Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 20 and Version 8 of Chuen Cheng Ku, W1D 6PN
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| Chuen Cheng Ku was a Chinese restaurant just off Shaftesbury Avenue. It has now closed. As of April 2014 the premises are up for let <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/13928294823/ photo]</small>. |
Comment added by Anonymous: Does anyone know why the Chuen Cheng Ku is closed? I have been coming here for 25 years and the doors are no longer open...... |
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The information below is retained for historical purposes. |
Note from [[Kake]]: It's closed for refurb; I walked past today (28 Sep 2007) and the carpets were all taken up and there was a note in the window saying they were temporarily closed for a refit. |
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<div class="old_info"> Chinese restaurant just off Shaftesbury Avenue. Note that it's pretty big and has two entrances; one is on Wardour Street (pictured on this page) and the other is on Rupert Street (see [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/2720479439/ photo]). |
Chinese restaurant just off Shaftesbury Avenue. (Note that it has two entrances; one is on Wardour Street and the other is on Rupert Street - it's pretty big.) |
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<b>Note:</b> [https://www.chowhound.com/post/dim-sum-restaurant-china-town-london-838530?commentId=7710344 According to klyeoh on Chowhound], Chuen Cheng Ku has closed down as of November 2012, but we haven't verified this yet. |
Offers dim sum until 10:30pm (according to menu in window, May 2007); they have menus on the tables that you can order from, but (at lunchtime, at least) they also have the trollies that come around to let you choose from. |
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According to the Chuen Cheng Ku website as of November 2009, dim sum is served 11am-6pm Mon-Sun. They have menus on the tables that you can order from, but (at lunchtime, at least) they also have the trollies that come around to let you choose from. |
Four of us visited on a Friday lunchtime (April 2007). We were seated straight away and the trollies came round very quickly; we had a good selection of food on our table very soon after being ready to start choosing. The staff were careful to make sure our teacups and teapot were kept topped up at all times. We paid £63.30 (including the service charge, which they added automatically) for four hungry people, including tea but no alcohol. I think we'll be coming back here. |
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[[Kake]], [[Nick]], and two others visited on a Friday lunchtime in April 2007. We were seated straight away and the trollies came round very quickly; we had a good selection of food on our table very soon after being ready to start choosing. The staff were careful to make sure our teacups and teapot were kept topped up at all times. We paid £63.30 (including the service charge, which they added automatically) for four hungry people, including tea but no alcohol. |
Another visit on a Thursday lunchtime, May 2007; a larger group, and slightly slower teapot-tending, but again we were happy. The stand-out dish was perhaps the pork and ginger dumplings; not at all an unusual item, just very well executed. The spicy sea snails are also worth a try, if only for the novelty of it. Fried sesame-coconut dessert dumplings were also good. £13 per head this time (including service charge and tea, no alcohol). |
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[[Kake]] and friends visited again on a Thursday lunchtime in May 2007; a larger group, and slightly slower teapot-tending, but again we were happy. The stand-out dish was perhaps the pork and ginger dumplings; not at all an unusual item, just very well executed. The spicy sea snails are also worth a try, if only for the novelty of it. Fried sesame-coconut dessert dumplings were also good. £13 per head this time (including service charge and tea, no alcohol). |
* [http://www.london-eating.co.uk/359.htm London Eating review] |
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[[Nick]] and others visited on 20 March 2008; it was quite busy (possibly because it was Maundy Thursday), but despite relegating the 6 of us to an 8 table "round the back" and up a ramp, the trolleys still continued to visit, and the teapot was well tended. £11 a head (including service charge and tea, no alcohol). [[Leon]] visited with five others on 29 May 2008 and was very disappointed. The quality of the food was much worse than previously and [[Leon]] is unlikely to return anytime soon. See also: * [http://luscioustemptations.blogspot.com/2009/11/dim-sum-chuen-cheng-ku-chinatown.html Luscious Temptations review] * [http://web.archive.org/web/20160430030031/http://anotherfoodblog.com/dinner-at-the-chuen-cheng-ku/ Another Food Blog review] * [https://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/chuen-cheng-ku-london Yelp comments] |
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<small>Last visited by [[Leon]] and other perlmongers, May 2008.</small> </div> |
<small>Last visited by [[Kake]] and other perlmongers, 10 May 2007. Opening hours taken from the Chuen Cheng Ku website, May 2007.</small> |
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category='Featured Article,Now Closed' edit_type='Minor tidying' |
category='Chinese Food,Dim Sum,Featured Article,Free Geodata,Restaurants,Temporarily Closed' edit_type='Normal edit' |
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formatted_website_text='http://www.chuenchengku.co.uk/
' host='213.165.225.132' hours_text='11am-11:45pm Mon-Sat; 11am-11:15pm Sun' latitude='51.510557' locale='Chinatown,Soho,W1' longitude='-0.130061' major_change='1' |
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opening_hours_text='11am-11:45pm Mon-Sat; 11am-11:15pm Sun' os_x='529750' os_y='180781' |
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postcode='' summary='Now closed; was a Chinese restaurant in Soho.' website='http://www.chuenchengku.co.uk/' |
postcode='W1D 6PN' summary='Chinese restaurant in Soho, does dim sum.' summary='Now closed; was a Chinese restaurant in Soho.' website='http://www.chuenchengku.co.uk/' |
Comment added by Anonymous: Does anyone know why the Chuen Cheng Ku is closed? I have been coming here for 25 years and the doors are no longer open......
Note from Kake: It's closed for refurb; I walked past today (28 Sep 2007) and the carpets were all taken up and there was a note in the window saying they were temporarily closed for a refit.
Chinese restaurant just off Shaftesbury Avenue. (Note that it has two entrances; one is on Wardour Street and the other is on Rupert Street - it's pretty big.)
Offers dim sum until 10:30pm (according to menu in window, May 2007); they have menus on the tables that you can order from, but (at lunchtime, at least) they also have the trollies that come around to let you choose from.
Four of us visited on a Friday lunchtime (April 2007). We were seated straight away and the trollies came round very quickly; we had a good selection of food on our table very soon after being ready to start choosing. The staff were careful to make sure our teacups and teapot were kept topped up at all times. We paid £63.30 (including the service charge, which they added automatically) for four hungry people, including tea but no alcohol. I think we'll be coming back here.
Another visit on a Thursday lunchtime, May 2007; a larger group, and slightly slower teapot-tending, but again we were happy. The stand-out dish was perhaps the pork and ginger dumplings; not at all an unusual item, just very well executed. The spicy sea snails are also worth a try, if only for the novelty of it. Fried sesame-coconut dessert dumplings were also good. £13 per head this time (including service charge and tea, no alcohol).
GPS data collected by Kake on a Garmin eTrex, 13 April 2007, and released into the public domain: OSGB 529750, 180781.
Last visited by Kake and other perlmongers, 10 May 2007. Opening hours taken from the Chuen Cheng Ku website, May 2007.
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