Miso So-so: a Dim Zum lunch

My intrepid Zoë and I head out for another 4 and 20 experience.

End up in Miso, a new noodle bar in Richmond that turns out to be part of a chain. What is it with these Wagamama clones?

This one is very much like Ping Pong, the place that launched this blog. Clean, contemporary, inviting but ultimately a fast food joint. You can get both Chinese dim sum (which translates as 'touch the heart') and Japanese noodle dishes from the same menu. Always suspicious.

Special #4. Coconut Butter Prawns – crunchy, salty, kind of yum but no hint of coconut.

Dim Sum #4. Minced Prawn and Crab Dumpling (see above with Zum) – Run of the mill but a dumpling. Dipping vinegar with red chili slices. Zoë dared me to eat a chili.

Main Menu #4. Seaweed. With lumps of fivespice, I think. Sweet, crunchy, dissolving.

Dim Sum #20. Grilled Meat and Vegetable Buns. Zoë: "They'r elike marshmallows or candyfloss. White puff sugar buns. Sometimes sweet and savoury doesn't work together but htis does." Too sweet for me.

In fact, it was all a bit sweet and gummy and greasy and queasy. With a distinct MSG buzz to take away.

Do Chinese people fear 20?

Okay, so if you look at my first blog post, you'll see that our first restaurant (Dim Sum) did not have either a four or a twenty on its menu.

I suspected this might be a Chinese superstition and now I'm starting to feel I might be right. I checked out our Chinese menu for home delivery (Good Earth, Richmond -- really good).

They have a 4 but no 20.