The Upcoming
  • Cinema & Tv
    • Movie reviews
    • Film festivals
      • Berlin
      • Tribeca
      • Sundance London
      • Cannes
      • Locarno
      • Venice
      • London
      • Toronto
    • Show reviews
  • Music
    • Live music
  • Food & Drinks
    • News & Features
    • Restaurant & bar reviews
    • Interviews & Recipes
  • Theatre
  • Art
  • Travel & Lifestyle
  • Literature
  • Fashion & Beauty
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • News & Features
    • Shopping & Trends
    • Tips & How-tos
    • Fashion weeks
      • London Fashion Week
      • London Fashion Week Men’s
      • New York Fashion Week
      • Milan Fashion Week
      • Paris Fashion Week
      • Haute Couture
  • Join us
    • Editorial unit
    • Our writers
    • Join the team
    • Join the mailing list
    • Support us
    • Contact us
  • Competitions
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Instagram

  • YouTube

  • RSS

CultureFood & DrinksRestaurant & bar reviews

Hakkasan Hanway Place in Bloomsbury

Hakkasan Hanway Place in Bloomsbury | Restaurant review
10 November 2015
Rasha Barazi
Avatar
Rasha Barazi
10 November 2015

Food

Rasha Barazi5

Hakkasan Hanway Place

BarQuick & easyCasual foodFine dining
QUICKCASUALFINE DINING

Concept

Fine dining

Cuisine

Chinese - Fine dining

Highlights

Baked Venison Puff, Stir-fry Black Pepper Rib Eye Beef with Merlot

Rating

★★★★★

Food ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Drinks ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Service ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Links

WebsiteMap

Tucked away in an unassuming corner behind Oxford Street is Hakkasan Hanway Place, a Michelin-starred restaurant that has been delighting diners with contemporary Cantonese cuisine since 2001. Descending the restaurant’s steps, we are instantly greeted with the smell of burning incense and are warmly welcomed into a charming space, adorned with delicately carved wooden screens and dark oak latticework. This is calm, collected decadence, providing diners with a safe haven away from the chaotic streets nearby.

We’re here for Hakkasan’s Dim Sum Sundays, and opt for the Dim Sum Sunday Classic, a four course meal for two that comes with a choice of cocktail and a traditional loose-leaf tea. Many of those around us opt for the Signature option, which includes Champagne and an after-dinner cocktail, adding a jovial, leisurely lunch feel to the restaurant.

The Crispy Duck Salad is the perfect introduction: made with succulent shredded duck topped with a layer of crispy skin and accompanied by refreshing pink and yellow pomelo and creamy pine nuts, the result is outstanding. Enjoyed alongside the Coco Passion and the Gavati Refresher, our two light, sweet and fruity mocktails of choice, we are off to a positive start.

Coco Passion & Gavati Refresher
Crispy Duck Salad

The second course presents the opportunity to sample the restaurant’s signature dim sum, including a selection of miniature pastries stuffed with meat and seafood fillings. The Baked Venison Puff ­stands out from the crowd, with its sweet, game centre and crumbly, melt-in-the-mouth pastry. The Royal King Crab and Truffle Roll is also exceptional, with a meaty filling and a light, crispy coating.

Following this selection of baked goods are the traditional dumplings, including a delicious Har Gau packed with prawns and the Scallop Shumai. The latter is fishy in all the right measures, full of seafood, topped with a delicate, sweet scallop and dotted with bright orange roe to add bite. The Chinese Chive Dumpling and the Duck and Yam Bean Dumpling add a softer taste, with gentle, herby flavours in the former, and a sweeter alternative in the latter, which is filled with carrots and contains a lovely hint of orange zest.

Har Gau, Scallop Shumai, Chinese Chive Dumpling, Duck and Yam Bean Dumpling
Royal King Crab and Truffle Roll

The main course arrives, an impressive selection of dishes to please lovers of meat, fish and rice. The XO Seafood and Water Chestnut Lettuce Wrap, filled with finely diced squid, prawns, scallops and abalone, is delicately cooked, tossed with crunchy green beans and packing a generous level of heat. The Stir-fry Black Pepper Rib Eye Beef with Merlot is even better, with tender meat and a sticky coating that is well-seasoned and perfectly accompanied by Ginger and Spring Onion Fried Rice. The least impressive item on the table is the Seasonal Vegetable, a baby bok-choy which adds an unwelcome bitterness. Still, this is easily forgiven in the grand scheme of this glorious feast of flavours and textures.

