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Dim sum restaurant on the [[Locale South Bank|South Bank]], part of a small "modern-style" chain with branches [[Ping Pong, W1T 1QQ|on Goodge Street]], [[Ping Pong, W1F 7JL|in Soho]] and [[Ping Pong, EC4M 9BE|near St Paul's]], among other places.

[[Kerry]] visited on a Tuesday evening in August 2011. Although there was no trouble getting a table in the small outside terrace at 6pm, by the time I left at 7pm both the outside and more spacious inside were packed.

Both the food and the cocktails (watermelon cardamom martini and blueberry cheesecake "dessert cocktail", both &pound;6) were tasty without being amazing. The scallop and shiitake dumplings (&pound;3.49) and prawn toast with sesame seeds (&pound;4) were cooked well (although the prawn toast was slightly overfried), and the honey-glazed hoi sin vegetable puff (&pound;3.79) was delicious: it tasted light but was filling, and the honey and spice flavours complemented each other exceptionally. The only disappointment was the "signature dish" of king prawn and garlic black dumplings (&pound;4), which were overcooked to the point of falling apart as I picked them up, although the flavours were very good once I managed to get them in my mouth (it's hard to go wrong with garlic).

The service was friendly and rapid, even though it was quite busy by the time I left. There is an option on the ordering sheet to write in what time your table would like to finish by, a good idea in a location next to the Southbank Centre, the BFI and the NT, where patrons are likely to be pre-show diners.

[[Kerry]]'s verdict: I'm sure there is much better dim sum in London, but I wouldn't hesitate to go here again if I were looking to eat in the area.

See also:
* [http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/00,news,14665,187,00.htm Southwark News review]
* [http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/restaurants/ping-pong-review-25194.html View London review]
* [http://ratemybistro.co.uk/ping-pong-south-bank/ Rate My Bistro review]
* [http://sybaricious.blogspot.com/2012/03/breaking-up-with-ping-pong-dim-sum.html Sybaricious review]
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/29801.htm London Eating comments]
* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/1165047#PlaceReviews Qype comments]

<div class="last_verified">Opening hours taken from the Ping Pong website, August 2011. Last visited by [[Kerry]], 2 August 2011.</div>

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