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Below Bun House, a chic informal restaurant and takeaway spot, is Tea Room, an undeniably sexy speakeasy-cum-restaurant that errs on the right side of seedy - think neon Chinese characters lighting up the room in suggestive reds and greens, dark corners and a vintage record player.
Ravenous after our 9-5s, we ignored the snack section and went straight for the meaty stuff ordering most of what our server had suggested - preserved olive leaf green beans, lacey dumplings and poached squid with house soy (£11.80).
Sometimes referred to as ‘China’s vodka’ thanks to its similar strength and clear appearance, Baijiu is a good mixer for cocktails (it made an earlier appearance in my mango drink) or as a shot, usually served alongside food.
The menu at Tea Room has many different strengths of Baijiu (at different price points) so if you’re not familiar, I’d recommend asking your server to suggest one to suit your tastes.
Authentic, tasteful and bouncing with flavour, Tea Room at Bun House is the perfect hybrid between cocktail bar and full-on restaurant.
Bun House & Tea Room Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration Tickets ...
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Tea Room is celebrating Mid Autumn Festival in classic Canton-chic style.
Join us as we offer up the Moon Goddess' favourite delights with a flight of mooncake treats paired with special occasion cocktails.
October 4th is the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese calendar marking the Mid Autumn Festival and our one-night only event.
One ticket guarantees a seat with us and entitles you to a complimentary cocktail and the mooncake trio.
Our normal menu will also be available but a ticket is the only way to ensure your flight.
Tea Room, Soho: restaurant review | Foodism
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Styled by way of 1960s Shanghai diner-meets-Wong Kar-wai's iconic Hong-Kong-set film In the Mood for Love the Tea Room is an overtly cool bar and restaurant with a sultry, speakeasy-feel about it.
The room is dark and shady, lit by the dim glow of neon lights and shadowy lamps – a complete contrast to Bun House, its bright and cheerful sister restaurant immediately above.
When we said we went to the Tea Room for a taste of Hong Kong, we meant it.
The drinks list includes a selection of Hong Kong craft beers, baijiu (a Chinese spirit made from grains) and Chinese whiskeys that you won’t find anywhere else in London.
We loved the red chocolate dumpling (a dessert bun filled with sweet chocolate and seasoned with the rich, gamey taste of pig’s blood), but the sticky milk donut is equally as soft and comforting to finish.
Bun House to bring a new breed of steamed bun and late bar to Soho
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ES Food Newsletter The bao boom shows no sign of slowing, with a new restaurant specialising in the Asian steamed buns set to open in Soho this month – but there’s a difference.
Bun House, which will launch on the corner of Greek Street and Old Compton Street, will serve Chinese-style buns, not the Taiwanese style which have been made popular by Bao as well as other restaurants recently.
The Bun House team: Alex and Z Peffly Five Line Projects Bun House takes its lead from open street food stalls known as dai pai dong across parts of China and Hong Kong, and will serve steamed buns with varying fillings alongside a short selection of sides and craft beers from Hong Kong breweries.
Regional Chinese food - in pictures Regional Chinese food - in pictures 1/12 Fujian Province Stir-fried green beans junbug1973 / Tripadvisor 2/12 Sichuan Province at Barshu 3/12 Hunan Province Tofu with pork in a spicy broth at Local Friends 4/12 Shanghai Steamed scallops at Red Sun a 5/12 Shaanxi Province Stir-fried chicken with bones at Xi’an Impression 6/12 Guizhou Province Spicy beef noodles at Maotai Kitchen 7/12 Liaoning Province Pan-fried garlic chive pancake pocket a 8/12 Xinjiang Province Lamb skewers at Silk Road 9/12 Guangzhou Province Dim sum at Royal China Club 10/12 Beijing Duck at Min Jiang 11/12 Xizang Province (Tibet) Momo dumplings Creative Commons 12/12 Taiwan Bao at Bao London Each bun is likely to sell for around £2.50, with a set of three making up a decent portion size allowing for flavours to be mixed and matched.
Z said: “We want Bun House to be an experience for people, offering new and interesting authentic Chinese food that isn’t currently found in London, at an accessible price point.”
Bun House | Restaurants in Soho, London
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Because the best bun at Bun House is one of two dessert buns, which comes filled with dark chocolate and pig blood.
It’s an incongruously beautiful room with a busy takeaway counter and a sprinkling of first-come-first-served tables.
The upside of course is that each bun’s contents are a complete surprise – you match the hand-stamped Chinese characters with the board on the wall.
One came with syrupy chunks of pork and a gentle heat; another, billed as ‘cod and prawn’, had a nicely spiced filling – reminiscent of those fish pastes you put in retro sandwiches – and tiny, deliciously chewy shrimp.
Two more star dishes are the ‘fries’ (which are actually deep-fried duck tongues, complete with crunchy cartilage) and the peanut-studded glass noodle salad, with its gentle Sichuan notes, if that isn’t too horrible an oxymoron.