Joy King Lau

Joy King Lau Chinese Restaurant

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Joy King Lau Restaurant | Leicester Street | Chinatown London

Opening Hours Monday to Saturday - 12pm to 11:30pm (Dim sum - 12pm to 5pm) Sunday - 11am to 10:30pm (Dim sum - 11am to 5pm) Classic, cherished Cantonese dishes occupy most of Joy King Lau’s menu, including deliciously shredded crispy Roast Duck, Sweet and Sour Pork, and Steamed Whole Sea Bass.

If you love seafood, and don’t mind a bit of effort before eating, do try the signature dish here, Crab with Ginger and Spring Onions.

Come a rainy day, Joy King Lau’s wide range of clay pot dishes will warm you up thoroughly.

So, if you’re tired of eggs benedict for brunch, Roast Pork Buns, Prawn Cheung Fun (steamed rich rolls) and other favourite Cantonese mid-morning dishes will give you a tasty alternative option.

And, given its specials menu is in Chinese only, you know you’ll be getting a true slice of authentic China.

Review: Visit Joy King Lau in London for good dim sum - The ...

If you’re in London and have an urge to have some Chinese food, visit Joy King Lau in London for good dim sum.

Joy King Lau was the recommendation of S, who had studied in London for 3 years.

Joy King Lau served very good dim sums, perhaps as authentic as the ones in Hong Kong.

For Joy King Lau, it was the flavours that mattered – less went into the intricacies of food presentation.

While the Lo Mai Gai was less pristinely done than the ones I’ve eaten elsewhere (ie, the rice was a tad mushy),  the flavour was really good.

Joy King Lau review - London Chinatown version of Yum Cha ...

To be honest, we were a bit apprehensive as we read about how bad the service could even thought the dim sum was decent enough.

Most of the dim sum on the menu were priced at £2.10 per serving, which was comparable to Yum Cha although there was no discount provided unlike the latter.

Fried dough cheung fun was a letdown We were a bit disappointed with the Fried Dough Cheung Fun as the fried dough wasn't fresh and was chewy (left exposed to air for too long) instead of crispy.

Would I bother to travel all the way to Camden Town for cheap (and decent) dim sum in London?

Joy King Lau review - London Chinatown version of Yum Cha dimsum, cheap and decent (for the price)

Joy King Lau Chinese Restaurant, Leicester St, Chinatown, London

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Joy Luck Restaurant has a variety of Cantonese and Sichuan dishes on the menu, but the main pull are the hand-made noodles, advertised at the window.

Find out more about Joy Luck Gourmet Kitchen, a new member of Chinatown tucked away on Lisle Street, also advertise hand-made noodles.

But their noodle soups are great value and delicious, as are their roasted meats on rice.

They have a vast menu, with noodle soups and rice dishes towards the end of the menu.

With free tea, for under a fiver you can slurp to your heart’s content on classic Cantonese dishes, like roast duck hor fun soup, or beef brisket noodles with thinner egg noodles in soup.

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The sign outside the restaurant translates as ‘drunken men’s tower’ – yet while some Chinatown eateries get rowdy late at night, this seems unlikely at JKL, despite its proximity to Leicester Square.

A robust air-conditioning and ventilation system (switched to US levels of chill on our visit) repels the summer heat and keeps the smell of grease in the kitchen.

If you’re not in a hurry (and not wearing anything white or that needs dry-cleaning), it’s worth ordering a messy dish such as crab in pungent, fragrant black bean sauce, to see the kitchen excel and to exercise your shell-cracking skills.

Lowlights of our meal were what might be Chinatown’s saltiest roast duck, and an aubergine dish that hadn’t been stewed long enough to get rid of the skins’ bitterness.

Joy King Lau - Chinese Restaurant - visitlondon.com

From sweet and sour pork to crispy roast duck, Joy King Lau pays homage to the staples of Chinese cuisine.

It’s no surprise it’s so popular with the local Chinese community, having been a top destination since the 1990s.