People of Leicester! You have an absolute gem of a Chinese restaurant on your high street! Taste of China has only just recently opened (three weeks when we went….three weeks ago).
It’s really sort of a Hong Kong style cafe. Check out my luncheon meat and two fried eggs with instant noodles in soup. It was exactly what I needed for that Sunday lunch. Their menu even gives you the option to choose from a variety of toppings and pairing those with one of a selection of noodles.
And this was my brother’s fish fillets with scrambled egg on rice. Yes, it was as comforting as it looks – white fish fillets in a thick, eggy sauce. Add lashings of chili oil and you’re sorted for lunch.
They even have bubble tea! Go go go!
Taste of China
25 High Street
Leicester
Fri, 5 Nov, 2010 at 00:43
the food of my childhood!! well, the noodles and not so much the fish on rice… although that second dish is a lot like an eggy prawn hor fun I love. yums.
Fri, 5 Nov, 2010 at 01:11
instant noodle with spam and fried egg! what a treat! My ultimate feel good food is fried egg with frankfurter x rice drenched with oil and black soya sauce.
Fri, 5 Nov, 2010 at 02:42
sounds like perfect comfort food!
Fri, 5 Nov, 2010 at 07:43
SPAM! Yes.
Fri, 5 Nov, 2010 at 19:52
Ooh I tried one of your recommendations this week (Mr Palestinian falafel@shepherd bush) and was impressed! I saw this and thought it was in Leicester sq… I got over excited and then re read it. I’ll have to think of an excuse to go to Leicester now. Lol.
Sat, 6 Nov, 2010 at 00:33
Darn, that luncheon meet and egg noodle looks good enough to make me want to open a packet of maggi mee and fry up some spam up now in the middle of the night =P.
Sat, 6 Nov, 2010 at 07:07
That first one should definitely be listed in ’1001 Things To Do With An Egg’. Not really keen on the luncheon meat, though; I think I’d substitute … (wait for it!) … SPAM!
Sat, 6 Nov, 2010 at 07:10
… or corned dog …
Sat, 6 Nov, 2010 at 20:57
http://m.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/nov/05/best-budget-eats-leicester-diwali?cat=travel&type=article
have you seen this?
I’ve been fancying going to Leicester for a while. Just to see what’s it like. And you persuaded me with your post. Thanks.
Wed, 10 Nov, 2010 at 18:45
gourmet traveller: Yes, like a wat tan ho, but on rice!
Alison: Oh dear. I do believe you inspired me to have that a few nights ago…
kat: I am a total sucker for instant noodles!
Helen: Oh yes!
Robert: Do check out the area where Leicester castle used to be – lots of history there. I have photos on my Flickr of all the things I saw there (can you believe my brother had not visited any of it until that day?!). I did see that link and sent it to my brother. We were supposed to visit that tea shop listed but unfortunately, they closed due to the protests.
And I’m glad you enjoyed Mr Falafel!
Guan: And that’s possibly the best time to have it!
travelrat: Luncheon meat is also what we call Spam! I, of course, was not sure of the provenance of this luncheon meat.
Wed, 10 Nov, 2010 at 22:42
Not the luncheon meat my wife buys, which is a horrible pink tasteless concoction of God knows what. Whereas Spam tastes of … (sings)… ‘Wonderful Spam!’
Fri, 26 Nov, 2010 at 20:24
I tried it today. It’s fabulous. I dithered over the menu with it’s hong kong/Macanese influences. It’s as if a caff from HK was transplanted intact.
Fri, 26 Nov, 2010 at 23:44
[...] you might recognise this dish as being a direct copy of what my brother ate at Taste of China in Leicester. Yup, I recreated the fish fillets with scrambled egg at home and it turns out it’s quite [...]
Wed, 24 Aug, 2011 at 09:51
Thank you for sharing this place, my friend told me about it and told me to give their food a try. I will try and get there this week.