Leong’s Legend is a Taiwanese and Chinese restaurant at 39 Gerrard Street in Chinatown. Its extensive menu moves between Taiwanese comfort food, dim sum and the fragrant heat of Sichuan cooking. This breadth makes the restaurant suitable for anything from dumplings and tea to a shared meal of meat, seafood, vegetables, rice and noodles.
Smaller dishes include pork and prawn siu mai, tea dumplings and wontons served in soup. Hot and sour soup offers sharper spice, while pork and century egg congee provides a softer and more comforting beginning. Crispy aromatic duck is designed for sharing and can lead into a table filled with dishes of contrasting flavours and textures.
Pork appears in slow braised belly, double cooked dishes and richly seasoned trotters, while beef can be served tender in chilli broth or with mixed chillies. Ginger chicken with sesame oil brings warmth and fragrance, and lamb with water spinach adds another substantial option. Beef noodle soup and Sichuan dry noodles turn these bold flavours into complete bowls for one diner.
Vegetable dishes are treated as an important part of the meal rather than a simple side. Diners can choose salt and pepper tofu, tofu filled with prawn, dry wok cabbage or a combination of aubergine, potato and chilli. Rice and noodle plates make lunch straightforward, while a larger group can explore the menu by sharing several dishes across the table.
Address: 39 Gerrard Street, Chinatown, London W1D 5QD, United Kingdom
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