Restaurant review: Crispy Duck

Roger

10 March 2008

Address: 27 Wardour Street, London W1D 6PR
Telephone: 020 7287 6578
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Longitude: -0.132168
Latitude: 51.511165

A no-frills Chinese restaurant, mostly un-touristed, and a lot more authentic than you might guess from the name. Large portions, excellent food (I've never had a single dish there that I didn't like), fast service, and sensible prices. Try the "intestines"; they're basically Chinese chitlins...

(Note that as of 2008 you may have to ask for the "special menu", since the deep-fried intestines are no longer on the main menu.)

Stays open late. Congee particularly recommended if you're about to take a long night bus ride home.

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