DIM T MAIDSTONE AVOID!!!!

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Guaranteed to ruin any evening!!

...Maidstone Dim T We took a party of 12 with some guests travelling from as far afield as Bedfordshire and would never return. Food is of poor quality, ie Fish had more skin and batter than flesh to eat, chowmein with only 4 pieces of meat. 3 servings all equally lack lustre. Duck had to be refunded so awful. To be fair the Thai green curry was v good and the starters. I would like to advise on the desserts however these were not served before we had to leave after 2 and a half hours!!! Which leads to and confirms previous reviews that the service and staff generally have not got a clue. Despite prebooking we had to wait 20 mins to be seated in what can only be described as a bunker. we were interrrupted several times through out the evening as we were seated blocking the door to stores for extra chairs and wine supplies. Our first...

Vulcanchick1972 22.01.2008 (21.01.2008) · Read review
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Review of Dim t

Definitely not 'dim' sum!

Advantages: Excellent overall experience, delicious food
Disadvantages: Unable to book tables for less than 8 people

...Ping Pong has been top of my boyfriend and mine's hit list for a while now, and on Friday, after a particularly stressful week, he decided to surprise me with dinner! Slap bang in the centre of the West End on Great Marlborough Street, Ping Pong has just celebrated its first birthday, and has also opened a second branch in Paddington. An entirely new restaurant concept, the main theme is dim sum. The only downside is that you are unable to book a table for less than 8 people, which we found to be a bit of a problem when we arrived on a Friday night and the queue was out of the door! But undeterred, we decided we'd do our time and wait to be seated, taking it as a sign of the restaurant's obvious popularity! It didn't actually take as long as we thought, and we were seated after about 20 minutes. The layout reminded me...

Stizzy1980 08.08.2006 · Read review
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Review of Ping Pong Dim Sum

Wok a great place

Advantages: Great views
Disadvantages: I want it all & i can't decide what to order

...Having spent most Sundays for the last 2 years eating dim sum in the drunken monkey on shoreditch high street we decided to try somewhere different for a change. Usually we go because I find that either dim sum or waggamamas is a perfect hangover cure (along with a few beers or cocktails) but in this instance we actually went sober (this may affect the review somewhat) Why is it so good? - well, if you're not already a fan, dim sum is, general, the same kind of thing you see on the starters section at your local Chinese, lots of ribs, dumplings, spring rolls etc, finger food. The correct definition is steamed parcels but here it has been westernized for us to expand the menu. Who are Dim T ? - A public listed company (Tasty PLC) started by the people behind ASK, they are a small chain, only 3 outside London in Tunbridge wells...

earlofaldgate 15.10.2007 · Read review
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Review of Dim t

Great food, surly service

Advantages: Excellent food, great value
Disadvantages: Bad service

...There are a number of Ping Pong dim sum restaurants across London, which offer delicious meat, vegetables, rice and fish all wrapped up in delectable little packages. For anyone who doesn't know, dim sum is Cantonese food and is traditionally served from trolleys that staff wheel round to customers so that they can choose what they want. The restaurant that I am reviewing is the Great Marlborough Street one, although I have previously been to other branches. Location 45 Marlborough Street London W1F 7HL Tel: 020 7851 6969 Email: gms@pingpong-group.com Website: www.pingpongdimsum.com This is in central London, just down the road from Liberty's. The Oxford Circus tube is the nearest tube station, but it is also possible to walk from Bond Street and Piccadilly Circus. There are countless buses that pass nearby, get one heading...

sunmeilan 26.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Ping Pong Dim Sum

Little pockets of deliciousness

Advantages: Great and healthy food, buzzy atmosphere, reasonable price
Disadvantages: None

...Ping Pong is a small restaurant chain that seems to have taken off in London over the last few years. It serves Dim Sum, which according to Ping Pong translates as "little pockets of deliciousness", and has been a big hit with me and everyone I've visited with. My most recent visit to Ping Pong was to celebrate my 4 year anniversary with my boyfriend. We were going to the theatre at 7.30, so we wanted a restaurant that was central, reasonably priced, and that would not be empty and dead at 5.30 on a Saturday as I hate the feeling of being the only people in a restaurant and having all eyes on you while you eat your meal. In all respects Ping Pong matched up to this admirably and we ate at the Waterloo restaurant on the South Bank this time, although we have eaten at many others in the past and found them to be of a consistent quality...

