Chillicool

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  Google user

  ·1 month ago

  “Authentic Sichuan cuisine! We ordered the twice-cooked pork (回锅肉) and wontons in chilli oil (红油抄手), and both tasted absolutely amazing. The service was warm and friendly too. Would highly recommend!”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “Best Sichuan food in London, great atmosphere, lovely service. Im here often, and it never disappoints. Green bean with with pork mince especially recommended”

• G

  Google user

  ·3 months ago

  “Very authentic and delicious Chinese restaurant. The sea bass with preserved chilli was 10/10. Dumplings, squid and greens also 👌🏻 Loved the garden setting. Cold beers on tap. Great friendly service. Will be back.”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 months ago

  “Such a great place. The food is so delicious, and so authentic. We went in the mid- afternoon and we had the place to ourselves which was so nice because normally it’s so busy in the evening you have to wait.”

• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “We were a group of five people, we arrived early just after the restaurant open at 1230, before the restaurant got busy, we had the opportunity to meet the chief chef. Apparently he is a very experienced and well established chef trained & specialised in Sichuan cuisine, he is also interested in other Chinese cuisines, he used to work in some landmark Chinese sichen restaurants in London, included a Michelin restaurant in London. This restaurant has recently changed management and the kitchen staff, he is the newly appointed master chef! He talked passionately about making good food and how to pair them with different alcoholic drink. We felt very honored as he showed us the kitchen and told us how he upgraded it into a professional kitchen, what I saw is a clean and hygienic kitchen which is most important for me. The waitressing staff don't seem to be from Sichuan but I think the chef is. After a welcoming tour of the restaurant, we told them some of us can't manage the Sichua spicy hot food! The staff assured us they can adjust the level of spiciness accordingly to suit the customer's ability. We didn't have to wait long before the food arrived, it proved that the chef kept his promise, the level of spiceness varies from dish to dish, they serve our different spicy tolerance. The food is so flavoursome, unlike most spicy food in other restaurants that usually numbed my taste buds and I couldn't tasting anything but heat. I could taste the flavours of all the ingredients which mean the food had been well marinated with varies spices, the food here is just so delicious that I couldn't stop myself eating although the chillies were making me sweat. I highly recommend the beef jerk, the most tender jerk I have ever eaten. They made it themselves from scratch, not from instant jerk packages. You can order one to dine in and an extra one to take away, don't miss the jerk if you like beef. The roast fish is another highlight, its made generously with many other ingredients, ie. lotus root, black mushroom, potato... you won't get the funny fish smell. Same as the duck blood dish, I don't normally eat blood but this one is so delicious, you can only taste the smooth texture of the coagulated blood, no unpleasant smell. Sweet and vinegar ribs, they are from heaven!! Another dish I recommend is the fried rice pudding dessert, it put a perfect ending to our dinning experience. 到了唐師傅親自操刀之倫敦川菜館老成都吃飯, 這回有口福了，唐師傅是受過專業訓練國家級大廚,在倫敦經驗豐富主理過米之蓮級餐廳, 現在接手了倫敦市中心這老成都, 附近居民學生真的幸運啊！雖然我不能吃辣,但唐師傳的手藝超凡, 每個菜都色香味俱備,味道入口有層次感, 能吃到食材鮮味,不能其他店辣味蓋過一切 。”

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• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “The name of the restaurant (老成都), and internal decor suggests that it's Sichuan (四川) cuisines. But the staff seems to be Malaysians. And the beef noodles I had didn't taste authentic.. the noodles were rather limp (like packet noodles) and the soup based was off. Although there were pitches of tap water available (in the service area), they made me feel like I must at least order a bottle of still water, but I went for a Chinese beer instead. Net net, the food weren't great, neither was service or value.”

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• G

  Google user

  ·1 year ago

  “We had a great dinner here, the menu was full of interesting dishes we didn’t know. Mapo tofu was our favorite, amazing flavors. Very generous portion sizes. The restaurant is simple but has quite a nice atmosphere. Service was good. The only downside was that the duck was extremely oily. Still very good, but too oily for our taste.”

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• G

  Google user

  ·2 years ago

  “Flavorful food at convenient location in central London. The mixed beef hot pot is of great value, with lots of meat slices, trips, and tendons <3 Spicy eggplant in the cold dish is well seasoned. The fried lotus roots are so crispy and perfectly sweet-spicy. Fried rice cakes are lovely.”

• G

  Google user

  ·5 years ago

  “We have tried the 9 squares Sichuan street snakes, basically it's Chinese style tapas, they are inexpensive, flavourful, small portion, and good with beer. The set menu is £46.8 for two people, at the beginning my partner and I weren't sure will it be enough for us, but after we finished those 9 street snakes tapas+Bo Bo Chicken+sweet noodles+dessert, we don't have any space left in the stomach. Really good value for money, very authentic as well.”

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• G

  Google user

  ·8 years ago

  “Great place to try Sichuan spicy food! The portions are just the right amount and I especially love the fish in chilli broth... just delicious!! It hit all the good spots when I was so hungry as the food tasted absolutely delicious! Would definitely visit again with my friends ! Highly recommended!! Forgot to mention nice ambience too..”

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