Hakkasan

I'd stumbled up on Hakkasan by sheer accident. I was roaming the backstreets off Tottenham court road in search of an open, early bar. It's located in a dead end street and aside from the the buff looking security is completely inconspicuous. I entered to find my self transferred into a kind of Sex and the City episode. You could hang out at the long, pretentious bar as you decide whether you want to be seated at the table or you'd just like to chill with your drink and pretend you're Samantha, Charlotte or Carrie or Miranda.
I was very impressed when this "slightly plump" gentleman ordered a massive duck. It was the biggest duck I've ever seen. The patient waiter stood next to the gentleman's table and kept on making him crackers with duck, spring onion and black caviar. Hakkasan's cuisine is what is known as "oriental fusion" but I cannot accept the mixture of Asian duck with caviar. It simply cannot do. However the Michelin guide has no such qualms - Hakkasan had gained a Michelin star rating in 2003. It is definitely worth visiting for a refreshing new atmosphere.