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Note: according to Chowhound (a comment in the thread linked below), they also do a "grandma style" roast pork, which is stirfried in chillies and garlic and isn't on the menu.
 Note: [https://www.chowhound.com/post/roast-meats-seasons-wardour-street-branch-chinatown-london-735179?commentId=5926631 according to Chowhound], they also do a "grandma style" roast pork, which is stirfried in chillies and garlic and isn't on the menu.
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20160912041838/https://www.chowhound.com/post/london-chinese-style-roast-duck-queensway-bayswater-828315 Chowhound thread]
 * [https://www.chowhound.com/post/london-chinese-style-roast-duck-queensway-bayswater-828315 Chowhound thread]
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20181207164206/http://www.fifteenpickles.com/2011/02/04/chinese-new-year-dinner-at-goldmine/ Fifteen Pickles review]
 * [http://www.fifteenpickles.com/2011/02/04/chinese-new-year-dinner-at-goldmine/ Fifteen Pickles review]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Leon]], [[bob]], and other Perlmongers, December 2009.</div>
 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[Leon]], [[bob]], and other Perlmongers, December 2009. Opening hours taken from the Time Out website, December 2009.</div>
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Small Chinese restaurant on Queensway in Bayswater.

It specialises in roast meats, particularly Cantonese-style roast duck. In this, it's in some degree of competition with Four Seasons, down the road at number 84; according to a couple of the reviews linked below, Gold Mine was actually opened by the ex-barbecue chef from Four Seasons.

Inside, it's long and narrow, with a low ceiling, basic decor, crammed-in tables, and very little natural light. A mirrored wall in the back section helps to open up the space a little.

Kake, Leon, bob, and other Perlmongers visited on a Thursday lunchtime in December 2009. Arriving at 1pm, there was a short wait for a table even when we thought there were only four of us; however even when another four arrived, we weren't kept hanging around for too long as a large round table became free and they squeezed us in around it.

We shared a couple of orders of roast duck, a plate of crispy roast pork, a plate of seasonal vegetables, and rice/noodles. The roast duck was very good, moist without being overly fatty. Kake was pleased with the sauce, since it wasn't too sweet; Leon points out that the sauce at Four Seasons is sweeter, which some people may prefer. The pork was disappointing and inconsistent; some pieces had chewy skin rather than crispy crackling, and the meat was very dry and hard in places. Seasonal vegetables — large, nicely chewy mushrooms on a bed of greens (looked like gai lan) — were fine. The rice was also fine; not mushy or dried out at all, perfectly good.

Including tea all round (not sure if this was charged for) we paid £12/head.

Note: according to Chowhound, they also do a "grandma style" roast pork, which is stirfried in chillies and garlic and isn't on the menu.

Kake's verdict: This is not somewhere to linger over a meal, and I suspect the rest of the menu may not be worth bothering with, but I would happily eat more of that duck.

Accessibility: One step up to get in. Toilets are down a flight of stairs with at least one bend in it (not sure about handrails).

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Last visited by Kake, Leon, bob, and other Perlmongers, December 2009. Opening hours taken from the Time Out website, December 2009.

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