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Chinese cafe-style restaurant and takeaway on Camberwell Church St, in Camberwell.

It specialises in Xinjiang food. The menu is in Chinese with an English translation photo.

secretlondon visited one Sunday evening in February 2009. I had lamb with noodle and egg (£7) photo, 10 dumplings (£3) photo and a pot of tea (£1).

When a horde of us visited on a Monday evening in September 2010, the place was busy - it's a good thing that we'd booked. Service was still good, and the food tasty. All the food was tasty, although the dumplings and the famed lamb skewers didn't particularly impress DrHyde. There was nothing wrong with them, they just didn't stand out. The Big Plate Chicken was delicious, and the many vegetarian sides and salads were surprisingly tasty - a normal person could almost come here, pretend to be a veggie, and go away satisfied. But best of all was the price: 9 of us pigged out for only 15 quid each, including booze and tip.

Background music sounded like Chinese easy listening. The tables are wooden benches.

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Last visited by secretlondon, February 2009.
OS X co-ord: 532783 OS Y co-ord: 176738 (Latitude: 51.473516 Longitude: -0.087897)
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