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Review of Ping Pong Dim Sum

Dim Shadows and Unavoidable Lowlights

Advantages: There are a couple of ok tracks, can cure insomnia
Disadvantages: The whole 'love and death' themes are just too much, quite a dull album

...heard of the band before; it's the kind of album that some die hard fans would perhaps be able to appreciate, but for others it would just be the epitome of boredom and not an album that would entice you to try any of the group's other work. Overall, it's simply not a case of 'Deep Shadows and Brilliant Highlights'. Instead, consider HIM's third offering to be a case of 'Dim Shadows and Unavoidable Lowlights'....

MizzMolko 08.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Deep Shadows And Brilliant Highlights [ECD] - HIM

The genuine Vancouver Dim Sum experience

Advantages: Great food, great prices, a real experience
Disadvantages: Need to arrive early to avoid queuing for a table

...INTRODUCTION Wandering around the Huge Vancouver Chinatown, we found a lot of food stalls but not that many restaurants that caught our eye. Many of them looked more like greasy spoons and didn't look very promising. Floata was mentioned in our guidebook, and when we went there during the week it seemed pretty empty. We didn't bother that day and decided to return for dim sum. When we arrived for the second time on a Sunday lunchtime, an altogether different scene greeted us. A queue of Chinese diners waiting for a table convinced us that this was the time to eat here. And so we did. THE RESTAURANT Located in a building full of Chinese shops and cafes, Floata is a brisk walk up the stairs to the third floor (or trip up with a lift). From the front of the building you can see the sign for the restaurant along...

larsbaby 14.09.2008 · Read review
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Review of Floata Seafood Restaurant, Vacouver

'What the hell is a dim mack?'

Advantages: Exciting martial arts action
Disadvantages: Comedy acting and cheesy dialogue - but this probably adds to the charm

...despicable Chong Li (Bolo Yeung) the tournaments last champion. After making himself a favourite following an impressive example of a 'dim mak' and breaking Chong Li's tournament record for fastest knockout, everyone is gunning for good old Frank. Chong Li wants to break him, the US military want to electro shock him and force his return home and Janice Kent (Leah Aryes), a journalist he's hooked up with, wants him to quit before his pretty boy good looks are mashed to a pulp. But when a friend is mercilessly left for dead on the tournament ramp by a brutal Chong Li stamp, Frank's fight becomes just a little more personal. Based somewhat tentatively on the real Frank Dux's participation at the 1975 Kumite (i.e. its mostly bollocks), Bloodsport is pretty much poorly acted and poorly scripted nonsense. Normally this would sound off the alarm...

clownfoot 04.04.2004 (08.06.2009) · Read review
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Review of Bloodsport (DVD)

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

Global Dimming Arrives At My Place

Advantages: Previously, economy bulbs have been strictly on/off
Disadvantages: £12 each, might need a new dimmer switch if you're unlucky

...successful, which is just as well, as the up-light in the lounge, which we have on a timer for security reasons sported the last gas-guzzling 100 watt bulb in the house, and it gets used a lot. THE HOLY GRAIL OF ECONOMY BULBS - DIMMING?.. ?.as if they needed to be any dimmer! Up until recently, economy bulbs or Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) have all come with the 'not dimmable' health warning. Not so, the Varilight range of CFLs. There are two varieties of these, one the so-called Switch Dimmable Energy Saver+, and the other, which I'm using, the Dimmable Energy Saver+. WARNING - SWITCHED DIMMERS CAN RUIN YOUR CHANCES I'll quickly deal with these as I don't have any. However, as I understand it, they work with a normal light switch like this. 1. Turn on once - comes back up to previous light levels. 2 .Quickly turn off...

BNibbles 24.07.2008 · Read review
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