Please Sir I want Sum More (Yang Sing)

Member Name: adamkilleya

Product:	Yang Sing
Date:	05/05/01 (113 review reads)
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Advantages: Excellent Food, Good atmosphere, Reasonably Priced

Disadvantages: Hmmm, I'll get back to you, But not soon

[Collective groan] Yes OK, apologies for the AWFUL pun in the title but it leads nicely into my opinion because the Dim Sum is one of the best aspects of this fantastic restaurant. People who know about these things tell me that the Dim Sum is 'Hong Kong standard' and yes that means bloody good.

If it's to your taste you can have a whole lunch made up entirely of Dim Sum and 'Starters' (slightly more substantial and expensive). They will bring a procession of different Dim Sum for you to try - specific ones if you request them or just their recommendations. The last time I had a Dim Sum Lunch here was with my Dad about a year ago and it was magnificent. We had about 8 different Dim Sum - Prawn, Beef, Pork etc. all of which tasted exceptional particularly my personal favourite Paper Wrapped Prawn (see below). We then had 3 or 4 'starters' including 'Pan Fried Ostrich in Satay Sauce with Lemongrass' which was exquisite. For those of you who haven't tried ostrich, do so and do it at the Yang Sing

There are also very good Set & A La Carte menus with all the dishes you'd expect and some more. I could comment on and applaud various dished for a very long time so I'll settle for highlighting one dim sum, one soup and one set of main courses:

Paper Wrapped Prawn: As mentioned above: Crammed full of really meaty prawns with some herbs as well, delicious

Crabmeat and Sweetcorn Soup: Thick and very tasty and full of both crab and corn,
the best soup there is

Sizzlers: Usually Beef dishes they will bring the cooking dish to your table and sizzle it in front of you creating a huge cloud of steam (and usually a few turned heads and rapid decisions from other diners to order one of those). Beautifully cooked and very tender

All of the food is well presented, well cooked, tastes delicious and relative to many restaurants not too badly priced. The atmosphere and decor too are g
ood and in keeping with the restaurants style. I'm told they have a pretty good wine list if you're interested in that sort of thing but personally I prefer to stick to Chinese Tea here. Perhaps the best indication of how good a place this is the number of Chinese customers there are, I'm always wary of Chinese restaurants that are packed full of nth generation Brits and no one else. So if you're in or near Manchester and fancy an exceptionally good meal giver this place a whirl. And don't expect to want to eat again for at least three days afterwards. If I ever win the lottery I'll be there every day. Or maybe I'll just hire their head chef!

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