Zen

Busy little local Chinese takeaway! They only take cash so make sure you have some. Very reasonably priced and very tasty roast duck and lots of pancakes given! We also ordered the chicken with black bean sauce and a spring roll which was the biggest spring roll i’ve ever seen! Egg fried rice was decent as well as a chicken and mushroom curry. Not disappointing and would eat here again, pretty quick turnaround. Thank you!

Ive been getting my Chinese takeaway from Zen for more than ten years now and, especially compared to the dismal offerings elsewhere in town, the food here is always colourful, tasty, fresh and delicious. Always perfectly prepared and they will even take requests within reason - i always ask them to debone and shred the Crispy Duck (which is superb) for me, which they do without hesitation. Soups are great, especially the Hot & Sour. Pancake rolls are enormous and packed with beansprouts, shrimp and Char Sui. The House Special Fried rice is a high point - a large container of tasty rice under thick layer of Char Sui, beef, chicken, king prawns and mixed vegetables in a tasty sauce. Singapore chow mein is fragrant and slightly spicy, their Beef in Oyster Sauce is a perfect example of umami at work and that old classic, chicken chow mein, is still executed wonderfully, a balance of tender chicken, beansprouts (that still have a little crunch) and noodles, a hint of garlic and translucent, caramelised onions. I cant say enough good things about Zen - possibly my favourite takeaway, ever. Oh...the staff are always consistently friendly, polite and keen to try to accomodate any requests you might have, although Nicholas is very missed! 😊 Edit - please note that they don’t currently deliver, although they are affiliated to Ubereats and they currently only accept cash. There’s a cash machine in the corner shop a few doors up, if you get caught out, which is open until 8pm, I think.