"Lao Dao is mostly filled with groups medium and big, assessing the vast Xinjiang menu and picking at mushrooms and vegetables in a hot and sour-style sauce, before moving onto something like the dan pan ji chicken with bouncy belt noodles. This airy art deco spot in Walworth is from the same people as Silk Road and, like there you’ll find that £10-£15 will go a long way for you and your stomach." - jake missing, sinead cranna, daisy meager