Camden Dim Sum

Camden is not an easy area to go dining, lots of places but quality wise is compromised. So just like in Star Wars when you find a good restaurant you think that is your last hope, hopefully as Yoda would say “No, there is another”.

Yum Cha

I read about this place Yum Cha, almost in front of the Camden Stables entrance, so decided to give it a try. I took a couple friends with me as there is nothing better than share, mix and match different dim sum dishes.

Inside

Yum Cha which actually means “Drink Tea” in Cantonese but the phrase is a little bit more is just like morning or afternoon tea while eating dim sum. They specialise in Dim Sum but they have an extensive menu, and 4 karaoke rooms. The Dim Sum are served all day, and have a good premium Chinese tea.

Menu

Dim Sum Menu

I basically don’t remember what we had, but they were all good, and many many of them, name it, pork, scallops, squid, duck, fried crispy seaweed, and in every cooking style, steamed, fried, fried cake, spring roll, dumpling, and even bun. On top of that they have 50% off in Dim Sum every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

Rolls 

Seaweed

Steamed 

More Dumplings 

Steamed Festival 

Fried Cake 

Bun 

More Rolls 

More Steamed Dumplings

Chinese reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Chinese Woman”.

Elaine: That sounds Urgent.

Jerry: Let me call him back. Hello? Who is this? Donna Chang? Oh, I'm sorry, I must dialled the wrong number.

Elaine: Donna Chang?

Jerry: Should've talked to her, I love Chinese women.

Elaine: Isn't that a little racist?

Jerry: If I like their race, how can that be racist? Hellooo? Oh, is this Donna Chang again? Yes, I am calling George, oh, the lines are crossed; you're getting his calls. Well, what do you know?

Yum Cha

T: 020 7482 2228

Chinese Cuisine Dim Sum

Area: Primrose Hill

Borough: Camden
Twitter: silkandspice

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Burger Wars Episode XXIX: The Admiral Ackbar, It’s a Trap! Codrington

The other day I continued my search in London for the best burger, this time the target was The Admiral Codrington. I went to South Kensington really excited to visit this gastro pub, five years running, Michelin eating out in pubs guide 2011 green man recognition for excellence, beer garden, traditional English pub, and even a retractable roof in the dining room for sunny summer days.

The Admiral in Pop Culture Style

The Place

The retractable roof in a not so sunny day

The dining room

I got to the place saw the menu for a couple minutes, and hesitating between their two burgers I decided to ask the beautiful waitress, which one she reckons was the better one, probably a bad idea, right?. The options were a 8oz cheeseburger with pickles and chips, and a special Iberico pork burger. My attentive waitress immediately said the pork burger is without doubts the one you want, and that works as any Jedi mind trick, just like when Obi Wan said to the Stormtrooper “These aren’t the droids you’re looking for”, I went for the pork one.

The Cod Menu

Got first as starters Padron peppers with Maldon sea salt and then the Iberico pork burger.

Padron Peppers 

The Cod Special Iberico Pork Burger

The verdict, amazing! The burger is excellent, is better than the other Iberico pork burger in town and bigger. I couldn’t believe it. The chips were ok, a little bit hard inside.

The damage, 19 quids for the pork burger and a beer.

The conclusion, one of the best in town, the cod iberico burger is superb, I had dreams with that burger for a week, I hope the admiral decides to leave it on the regular menu. I will give the Admiral Cod’ Iberico Pork Burger a 9 their room for improvement is in the chips as the burger is just mouth watering.

This has been the image of my last dreams

The Admiral reminds me the Seinfeld episode “The Puffy Shirt”.

Kramer: You know that, uh, Leslie is in the clothing business? She's a designer.

Elaine: Oh?

Kramer:  In fact, she's come up with a new one that is going to be the big new look in men fashion. It's a, a puffy shirt. It's all puffy. Like the pirates used to wear.

Elaine: Oh, a puffy shirt.

Jerry: Puffy.

Kramer: Yeah, see, I think people want to look like pirates. You know, it's the right time for it, to be all puffy, and devil-may-care.

The Yard and a Concert in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

After my post about Zizzi, my friend Simen recommended to visit The Yard, so a few weeks back I decided to give it a try. I get to the place, after lunch time so the place was completely empty, the pizza is good, stone baked, quite similar to the rustica style of Zizzi, the difference it’s you can buy it by the yard, quarter yard, half yard, or a complete yard, sadly there is no economies of scale. I went for the mushrooms, thyme and garlic, and added pepperoni, the flavour was good, a little bit bland in my opinion or at least according to my palate. They also have a good selection of pastas and pizza bread also by the yard. Good concept, decent prices, pizzas go from 6 to 9 pounds, but still Zizzi and Story Deli are my favourite places to go for a pizza here in the rainy capital.

The Yard

Quarter Yard Mushrooms, Thyme, Garlic, and Pepperoni Pizza

Next pizza I’m trying is Kramer style like in the episode “The Couch” on Seinfeld, where Kramer and Poppie go to business together opening a place where you can make your own pizza.

Kramer: Alright, put a little sauce on here, some cheese.

Poppie: Not too much!

Kramer: And, cucumbers!

Poppie: Wait a second, what is that?

Kramer: It's cucumbers.

Poppie: No, no, you can't put cucumbers on a pizza.

Kramer: Well, why not? I like cucumbers.

Star Wars in Concert

I went to the Star Wars in Concert, the halls of the O2 arena were full with fans in costumes and props from the movies, and Anthony Daniels (C3PO) was there presenting each song. In my opinion it was a terrific show, hearing the music and watching clips from the episodes, for moments I completely forgot that I was in a concert and an orchestra was playing live the music.

Anthony Daniels

I found this video the other day, property of the American Film Institute, just awesome, Tom Hanks is saluting George Lucas on his life achievement ceremony award in 2005. just enjoy it.

George Lucas AFI Life Achievement Award (copyright AFI)