Ping Pong (London)

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, ...  Read the complete review

This is one of my absolute favourite places to eat in London. Perfect for a quick lunch with friends, or a big dinner out with the family. If you aren't familiar with Dim Sum, you should take your time looking at the menu, and making sure you understand what everything is. Might even be worth looking online at the menu first (www.pingpongdimsum.com). The basic concept is little parcels of food. Most orders come in threes, so if you order sticky rice, it will come in 3 little parcels, wrapped up in a big lotus leaf. Most dishes are between £3-£4, and 3 or 4 tends to be enough. They fill you up suprisingly quickly! The set menus are also good value for money (around ...  Read the complete review

Honestly, I don't know if I have the energy to write this! I have just come back from "Lazy Sumday" (unlimited Dim Sum), at Ping Pong and I'm truly stuffed!! Ping Pong is a dim sum restaurant. Their tag line being "Ping Pong Dim Sum - little steamed parcels of deliciousness". For those of you who have never tried Dim Sum, it's kind of like Chinese Tapas. Load of small dishes, with about 3 servings per dish. The nice thing about Dim Sum is it really is a way of sharing your meal with your friends, and by tradition is quite a sociable meal. So Dim Sum is a great type of meal to have a meal with friends. You get to try and share ...  Read the complete review

I am a huge Ping Pong fan- I go so often my flatmates make fun of me! This is dim sum pan-Asian modern. Its not traditional, they don't come around with carts of chicken feet; if that is what you're after you should go to Chinatown. Ping Pong is much more fusion- some of my favourite dumplings include shitake mushroom and scallop, and their prawn and chive dumplings, which are encased in green chive laden dough. I am also a big fan of their vegitables- I do not know what they do to their fried aubergine but I need to figure it out soon because they are addictive- and so are the tempura asparagus! Their cocktails are also delicious, especially the ping pong cocktail, and ...  Read the complete review

Ping Pong markets itself as "the Twenty-First Century Tea House" and its aim is to bring the world of dim sum to the masses. Chinese food is very popular, but I think that dim sum is a lot less well known, so here is a brief summary: * Dim sum is the name for a Chinese cuisine which involves a wide range of dishes, such as dumplings, steamed buns, sticky rice and fried items. * The items are usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate and you usually get either 3 or 4 of each item as one portion. * Chinese families usually have dim sum together on a Sunday for a family gathering and this means that lots of different ...  Read the complete review