A Han-dy Choice for Chinese

Advantages: Great food, fair prices, good service
Disadvantages: Nothing I can think of

...I'm sure everyone - well everyone who likes Chinese - probably has a favourite Chinese restaurant that they keep returning to. For the area where we live - between Northampton and Market Harborough - the Han is our Chinese of choice. It's located in the small Leicestershire market town of Market Harborough and you can find it on St Mary's Road. For those who know the town, it's the road which runs from the Market Square towards the railway station. With the Square behind you, pass the new Starbucks on the left hand side and it's just a hundred meters or so further along. From the outside your first instincts might be that it doesn't look that much like a restaurant. This is because the Han is on two levels and you will only be able to see the downstairs reception area. Here there are sofas and coffee tables where people usually wait...

koshkha 07.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Han Chinese Restaurant, Market Harborough

Stylish Chinese Cuisine

Advantages: Good food, service and surroundings
Disadvantages: Not disabled friendly; minimum charge

...unfortunately not suitable for the disabled as there are about three steps up into the restaurant. The ladies is up a flight of red-carpeted stairs at the top of which you will suddenly see yourself in two full-length mirrors. The toilets are very pink and there is a high standard of cleanliness. I would give Tang's five stars for food, service and stylish surroundings. I have, however, removed one star because of the minimum charge and also the fact that the restaurant is not disabled friendly. I certainly recommend it as the best Chinese restaurant I have experienced in Southsea. There is a very reasonably priced one on Albert Road that badly needs a face lift; the one on Osborne Road is good as a take-away according to my son and his partner, but they never see anyone in the restaurant. Tang's is a place I am sure I will return to. Elm Grove may...

denella 24.09.2009 (26.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Tang's Chinese Cuisine, Southsea

Red Sky at Night - Chinese Delight

Advantages: Great food, nice setting
Disadvantages: Don't come too late if you're driving - the car park is a bit titchy.

...One of the nice things about writing reviews is that every now and then you get to know someone on a site and then realise that they actually live not far from where you live or work and friendships can move from the internet to the real world. Such was the case recently when I arranged to meet for dinner with a fellow member of dooyoo.co.uk. After debating the various options we worked out that for both of us Frodsham could be a handy location and I suggested 'that Chinese place on the way into Frodsham from the Preston Brook end of the town'. I think most people in the area would know it from that description but a bit of googling quickly identified the restaurant name as the Chinese Delight. Frodsham, for those unfamiliar with the area is located just south of the M56 between Junctions 12 and 13 and offers scenic views towards...

koshkha 30.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Chinese Delight, Cheshire

  Harvester Restaurants

Advantages: Always one close by, quick turn out, children are welcome and catered for.
Disadvantages: Toilets can be quite disturbing, not all dishes taste as good they are described.

...Harvester Restaurants Restaurant Reviewed: Stag and Hounds Winchester Road Basingstoke Hampshire (next to Comet and Home Base) The Harvester chain of Restaurants have over 2000 outlets across the United Kingdom and owned and operated by Mitchells and Butlers, who claim to be the UK's leading operator of managed pubs, bars and restaurants. Harvester claim to offer healthy eating, drinking and entertainment in one reasonably priced outlet. **** Parking and Getting a Table ***** As with most of the Harvester's I have visited, there is usually ample free parking at the rear of the establishment. However on Saturday evenings and Sunday lunch times these places are heaving with customers, so avoid the crowds, go early and if possible ring and reserve a table. The Stag and Hounds is no exception but fortunately...

mrsmopples 27.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of Harvester Restaurants

Genuine Dim Sum outside the bustle of Chinatown

Advantages: Great food, good variety, enough dishes for vegetarians
Disadvantages: Can wait for a long time for a table if you arrive after about 12.30

...INTRODUCTION Being back in the UK has enabled me to indulge in all the things I have missed. Chinese food in the Netherlands is pretty nondescript and so it's with considerable relief that I'm able to have this again. One place of note is a restaurant inside the Wing Yup complex in Croydon which does excellent dim sum on a Sunday. For Londoners who like dim sum but who don't want to fight their way into the West end at weekends, this might just be what you're looking for. DIM SUM The concept of dim sum is a range of light dishes, served at about lunch time in UK Chinese restaurants. In Hong Kong and Guangdong province (South China) it can start at 5am. This can be meat, seafood, vegetables desserts and fruit. Typical dishes are meat or fish wrapped in small pastry wrappers or large thin Ho Fun noodles. Dishes are...

larsbaby 20.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of Tai Tung Chinese Restaurant, London

