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[superpitching]

All I can think about at the moment is dim sum, which makes it even more irritating that much lunch is a sodding "Innocent Vegetable Pot". I have spent the morning being envious at Ken's trip to Tim Ho Wan (here are someone elses photos), but a lot closer to home is Penninsula, by the Holiday Inn in North Greenwich. (Whenever I think of a Holiday Inn, I start singing "Holiday Hymn" by Vic Godard, which I constantly mis-sing as "Holiday Inn" which is amusing if you like that sort of thing). I have never been, but gosh they have lots of dim sum. I think I should eat it all, or alternatively, get married there as they appear to have some offers on. If you book 20 tables they throw in a wedding dress, karaoke and a suckling pig, marvellous. Anyway, back to the dim sums, and Kake, here you go:

http://www.mychinesefood.co.uk/printmenu/dimsum_chinese.htm
http://www.mychinesefood.co.uk/printmenu/dimsum_english.htm

They say: "The traditional accompaniment to all this food is Chinese Tea; we offer a selection of different leaves, with dark, intriguingly musty Bo-Lay, a flavourite alternative to the ubiquitous Jasmine and Shei Sin."

Suspect intriguingly musty = we found it down the back of the sofa, watch out for mothballs. Yummy!

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[kake]

I have spent the morning being envious at Ken's trip to Tim Ho Wan (here are someone elses photos)

Ohhh, look at that turnip cake. And the siu mai! And the jiaozi with chives in!

a lot closer to home is Penninsula, by the Holiday Inn in North Greenwich.

I've had Peninsula on my to-do list for... years. And yes, I have them on my list of menus to practise translation on :) Proof!

[superpitching]

I insist we go there! Soon! We can have a weekend lunch at the Holiday Inn, and then er, hang out at the many other attractions at North Greenwich, e.g the Blackwall Tunnel.

[kake]

I agree! As long as the Blackwall Tunnel part is not compulsory. Also, we need to pick a weekend when the Jubilee Line is not sulking.