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Golden Day was a Hunan restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue in [[Locale Chinatown|Chinatown]]. It has now closed. As of February 2015 the interior has been stripped out, and there's a sign (in Chinese) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/16378074437/ photo]</small> stating that the restaurant and its chefs have moved to Oriental Dragon, 31 Gerrard Street. The information below is retained for historical purposes. <div class="old_info"> Hunan restaurant on Shaftesbury Avenue in [[Locale Chinatown|Chinatown]]. It opened in early 2010 on the site previously occupied by Chinese Experience. Its Chinese name is 好日子 (hǎo rì zi), which literally translates as something like "auspicious day". [[Kake]] and nine friends visited in June 2010. We'd booked in advance, and were seated in a slightly more private booth area at the back of the restaurant. Because of the size of our party, we managed to try a fair selection of the menu — around 14 dishes — and it was all good. Smoked pork with white pepper and leeks (白椒臘肉/bái jiāo là ròu; £9.50) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4756341126/ photo]</small> was one of the standouts, with an excellent smoky flavour to the meat and a pleasing texture too. Hunan-style mashed aubergine (擂蒸茄子/léi zhēng qié zi; £6.80) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4799994840/ photo]</small> was smoky and soft, and had a good seed-free texture. A dish of hand-torn cabbage (手撕包菜/shǒu sī bāo cài) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4756234696/ photo]</small> was perfectly cooked, neither too crisp nor too soggy. Arriving last was the most spectacular of our dishes — sliced steamed fish with chillies and garlic (香辣片片魚/xiāng là piàn piàn yú) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4756386130/ photo]</small>. The presentation was great, with head and tail set at either end of the platter and cucumber "scales" running along each side. The fish had a lovely texture too. On another visit a month later, we tried the sundried green beans with pork (曝豆角炒肉; £8.50) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4799340427/ photo]</small>, Xiangxi-style dry-pot duck with baby ginger (乾鍋湘西仔姜鴨/gān guō Xiāngxī zǐ jiāng yā; £15.80) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4799351871/ photo]</small>, and steamed seabass with home-made chilli paste (剁椒蒸鱸魚/duò jiāo zhēng lú yú; £16.80) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4800051938/ photo]</small>. The flesh of the fish was softer than that of the steamed fish we had last time, and [[Kake]] didn't enjoy it quite as much, but the rest of our party thought it was fine. Accessibility: A largeish step up to get in. Toilets are down a flight of stairs with a couple of bends. See also: * Kake's photos of the menu as of May 2011: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5737373874/ 1], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/5736823895/ 2] * [https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/04/jay-rayner-restaurant-review-golden-day-london The Observer review] (by Jay Rayner) * [http://web.archive.org/web/20140724013242/http://www.timeout.com/london/restaurants/golden-day Time Out review] (by Guy Dimond) * [https://www.chowhound.com/post/golden-day-london-689587 Chowhound thread] * [https://www.chowhound.com/post/ethnic-eats-report-london-718606 Another Chowhound thread] * [https://www.chowhound.com/post/chef-change-golden-day-chinatown-london-782433 Yet another Chowhound thread] * [https://owlfish.livejournal.com/1040067.html Owlfish's writeup of our first visit] * [http://eatlovenoodles.blogspot.com/2010/08/dinner-golden-day-hunan-london.html Mr Noodles' writeup of our second visit] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], [[bob]], and friends, July 2010.</div> </div>
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