The Chinese Cinderella

Advantages: See Review
Disadvantages: See Review

...~ About ~ Chinese Cinderella is the heartbreaking true story of Adeline Yen Mah from when she was a toddler up until 14 years of age. The book is written by Adeline Yen Mah herself. Adeline Yen Mah's Chinese Cinderella is the childs version of the early chapters of her bestselling autobiography, falling leaves. After the death of her stepmother, she felt compelled to sell her story. The book is set in World War 2. ~ Storyline ~ Adeline Yen Mah's mother died giving birth to her, so the rest of her family tell her she's bad luck,and never forgive her. Adeline has Three older brothers as well as an older sister. A year after Adeline's Mother's death, Adeline's Father re-marries a young erusian beauty whom the children call Niang. Niang andAdeline's father then have two children, a boy and a girl. Niang never treated Adeline well...

Julia95x 25.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah

A tasty Chinese treat

Advantages: Delicious, easy to prepare, authentic taste
Disadvantages: Have to buy your own spring onions and cucumber

...My favourite Chinese dish has to be Crispy Duck - I love it! Whenever I go out for a Chinese meal I always select something that has Crispy Duck as one of the courses. Most meals that I enjoy I like to find out how to cook them at home but with Crispy Duck I must confess that the recipe has so far eluded me so it is a real treat to eat it when I go out. It is quite rare for me to visit the 'ready meals' section in supermarkets anyway as I much perfer to batch cook food and then freeze down my own ready meals. However one day when I saw Crispy Duck in amongst the ready meals on a rare sortie past the fridge at my local Tesco I had to give it a try to see if it could possibly be as good as it is in my 'local' Chinese restaurant. Now I use the word 'local' somewhat creatively because here in rural Suffolk nothing is exactly 'local...

laramax 10.12.2006 (20.01.2007) · Read review
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Review of Tesco Chinese Crispy Aromatic Duck

Good Food, Pleasant Staff, Moderately Priced.

Advantages: Tasty Food, Fast and Pleasant Service, Convenient Location
Disadvantages: Dining in extremely costly compared to takeaway for exact same Menu/Food.

...I must of walked past this restaurant a dozen times without realizing it was there, nestled just off of the 'bearpit' and a few minutes walk from the Bus station, or if you're really old, opposite where the used record store 'Replay' used to be. They offer both a takeaway and sit-down service, I was slightly put off ordering food for takeaway as it is a lovely restaurant inside and you do get a lot of people dressed very formally dining there, but the staff always seem very happy to take your order and never make you feel second class to people dining in the restaurant. The food is lovely and the portions while not huge aren't at all bad for the price, and the service is very quick. The only downside is that to dine in the restaurant is a lot more expensive than their takeaway menu, when it's exactly the same food in terms of flavour...

MrSanguine 07.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Mayflower Chinese Restaurant, Bristol

BEST FOR BOTH OF US

Advantages: Nice tasting, a bit healthier than white
Disadvantages: Not as healthy as wholemeal

...Trying to be mother of the year I have tried to give my kids brown bread. However my 5 year old had decided that she no longer would eat brown bread as in her words, it looked and tasted very yucky. Every morning I would make up her school lunch with healthy wholemeal bread, only to find it in the evening with the filling taken out still in her lunch box. I saw an advert on the TV for Hovis best of both. Anyone who has read my reviews in the past will tell you that I am a very gullible person so, I thought this could be the answer to my child related problem. Hovis best of both Boasts ?.. super tasting white bread with all the wheatgerm goodness of wholemeal? A BIT OF HISTORY ------------------------- Hovis started in 1886 by a Richard ?Stoney? Smith. He He perfected the method of steam cooking that preserved wheat germ in...

vichar68 15.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hovis Best of Both Loaf

Fantastic food and plenty of it!

Advantages: Great food, plenty of it, good prices, good atmosphere
Disadvantages: We live in llandudno and it is in Birmingham!

...for two, three, four etc., some are long straight tables, some are round so there are plenty of variations. We were seated in the end room and the table had a knife and fork and a sealed wet wipe thing, which is a must with Chinese food! We were welcomed and told to help ourselves. We walked back towards the reception to the food and there was plenty of it! All the hot food was displayed in metal heated containers with overhead lighting. There was an area for starters; one for main courses, one for sushi, one for cooking while you wait and one for sweets and the range was amazing. I can't remember all the different foods that were there but it looked as though they had taken the menu from a very good Chinese restaurant, made all the foods on it and then added some! I spotted the crispy duck with pancakes and all the trimmings so...

SusanLesley 16.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Buffet Island Chinese Restaurant, Birmingham