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    Little China Restaurant

    4.8 (4 reviews)

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    La Orient

    La Orient

    3.0(5 reviews)
    3.8 miEsher
    ££

    we love this restaurant and constantly return. They always go one further to help you and find what…read moreyou or your,friends need.loved by all who vi. parking is behind. restaurant but limited..

    Caveat: This review is for the 'South East Asian' not the Chinese food that is on the plate at La…read moreOrient. I have to return to give that a go to update this review at some point. Being from Singapore, I miss my rendang, mee goreng, laksas and what not. When I first found out La Orient touted South East Asian food, all I could think of is - How could that be good?! I mean, my last review about Banana Tree was begrudgingly vitriolic enough. Let alone a place out in the sticks. Well, I then said to myself, there's no way this could be bad, I mean, how could they still operate when loads of folks now travel to South East Asia on a regular basis. Boy was I wrong. Service here redeems itself from a 1* review. The 'Malaysian' food however, is just not up to scratch at all. It invites me to gently (but oh so only gently) nudge Banana Tree to open up a place in Surrey (Gosh I feel dirty for even saying that). Anyway, we order the Kway Pie Tie as a starter, rendang, mee goreng, and sambal prawns for mains. The first somewhat encouraging sign is that they have plate warmers. Asians love their food piping hot, so I am all about that. However, when the kway pie tie comes, I'm immediately disappointed. It's lukewarm inside (probably from being frozen and reheated) and there's a gargantuan faux crabstick on one of them. Clearly this is not going to end well. My dining partner tries to convince me that I should withhold judgment until the rest of the food comes. I do. And then very quickly I don't. This IS NOT Malaysian food folks. I should have just gone for the regular Chinese menu. The Mee Goreng is a sorry substitute, egg noodles with no spice, and just beef and tomatoes. I mean, that's what it says, but someone must have not taught the chef what it really tastes like. The rendang looked more like a curry - Too much coconut, not enough depth of flavor coming from different types of spices. The only somewhat redeeming dish was the sambal prawns. But very very diluted in flavor, as if they weren't prepared to lather on the stinkiness of belachan or that they were afraid to overwhelm the genteel Surrey palate. Wasted calories this evening, now I really just wanna go for a run to totally have no remnants left of last night's dinner. Next time, I do wanna see if this place redeems itself with the Chinese food that doesn't purport to be South East Asian.

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    La Orient - Kway pie tie. Looks better than it tastes and wtf is a crab stick doing on there?!

    Kway pie tie. Looks better than it tastes and wtf is a crab stick doing on there?!

    La Orient - 'mee goreng' more like mee boring.

    'mee goreng' more like mee boring.

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    Gourmet Buffet

    Gourmet Buffet

    3.3(6 reviews)
    5.2 miMorden
    ££

    'You can go and eat your Chinese food, over drunken fools singing eighties tunes, they will be…read moresinging out of tune saying "Get the foreigners out of my area"' sang Morden based Good Shoes in their 2007 single 'Morden'. This was the place they were reffering to. Something of a cult hit in the area, Gourmet Buffet earnt a repuatation for being good, being cheap and then hosting karaoke if you take a party of 15 with you. I havent seen the karaoke machine out recently, mostly because I go there for 5 pound lunch, because dinner only has peking duck and a couple of rather nice dishes extra for 10 or 11 pounds. Go, take some friends, call in advance on 020 8640 1115 to book the karaoke machine as you have to eat here and can't just turn up for a sing. I dont reccomend seeing if you can make some racist comments to see if Good Shoes were right, but if you do go say hi to Chinese 'Dave' who is a huge man who always makes me laugh and has a warmth that brings regular customers each and every evening!

    A cracking place to go for a night out or arrange a birthday do. The staff really get everyone…read moreinvolved and make you feel completely at home. Once the beer/wine has kicked in with the tasty buffet meal you will find yourself drawn to join in the fun, and before you know it the night is drawing to a close (all too soon) and all of you and your mates have decided it's a great idea to all get up and sing Bohmemium Rhapsody. A solid good night out - make sure you book in advance though as it is a popular night out

    Little China Restaurant - chinese - Updated September 2026

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