This fairly recent addition to Islington’s restaurant mile is a tranquil spot of white walls and pan pipes where the dim sum is so good it is served until 11pm. It is also halal, which means no to pork dumplings, but thumbs up to chicken puffs, pan-fried chicken dumplings, and chicken and shiitake mushroom buns. Seafood, though, is the best thing to order, from steamed prawn or prawn and chive dumplings, to crab and chicken siu mai and pistachio green-coloured seabass rolls, while veggie options such as spring onion pancake and carrot and salted egg yolk bun are good shouts too. Don’t ignore the main menu, either: candy-sweet mango golden floss prawns, chewy ho fun and spicy dan dan noodles, or one of the glossy whole ducks shimmering in the window.
The best dim sum in London, from Din Tai Fung to Dim Sum Duck
