11 Artillery Passage
E1 7LJ
Tel: 020 7377 8964
Date of Last Visit: Friday, 16 February 2007
The Victims: Too many to mention
The Damage: £20 per person
The Background: It is, in case you didn’t know, the Chinese New Year. Echo was kind enough to organize dinner out at a Chinese place tucked into Artillery Passage. Now I gotta tell ya, I love Artillery Passage. It is just the cutest, darkest, twisty lanes of a place.
I was excited to visit Eat Drink because they have karaoke. Yes. I do enjoy a little karaoke. Just a little. 🙂
The Approach: Hard to find. And dark and dingy. We were in the "private dining" area–or so it seemed. Right off the bar–the karaoke bar. Which had some of the cheesiest karaoke videos I’ve ever seen.
The : We put Team China in charge of ordering. And order they did! It just kept coming and coming. I really liked the eggplant. And the tofu. And the Chinese broccoli. (Or well, British broccoli as our server called it.) And I liked the "traditional dish from Canton" that was made up of vegetables and meat. (Yes, I know. I’m sure I can’t be less descriptive.) The duck was probably the most delicious thing we ate. (Not duck pancake–just duck. It was really really good.) We washed this down with some sake (I know–not Chinese.) and some Tsing Tao.
The Entertainment: They play Buzz in China too. (The game where you can’t say any number with a 7 in it, or any number that’s a multiple of 7.)
The Verdict: Pat Benetar once said, "Love is a battlefield." So too is Eat Drink. We were glad to make it out of there with our dignity intact. I am afraid to go back because someone might catch me on tape singing California Dreaming. (Hey, it’s a good song.)
