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Harbour City was a Chinese restaurant on Gerrard Street in [[Locale Chinatown|Chinatown]], serving dim sum. It has now closed. As of early 2016 the premises are occupied by another restaurant called [[Food House, W1D 5QH|Food House (風味食堂)]].
 Chinese restaurant on Gerrard Street in Chinatown, serving good dim sum. The dim sum is better here than at the New World, but alas they don't have trollies; instead, you order from menus. Dim sum is served between noon and 5pm.
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 [[Kake]] and three other Perlmongers visited for dim sum on a Thursday lunchtime and had no trouble getting a table. We were seated in the first-floor dining room (seating is also available on the ground floor and the second floor).
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Chinese restaurant on Gerrard Street in [[Locale Chinatown|Chinatown]], serving dim sum between noon and 5pm. It can seat quite a few people, with dining areas on three floors &#8212; ground, first, and second.
 Stand-out dishes were the scallop cheung fun (&pound;3.50; plenty of scallops, tasty sauce, good texture to the noodles) and the miniature roast pork pies (&pound;2; good pastry, not too much sweetness, and a fairly decent amount of pork). Fried taro paste (&pound;2.20) was also good. Ginger beef dumplings (&pound;1.90), crab meat and coriander dumplings (&pound;2.20), and barbecued pork cheung fun (&pound;2.50) were all quite competent. Shanghai-style meat and vegetable dumplings (&pound;1.90) were fairly devoid of soup, unfortunately. Overall, though, everything was pretty good.
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[[Kake]] and three other Perlmongers visited for dim sum on a Friday lunchtime in July 2010 and had no trouble getting a table (we arrived around 1pm). Marinated octopus (&pound;2.50) arrived first, and was really pretty good; nice non-chewy texture, and a subtle flavour of toasted sesame oil. The wrappers on the har gao (&pound;2.40) were perhaps a little too thick. Scallop cheung fun (&pound;3.60) had nicely cooked large scallops and well-textured, not-too-thick noodles. Vietnamese spring rolls (&pound;2.10) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4805264189/ photo]</small> came with a very good non-generic chilli sauce, though the texture of the filling was a little coarse. Ma lai goh (steamed sponge cake; &pound;2.10) <small>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/4805877328/ photo]</small> was very light in texture, and not too sweet. We ended up paying &pound;11 head in total, for plenty of food.
 Tea was fine, not too strong, and the teapot was refilled promptly. Service was efficient and not unfriendly. We ended up paying &pound;10 apiece for slightly more food than we actually needed. Will definitely come back.
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On a previous visit by much the same group in February 2008, the stand-out dishes were the scallop cheung fun (as above) and the miniature roast pork pies (&pound;2; good pastry, not too much sweetness, and a fairly decent amount of pork). Fried taro paste (&pound;2.20) was also good. Ginger beef dumplings (&pound;1.90), crab meat and coriander dumplings (&pound;2.20), and barbecued pork cheung fun (&pound;2.50) were all quite competent. Shanghai-style meat and vegetable dumplings (&pound;1.90) were fairly devoid of soup, unfortunately. Overall, though, everything was pretty good. Tea was fine, not too strong, and the teapot was refilled promptly. Service was efficient and not unfriendly. We ended up paying &pound;10 apiece for slightly more food than we actually needed.
 Accessibility: steps up to get in, and the toilets are up two narrow flights of stairs.
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Accessibility: Three high steps up to get in. Toilets are in the basement (down a flight of stairs with a sturdy handrail on one side; cubicles in the ladies' are a bit narrow but the doors open outwards into a reasonable sized vestibule) and on the second floor.
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* [http://flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/sets/72157603912843072/ Kake's photoset of the dim sum menu as of July 2010]
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* [http://bellaphon.blogspot.com/2009/08/harbour-city.html Bellaphon's review]
* [http://eatlovenoodles.blogspot.com/2010/01/dim-sum-harbour-city-cantonese-london.html Eat Noodles Love Noodles review]
* [http://pickyglutton.wordpress.com/2011/06/19/dim-sum-harbor-city-review/ Picky Glutton review]
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* [http://www.qype.co.uk/place/134410#PlaceReviews Qype comments]
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<div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and other Perlmongers, July 2010.</div>
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 <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]] and other Perlmongers, 14 February 2008. Opening times, individual prices, and dim sum times taken from menu outside on that visit.</div>
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summary='Now closed; was a Chinese restaurant on Gerrard Street in Chinatown.' summary='Good dim sum on Gerrard Street in Chinatown.'		 opening_hours_text='noon-11:30pm Mon-Thu; noon-midnight Fri-Sat; 11am-10:30pm Sun'
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 summary='Good dim sum on Gerrard Street in Chinatown.'

Chinese restaurant on Gerrard Street in Chinatown, serving good dim sum. The dim sum is better here than at the New World, but alas they don't have trollies; instead, you order from menus. Dim sum is served between noon and 5pm.

Kake and three other Perlmongers visited for dim sum on a Thursday lunchtime and had no trouble getting a table. We were seated in the first-floor dining room (seating is also available on the ground floor and the second floor).

Stand-out dishes were the scallop cheung fun (£3.50; plenty of scallops, tasty sauce, good texture to the noodles) and the miniature roast pork pies (£2; good pastry, not too much sweetness, and a fairly decent amount of pork). Fried taro paste (£2.20) was also good. Ginger beef dumplings (£1.90), crab meat and coriander dumplings (£2.20), and barbecued pork cheung fun (£2.50) were all quite competent. Shanghai-style meat and vegetable dumplings (£1.90) were fairly devoid of soup, unfortunately. Overall, though, everything was pretty good.

Tea was fine, not too strong, and the teapot was refilled promptly. Service was efficient and not unfriendly. We ended up paying £10 apiece for slightly more food than we actually needed. Will definitely come back.

Accessibility: steps up to get in, and the toilets are up two narrow flights of stairs.

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Last visited by Kake and other Perlmongers, 14 February 2008. Opening times, individual prices, and dim sum times taken from menu outside on that visit.

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