The Chinese cricket team may have some way to go to beat its rivals India & Pakistan in sporting matters, but its culinary namesake at the Crowne Plaza hotel is proving that Chinese cuisine can mix it with the best in the lip-numbing stakes. The kitchen eschews MSG in favour of a spiced-up Szechuan armoury, including liberal quantities of chilli, marinated garlic & fragrant ginger. Nibble on sweet pickled cabbage before working your way through the dim sum menu – perhaps crisp black cod ‘gow gee’ in tangy miso paste or deep-fried shards of salt & pepper aubergine. Mains might yield chicken in sweet vinegar or prawns with chilli & black beans, before crossing the East China Sea for chawan mushi – a Japanese egg-custard dish with gingko seeds. Food-friendly wines, too.
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