Randomness Guide to London - Differences between Version 14 and Version 13 of Dream Taste, SE15 3LS

Pretty decent Chinese takeaway in Nunhead. (Much of the interweb seems to think it's in East Dulwich, though.) They also do some Thai food, which (according to doop) is a very Chineseified kind of Thai food, but tasty enough if you like that kind of thing. Don't know if they also do eat-in.

Various combinations of Kake, doop, and Bob have ordered from here several times since we discovered it in early 2008. The food always arrives promptly, and is well-packaged, fresh, and hot. Some of the dishes come in those cute little cardboard cartons. Aww! This is definitely one of our favourites among the takeaways that will deliver to SE16.

Grilled Peking dumplings, sampled in February 2008 (£3.60 for six) weren't bad at all; good, thick, chewy skins, well cooked, and nothing wrong with the filling either. Crispy duck with pancakes (£6.90 for a quarter) was good too. (It came as a whole piece that you shred yourself.) Hot and sour soup (£2.20) was good apart from the tough pieces of chilli skin floating in it.

We've also had the dim sum platter for two (£7) a couple of times now; this includes four har gao, four sui mai, and two cha siu bau. The har gao are made in a press rather than properly pleated, and the wrappers aren't really up to scratch - but it would be quite a lot to expect proper har gao from a little local takeaway like this, and they certainly satisfy the dim sum craving. Siu mai are fine, and much neater and more compact than the enormous waterlogged floppy things that the Laughing Buddha have been delivering us recently.

Mains were also fine. Pan fried salmon in soya bean sauce (£4.90) was good; the salmon was encased in a thin batter to preserve its tenderness. Aubergine with peppercorns and spiced salt (£3.50), a dry dish along the lines of salt-and-pepper tofu, was well-flavoured and not too greasy. Beancurd with green peppers in black bean sauce (£3.50) had a generous proportion of beancurd, and the beancurd was cooked well too, not over-fried like it is in some places. Vegetarian ma po tofu (£3.50) isn't bad, but like the hot and sour soup has a slight tendency towards overly-tough chilli skins.

Egg fried rice (£2.20) was competent if nothing special. House special fried rice (£4.50) has a slightly unusual presentation; it's basically a box of egg fried rice with all the other bits and pieces laid neatly on top.

Ewan comments: Have ordered the Thai green curry with vegetables twice before, which is an acceptable though not particularly amazing Thai dish. In March 2008, I ordered the Chinese mushroom and bamboo shoots (£3.10) which went down perfectly well with some rice. However, the aubergine with peppercorns and spiced salt was really of a higher order and very good indeed, a lovely combination of a dry batter with the aubergine which I would highly recommend for every future order from here.

You can order online from Just-Eat or from Hungry House. Note: if you order from Hungry House and pay by card, there's a £1 surcharge - not sure if this is also the case with Just-Eat.

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