72 Old Compton St
Building · Soho
72 Old Compton St, London W1D 4UN, UK
Highlights
Tuscanic is a cozy Soho gem, offering delightful Tuscan cheeses and cold cuts, paired perfectly with fine wines and fresh focaccia in a welcoming atmosphere.
Tuscanic is a cozy Soho gem, offering delightful Tuscan cheeses and cold cuts, paired perfectly with fine wines and fresh focaccia in a welcoming atmosphere.
"For all of one generation’s ‘not-the-same-as-in-my-day’ moans to another’s ‘‘it-was-never-any-good-even-in-my-day’ retorts, Soho is still capable of producing excellent restaurants doing interesting (and by that we mean not homogenous) things. Mr Ji is the best example of that right now. The Taiwanese restaurant on Old Compton Street screams cocktails thanks to its neon-lit close quarters bar space. It also screams chicken, not at you as you decline a third rice martini, but via it’s poultry-focused menu. The PSC (poached soy chicken) is the standout dish, so moist that your hands may turn prune-ish just looking at it, while the deep-fried hearts and breast are also essential. A cubic take on prawn toast, filled with a prawn and béchamel mixture before having parmesan rained over it, feels like the work of TATA Eatery (fomerly in the kitchen at Tayer and Elementary), who helped owner Samuel Haim develop the menu. It’s an exciting addition to Soho right now and for the future." - Jake Missing
"Getting Zijun Meng and Ana Gonçalves of Tātā Eatery to input their sandwich wisdom is pretty shrewd of Samuel Haim, the owner of this (soon-to-be) vibey restaurant on Old Compton Street. And yes, the chicken thigh in a pineapple bun with Sichuan chilli and cucumber salad is a stand-out, alongside a poached soy chicken, and a prawn “in” toast which riffs on prawn toast but more faithfully so on Taiwanese coffin bread. The poached chicken is the stand-out and the cocktails are excellent." - Adam Coghlan
"For all of one generation’s ‘not-the-same-as-in-my-day’ moans to another’s ‘‘it-was-never-any-good-even-in-my-day’ retorts, Soho is still capable of producing excellent restaurants doing interesting (and by that we mean not homogenous) things. Mr Ji is the best example of that right now. The Taiwanese restaurant on Old Compton Street screams cocktails thanks to its neon-lit close quarters bar space. It also screams chicken, not at you as you decline a third rice martini, but via its poultry-focused menu. The PSC (poached soy chicken) is the standout dish, so moist that your hands may turn prune-ish just looking at it, while the deep-fried hearts and breast are also essential. A cubic take on prawn toast, filled with a prawn and béchamel mixture before having parmesan rained over it, feels like the work of TATA Eatery (fomerly in the kitchen at Tayer and Elementary, who helped owner Samuel Haim develop the menu. It’s an exciting addition to Soho right now and for the future." - Jake Oliver, Rianne Shlebak
"Staking a claim for one of 2021’s most delicious dishes is the PSC (soy poached chicken) from Mr Ji. Words like juicy and moist are common descriptors for top tier meat dishes but this one from the low-lit Taiwanese cocktail bar and restaurant on Old Compton Street really is those things." - Jake Oliver, Rianne Shlebak
"Soho in summer screams ambling about in a martini haze looking for somewhere to stick your bum in order to continue the slurping and slow stuffing. Enter, Mr Ji. The Taiwanese spot is a cocktail and chicken specialist, but there’s cold noodles, prawn toast, and onigiri to nibble on as well. Bits to order: Rice martini, PSC, prawn in toast" - Heidi Lauth Beasley, Jake Oliver
