It has been less than a month since my first visit to Plum Valley however when Caro said that she has hardly eaten Chinese in her life she jumped at the chance to try Plum Valley for our catch up tonight. I didn’t mind as there are plenty of other items on the menu that I’m still keen to check out.

This time we were brought upstairs and like last time we started as the diners up there (in fact they had to switch on the lights still!) but by the middle of our meal had been joined by many other diners until the floor was full (there was room for about 15 or so other people.)

Our menu choices tonight were gratifyingly mostly different from what Sandra and I tried last time.

For our first starter we tried a 1/4 Crispy Duck. Entertainingly, unlike other Chinese restaurants, the waitress makes your first pancake for you. Now that is service. Everyone I know who is new to Chinese duck and has had Crispy duck pancake has immediately fallen in love with and developed an addiction to Crispy duck and I suspect that Caro has fallen under the same spell. She absolutely loved the duck!

For our middle dishes (ha ha!) we tried the dim sum platter (attractively delivered in a square steam box) and, I couldn’t resit, we had to have the smoked jasmine rib again. Loved both dishes!

For mains I chose the King Prawn Curry and the Mongolian Fillet Steak. The King Prawn Curry was delicious and we were given quite a few very large prawns. The prawns were cooked to perfection. However the star of the night for me was the Mongolian Fillet Steak. I don’t know what they did to it but it was mouth-wateringly tasty and I could have eaten it all if good manners hadn’t stopped me. LOL.

Another successful night at Plum Valley (and another convert to Crispy Duck – I should buy shares …) I wonder if I can make it three times in one year?

PS No mention of dessert coz we didn’t have any. Too full!