Real Beijing Food House

"One of the few restaurants which has benefited from the recent Chinatown development, moving from Charing Cross Road to Gerrard Street’s main drag has propelled Food House into cult status among young Chinese students who take respite from Dover Street Market in red oil noodles. The menu is shared between Sichuan — dry hotpots and whole fish cooked in chilli oil — and heartier central Chinese fare of belt noodles, rou jia mo flatbreads with meat, and skewers. Make sure to bring people: this is one of the few places where dumplings can be ordered by the 30." - Jonathan Nunn

"One of the few restaurants which has benefited from the recent Chinatown development, moving from Charing Cross Road to Gerrard Street’s main drag has propelled Food House into cult status among young Chinese students who take respite from Dover Street Market in red oil noodles. The menu is shared between Sichuan — dry hotpots and whole fish cooked in chilli oil — and heartier central Chinese fare of belt noodles, rou jia mo (flatbreads with meat) and skewers. Make sure to bring people, this is one of the few places where dumplings can be ordered by the 30 (thirty)." - Angela Hui, Jonathan Nunn, James Hansen

"Now on Gerrard Street, this student favourite has plenty of space for post-theatre groups and portions of 30 toothsome pork dumplings for less than £20. Sichuan cuisine is well represented with red oil noodles, crisp-fried chilli seabass (scored so it blossoms during cooking) and hotpots, while the Northern Chinese section of the menu is full of belt noodles, lamb and skewers." - Emma Hughes

"The place to be to watch all of London’s hypebeasts trying not to splash scarlet chilli oil all over their Vetements purchased 10 minutes ago at Dover Street Market. Food House mainly specialises in northern and central Chinese fare and has a diverse selection of noodles, the best of which is the red oil version with lamb or beef, which can be stirred in at the table adding a kick of chilli to an oily, umami-rich broth." - Jonathan Nunn