{"id":8882,"date":"2016-01-18T21:44:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T21:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/?p=8882"},"modified":"2016-01-18T22:14:56","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T22:14:56","slug":"yauatcha-city-london-a-culinary-delight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/yauatcha-city-london-a-culinary-delight\/","title":{"rendered":"Yauatcha City London &#8211; a culinary delight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love dimsums and I try them out every chance I get. It is no wonder, therefore that Yauatcha, the dimsum specialist os one of my favourite hauants. Can you believe that I have eaten at 3 of Yauatcha &#8216;s restaurants in\u00a0 in 2 continents.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tried the dimsums at both Bangalore and Mumbai in India and yesterday I had the 9 course tasting meal at Yauatcha City, the lovely dimsum dining restaurant at Liverpool Street, London.<\/p>\n<p>Located very close to Liverpool Street station, this restaurant is easy to get to.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is lovely and large and teeming with waiters who are extremely polite and courteous.<\/p>\n<p>For me, this was a special occasion as I was there to celebrate my wedding anniiversary.<\/p>\n<p>We started off with some cucumber pickle and while we munched on them..<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8884\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7199-575x339.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7199\" width=\"575\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7199-575x339.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7199.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>the rest of our very elaborate 9 course meal was brought in one by one.<\/p>\n<p>We toasted off with a lovely Licchi martini cocktail- which was lovely, perfect balance of fruit and alchohol- not overly sweet either.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8885\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7200-2.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7200-2\" width=\"516\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then came the dimsums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8886\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7202-575x672.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7202\" width=\"575\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7202-575x672.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7202.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first to arrive were the delicate steamed dimsums. These are the <strong>Crystal dumpling with pumpkin and pinenuts<\/strong>&#8211; which were absolutely gorgeous accompanied by the thin skinned <strong>Hargau<\/strong> that were stuffed with delicious prawns- an absolute delight to eat.<\/p>\n<p>Then came the fried Dimsums.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8887\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7206-575x279.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7206\" width=\"575\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7206-575x279.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7206.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Venison puff in a pastry like dough and the Mushroom spring roll which was exquisite.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8888\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7209-575x243.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7209\" width=\"575\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7209-575x243.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7209.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then came the beautiful Cheung fun or rolled rice noodles sitting in a bed of soya sauce-\u00a0 it had a wonderful prawn stuffing and variety of textured, the fried inside and the soft outside were superb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8889\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7211-575x365.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7211\" width=\"575\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7211-575x365.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7211-220x140.jpg 220w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7211.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next to arrive was sticky rice with prawns and chicken in a lotus leaf. It was delicious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8890\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7212-575x311.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7212\" width=\"575\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7212-575x311.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7212.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last of the dimsums were also the most pretty-<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8891\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7217-575x336.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7217\" width=\"575\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7217-575x336.jpg 575w, https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7217.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the dessrt was Macarons in some delightful flavours- Rose, Matcha, Popcorn and Salted caramel.<\/p>\n<p>By then we were so stuffed withthe dimsums, that we ended our meal with some coffee and asked the waiter to pack them up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8892\" src=\"http:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151215-IMG_7222.jpg\" alt=\"20151215-IMG_7222\" width=\"569\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Which he did very beautifully indeed!<\/p>\n<p>So if you&#8217;re in the city , hungry, especially for Dim sum , I would highly recommend you pop over to Broadgate circle\u00a0and head straight for Yautacha City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love dimsums and I try them out every chance I get. It is no wonder, therefore that Yauatcha, the dimsum specialist os one of my favourite hauants. Can you believe that I have eaten at 3 of Yauatcha &#8216;s restaurants in\u00a0 in 2 continents. I&#8217;ve tried the dimsums at both Bangalore and Mumbai in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[593],"tags":[617],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8882"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8974,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8882\/revisions\/8974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vaish.sengupta.net\/of-cloves-and-capers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}