Set in Broadmead, Mayflower is a Cantonese restaurant known for its extensive menu of classic and traditional Chinese dishes, ranging from familiar takeaway favourites to lesser-seen regional cooking. It’s a go-to for family-style meals and celebrations, thanks to it’s wide ranging menu and dishes that work best when shared.
The Mayflower menu leans heavily on Cantonese cooking techniques, with an added selection of Sichuan dishes for those seeking a little heat, plus a range of dim sum. To start, you’ll find varied starters and soups, including a mixed starter platter that features barbecued ribs, spring rolls, sesame prawn toast and crispy seaweed. Alongside individual portions of the above, are soups like hot and sour, sweetcorn and chicken, and wonton soup, plus congee dishes including century egg and pork, minced beef, and pork liver.
As for more substantial plates, Mayflower offers chicken dishes, such as black bean and ginger with spring onion, lemon chicken, satay, sweet and sour and much more. You’ll also find crispy shredded beef with cashew nuts and a slow-cooked braised brisket beef curry. Roast meats are perhaps what Mayflower is best known for, including a traditional roast duck, char siu pork, and crispy pork belly. Order your favourite individually or go for the ‘Three Roasties’ option to try them all.
Seafood dishes, meanwhile, offer up king prawns in satay sauce, in addition to prawns, squid and scallops available prepared with sauces and seasonings like garlic, black bean and sweet chilli. Seafood specialities also offer up more elaborate premium dishes, from whole steamed turbot and steamed sea bass to lobster served with a choice of noodle styles, including wonton, crispy fried noodle, and fried ho fun. Guests can also expect traditional clay pot dishes, a wide selection of vegetable sides, and vegetarian mains, alongside steamed and fried rice. To finish, Mayflower offers up banana fritters, pineapple fritters, fresh lychees in lychee water, ice cream, and custard buns.