Randomness Guide to London Menu

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.

Kake and doop tried the delivery option twice in quick succession in February 2008 and were rather pleased. The food arrived promptly, well-packaged, fresh, and hot. Some of the dishes came in those cute little cardboard cartons. Aww!

Grilled Peking dumplings (£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.

On another occasion, we tried the dim sum platter for two (£7); they gave us four har gao, four sui mai, and two cha siu bau rather than the selection of four types that were advertised on the menu - maybe they were out of the prawn and chive dumplings. The har gao were made in a press rather than properly pleated, and the wrappers were really not 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 satisfied the dim sum craving. Siu mai were 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. Egg fried rice (£2.20) was competent if nothing special.

Will most definitely order from here again.

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. However, if you order from Hungry House to the value of more than £15 then you get a free starter (choose from a small selection including satay chicken and sesame prawn toast). Our chosen freebie ended up being two (admittedly decently-sized) pieces of rather good sesame prawn toast - you might get more if you order it from the actual menu.