"The truth is, the best Chinese takeaways are the ones nearest to home, the ones which nightcap a potentially disastrous evening and ensure the night ends in the most pleasurable way possible. So in this spirit, the best Chinese takeaway in London is actually Happy Valley on Southampton Way at about 11:30 p.m. when the drunks are congregating outside and the older bald chef has finished his cigarette break and is back at the wok seasoned with a generation’s worth of chow meins, ready to prepare an order of crispy noodles and black bean sauce." - Jonathan Nunn