Patrick’s friend had raved about this restaurant and as we are always looking for good Chinese restaurants were very happy to go along and try it. Admittedly I wasn’t feeling the hungriest having just come from afternoon tea but this was probably a good thing from my perspective as it meant I wasn’t too greedy when selecting from the menu.

New Mayflower serve some unusual dishes including a Honey Pepper Eel which came recommended by both Pat’s friend and many others on review websites. People have said its amazing … to me it was just alright. I think I’m used to the juiciness and moistness you get from Grilled Japanese eel (unagi) that wasn’t apparently in New Mayflower’s deep fried version.

Our other dish was a stuffed aubergine / tofu dish. Not particularly impressive in either texture (super deep-fried) and flavour (just salty without much else.) Similarly with their Fookien fried rice.

From a service perspective food came quickly and we were served quickly but when it came to finding someone to pay the bill staff were surprisingly awol. Unusual for a Chinese restaurant whose modus operandi is feed em/get em out the door.

I just don’t get why we didn’t enjoy our food. We didn’t choose particularly “tourist” dishes but must have still chosen wrong. So many people have said this place is Amazing, Best Chinese, Great – I wanna be able to say that too. Sadly on tonight’s experience I can’t.