not order it!:)

By the way, I gotta sort out my bad habit of starting to eat before taking pictures. An eager beaver does not make a good foodie.:P

I miss local food....

Duck/Char Siew Rice

Herbal Chicken

Braised Tofu with Seafood

Sambal Crayfish

Sambal Pomfret

Braised Pig's Trotters

Duck/Char Siew rice and Sambal Pomfret as well as other dishes at Geylang Lorong 27 I think...

Four Seasons, New Mayflower Chinese Restaurant and some fancy Ice Cream!

Roast Duck @ Four Seasons

More Roast Duck @ Four Seasons

Even More Roast Duck @ Four Seasons

Crabs with Spring Onions and Glass Noodles @ New Mayflower

Curry Crabs @ New Mayflower Restaurant

Sambal Kang Kong @ New Mayflower Restaurant

Some Sort of Pork with Mayonaise... Really Good! Sweet and Savoury - Yummy!:) @ New Mayflower Restaurant

XO Sauce Prawns

Deep Fried Honey Eel @ New Mayflower

Chocolate Sundae

Can't remember what this is...

Sphagetti Ice Cream

More Sphagetti Ice Cream

All the ice cream that we had:)

Ok here's the long awaited post. These are two of the restaurants that I frequent in Leicester Square - Four Seasons and New Mayflower. Four Seasons is world-renown for its roast duck and it certainly lives up to its reputation. Whenever any of my friends come up to London, they would definitely want to try it. Although the duck is fantastic, the same can't be said for the other dishes that they serve - which are at best mediocre. The ducks in London are generally fatter and not as dry as the ones back home. The sauce that accompanies the duck is the best that I've tried thus far. By the way, this duck is so good I can eat a whole bird by myself!:)))

New Mayflower restaurant serves good seafood at affordable prices. A huge plate of crabs costs only about £17 or so, and I gotta say they're really, really good. I have not tried the other flavours as of yet since I tend to keep ordering the same stuff:P The other dishes are not too bad as well. The two types of crabs that I love are Curry Crabs and Crabs with Spring Onions. You can add either bee hoon or glass noodles with the crabs. Regarding the bee hoon, I would recommend the soft type as the fried bee hoon is deep fried into clumpy chunks - not my cup of tea. The curry crabs are very unique and very rich whereas the Spring Onion Crabs are a little lighter. The crabs served in London are different from the ones in Singapore, but they're pretty tasty too. Fans of crab roe will be in for a treat as there is plenty of roe in these crabs, and they definitely taste better than the ones that we have back in Singapore.

Anyway, I'm tired so this shall be my last post for today! Much, much more to come though!:)))