I’m sure Hasu is excellent, I only say probably inferior because I’ve visited many sushi restaurants across London and beyond but continue to come back to the Ealing Common restaurants where there’s a large Japanese expat community and I’ve found repeatedly they have been the best I’ve found in terms of value, authenticity and taste. Hence why I qualified it with ‘probably’. Hopefully I will visit soon.As for North China and the ‘Anglo’ question. Like I said, perfectly passable, if well overpriced. I know many Chinese restaurants in the UK with a broadly identical menu and standard. Spring rolls, Peking Duck, chicken/beef/pork in a glutinous Cantonese style sauce with a sprinkling of MSG. They are perfectly fine, especially for people that grew up with that sort of food, however tastes develop and become more sophisticated and informed. Now people prefer restaurants that focus on regional cuisines, Hunan, Sichuan, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Tibetan, Peking/Beijing. When you go to a restaurant with a large menu of mixed regional cuisines you know it will be – for the most part – a rough approximation of those dishes adapted for the western palate. Not saying there’s anything wrong with that. I enjoy a Chicken-Tikka-Masala and a Cobra as much as the next person – but authentic Indian it is not, and there’s soo soo much more out there.Back to my original point. Acton could do with a little neighbourhood British/French/European bistro. Nothing fancy. Small rotating menu focusing on fresh local produce. I don’t think you could go anywhere else on the planet with soo many Asian & Middle Eastern restaurants and not a solitary local one. Says it all really…
James Moore ● 3273d