Wong Kei in London’s Chinatown used to form a significant portion of this poor student’s diet but there’s only a certain amount of rough service and sitting with strangers that you can take. A friend recently went there and told me it wasn’t so bad, then another friend convinced me to eat there.

It must have been close to 10 years since I last ate there. I suspect it may be another 10 years before I go back. There’s still the same chaotic atmosphere and the decor hasn’t changed much. We sat with two random English guys at a large table. Admittedly our waiter wasn’t that rough, though. He wore a Wong Kei branded t-shirt with ‘upstairs downstairs’ written on the back. Why?

The food was certainly cheap and the portions pretty generous – a healthy serving of Ho Fun and six spring rolls! But I wasn’t too impressed by the taste.