Hakkaland
Chinese restaurant · Greenhill
364-366 Station Rd, Harrow HA1 2DE, United Kingdom
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Highlights
Kolkata-style Indo-Chinese dishes, cocktails, festive surrounds
Kolkata-style Indo-Chinese dishes, cocktails, festive surrounds
"The flagship restaurant of Steven Lee, probably the single person who has shaped London’s Indo-Chinese scene more than anyone else. Originally from Kolkata, Lee learnt how to cook Indo-Chinese at the legendary China Garden in Mumbai, another restaurant with split menu loyalties (one half Cantonese and the other being Indo-Chinese). China Garden is also the birthplace of the chicken manchurian, an iconic dish based on the staple flavours of the Bengali larder — green chilli, ginger and garlic — with soy sauce, vinegar and cornstarch replacing garam masala. Manchurian is on Hakkaland’s menu along with a litany of Desi-Chinese prefixes: sapo, soya wine, Tai Pai, Szechuan (always with a ‘z’), and Hunan — a sauce made from a huge amount of pickled ginger that has absolutely nothing to do with Hunan. Hakkaland has a large following outside the UK: customers can watch Lee’s appearances on Indian TV which are played on the wall while they eat flawless versions of Kolkata chilli chicken and Tai Pai (Taipei) paneer." - Jonathan Nunn
"Hakkaland is a restaurant in the U.K. known for Indian Chinese cuisine, demonstrating the global reach and adaptation of this culinary style."
"Chef Steven Lee’s Indian-Chinese in Harrow is enveloped in a warm orange glow — partly it’s the colour of the walls, partly the buzz created by locals who regularly flock to the place. He’s originally from Kolkata, and worked in Mumbai’s legendary China Garden before moving to London and cooking at Dalchini in Wimbledon, well-regarded and ground-breaking in its early days. The menu is massive, so not everything comes off — the classic gobi manchurian is disappointing, for instance — but among the more successful dishes are the exquisitely moreish okra with salt and pepper, 1960s-style chilli chicken fiery with green chillies, tender tilapia steamed with soy sauce and ginger, and beef stir-fried with water chestnuts and dried red chillies. Wall-mounted TVs broadcast Lee’s cooking tips, alongside pictures of Indian celebs who’ve visited the restaurant and the press coverage it’s had in India." - Sejal Sukhadwala
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