Stir-fry Black Pepper and Rib Eye
Seasonal Vegetable

Finally, completing the Dim Sum tradition, is Hakkasan’s Classical Beauty tea, with hints of jasmine and a lovely, settling quality. This is enjoyed together with the Apple Tatin, made with Calvados and served with vanilla ice cream. The tart apple is accompanied by crumble for added crunch and a delicious smear of apple compote for sweetness. The Jivara Bomb is shamelessly indulgent, teasing one’s inner child with a white chocolate and rice crispies hiding a hazelnut ice cream. Completed with melted chocolate, dried raspberries and crumble, this is the definition of decadence

Apple Tatin
Jivara Bomb

From start to finish, the Dim Sum Sunday at Hakkasan Hanway Place is faultless. With every last detail considered, impeccable service and high-quality food in a relaxed environment, this could easily become a Sunday lunch habit. It is easy to see how this restaurant has become so distinguished the world over.

★★★★★

Food ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Drinks ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Service ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Rasha Barazi

To book a table at Hakkasan Hanway Place, 8 Hanway Place London W1T 1HD, call  020 7927 7000 or visit here.

XO Seafood and Water Chestnut Lettuce Wrap
Related Itemsreview

More in Food & Drinks

Top chefs with 51 Michelin stars between them celebrate the World Edition of Reach for the Stars at Vila Vita Parc in Portugal

Food Desk
Read More

The Lanesborough Grill in Knightsbridge: “Classic dishes, artisanal producers and shimmering crystal chandeliers”

Cristiana Ferrauti
Read More

Gastronomika returns for 2022 focusing on the UK: United Kulinary and life beyond London

The editorial unit
Read More

Geranium in Copenhagen takes World’s Best Restaurant for 2022 as Italy and Spain rise in the rankings

Food Desk
Read More

World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2022: The new 51-100 list mapped out

Food Desk
Read More

Parisian bar Little Red Door to take over Adam Handling’s Eve Bar on 7 July

Food Desk
Read More

50 Next: London chef Santiago Lastra recognised in Bilbao as one of the 50 young people shaping the future of gastronomy

Food Desk
Read More

Taste of London 2022 at Regent’s Park: Creativity in gastronomy is alive and kicking

Ashiana Pradhan
Read More

Adam Handling’s Eve Bar launches new cocktail menu

Food Desk
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Food

Rasha Barazi5

Hakkasan Hanway Place

BarQuick & easyCasual foodFine dining
QUICKCASUALFINE DINING

Concept

Fine dining

Cuisine

Chinese - Fine dining

Highlights

Baked Venison Puff, Stir-fry Black Pepper Rib Eye Beef with Merlot

Rating

★★★★★

Food ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Drinks ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Service ▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮▮

Links

WebsiteMap

  • Popular

  • Latest

  • TOP PICKS

  • “Theatre is totally unique… there’s simply nothing else quite like it”: An interview with Sir Howard Panter as the new cast of Jersey Boys opens at Trafalgar Theatre
    Theatre
  • Midsummer Mechanicals at Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Nope
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • What Josiah Saw
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • South Facing Festival: Richard Ashcroft and his band were on impressive form from start to finish
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Ed Fringe 2022: Hungry
    ★★★★★
    Theatre
  • Eiffel
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Five Days at Memorial
    ★★★★★
    apple
  • Nope
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • South Facing Festival: Richard Ashcroft and his band were on impressive form from start to finish
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Nope
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
  • Five Days at Memorial
    ★★★★★
    apple
  • South Facing Festival: Richard Ashcroft and his band were on impressive form from start to finish
    ★★★★★
    Live music
  • Jersey Boys bring on a new cast at Trafalgar Theatre
    Theatre
  • Prey
    ★★★★★
    Movie review
The Upcoming
Pages
  • Contact us
  • Join mailing list
  • Join us
  • Our London food map
  • Our writers
  • Support us
  • What, when, why
With the support from:
International driving license

Copyright © 2011-2020 FL Media

The Hairy Ape: An interview with Steffan Rhodri
Dry Land at Jermyn Street Theatre | Theatre review