Wong Kei on Wardour Street is not the place to go for your fine food experience. It had a reputation of having rude waiters who gives you peremptory orders to go upstairs in the old days. But I ve always found service to be effective and fast and one of the few places where I can get in easily.

I was not so sure that my friend, Yin, a food connoissier, would be so keen to go there with me but she did. It was after a day of marching and we just needed somewhere to chat while we eat. When it comes to Cantonese restaurants you can be pretty confident about certain basics – such as noodles and roast meat you see hanging up.

‘wat tarn hor’ with beef

I ordered ‘wat tarn hor’ which is a rice noodle ( tagliatelle style) which is quickly  stir fried and then whisked eggs are poured over it and served, the noodles have a velvety sheen and taste to it. I think I would have preferred it with  sea food than the beef which was offered. I had also ordered a roast pork dish to share.

roastpork

The roast pork was good but the skin was not as crispy as I would have liked. Yin had no complaints about her wonton noodles with barbeque pork. On reflection, I think I should have also asked for wonton noodles. That is an all time childhood favourite of mine conjuring weekend mornings of steamy noodles at roadside stalls.

wonton noodles in soup

Wong Kei is at 41-43 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PY, with level entrance but accessible toilet has inward opening door making it difficult to close for wheelchair users.