BaoziInn Soho is a lively Chinese restaurant at 24 Romilly Street in the heart of Soho. The group began with the street food of Northern China, particularly baozi, jiaozi and noodles, before broadening its cooking to include Cantonese dim sum and flavours from South East Asia. Bright interiors and a menu designed for sharing make the restaurant well suited to anything from a quick lunch to a larger group meal.
Dim sum is central to the menu, with platters offering prawn, chicken, pork, seafood and vegetable siumai or dumplings in a range of shapes and colours. Chilli oil jiaozi and wontons bring a warming, savoury sauce, while gyoza provide crisp edges and softer fillings. Bao selections include barbecue pork, chicken curry, beef noodle, vegetable, custard, salted egg yolk and lotus paste varieties.
Small plates move from cucumber with sesame and chilli, ginger and garlic spinach and vegetable spring rolls to Peking pork ribs, salt and pepper prawns and salted egg yolk dishes. Braised beef with shiitake mushrooms, sweet and sour chicken, hot pepper chicken, kung po prawns and Marmite cod bring stronger flavours from the wok. These dishes can be combined across the table so diners can compare crisp, steamed, spicy and richly sauced preparations.
Noodles and rice provide substantial ways to complete a meal. Dan dan noodles, wonton noodle soup and bowls topped with barbecue pork or roast duck sit beside sambal prawn fried rice, chilli crab noodles and aromatic curry noodles. The combination of Northern Chinese staples, Cantonese dim sum and South East Asian seasoning gives BaoziInn Soho a broad menu while keeping dumplings and buns at the centre of the experience.
Address: 24 Romilly Street, Soho, London W1D 5AH, United Kingdom