Xiankerlai Chinese Restaurant & Bar

Quality Food And Quality Service

Myself and my partner ate here for the first time today and, overall, we were very impressed. Basically, they had two menus: one full of the usual stuff you would expect from a Chinese in Medway and another one full of genuine, fresh cooked Chinese dishes that you might not have chosen. The difficulty, of course, with choosing from an unfamiliar menu is that you are, in effect, blind tasting. However, we got great suggestions from the staff about both starters and mains. The real menu was also extremely useful as it had photos of the dishes to help you make up your mind. Consequently, we were talked out of having 2 kelp starters as they felt (rightly) that would be too much and the suggestion to add a simple boiled rice along with my double cooked belly pork was also wise. Best dishes we had: a vegetarian aubergine dish, the kelp and a spicy beef dish that isn't yet on the menu but they gave us a sample of. That one will be a winner. Sally and I loved the fact that the people behind this restaurant give a damn about the quality of what they are offering. They also spent a lot of time educating not just us but other diners about their cuisine. This is a cut above every other Chinese restaurant we've eaten at in Medway. And, at a price point of around £50 including 2 courses, 2 coffees and a bottle of wine for two, it has value. If you are prepared to expand your horizons in terms of asian cooking (and you should) then definitely give it a go.

By tryme1 at 20:06 on 19/02/11