New Chinese restaurant coming to The Hippodrome

London-based Chinese restaurant group Four Seasons has opened a new venue at London’s landmark casino, The Hippodrome, on Leicester Square. Chop Chop at The Hippodrome is the capital’s latest casual Chinese eatery serving Cantonese dishes and offering late night dining.

Four Seasons is renowned for serving authentic Cantonese food, with the same effort and ethos going into the menu at The Hippodrome as its sister restaurants across the city. 

Located on the lower ground floor, the restaurant is open 6pm–4am. The star of the menu is Four Seasons’ renowned Hong Kong-style roast duck. Made to a secret recipe, the roast duck is thoroughly dried before it is marinated in a special mix of herbs and spices. The firing is done in a specially-built roasting furnace, which distributes the heat evenly around the duck’s body, resulting in its golden crispy outer skin.

Starters includes crispy duck pancakes and soups such as hot and sour, pork and prawn wonton, and vegan dim sum dumplings and buns. 

Mains are a mix and match affair with options, starting from £13, to include protein plus rice. Signature dishes include char sui BBQ pork, roast crispy pork belly, black pepper lobster with asparagus, soya chicken and a vegan braised aubergine.

Noodles run from crispy egg and soft egg through to ho fun, vermicelli and udon, offered as a side, in soups and as a main. Sides feature sharing plates of sweet and sour pork and steamed garlic tiger prawns, as well as vegetables such as morning glory and choi sum. Vegans are well catered for with options such as sweet and sour tofu, shiitake mushroom and water chestnut dumplings and a large selection of Chinese vegetables.

The drinks list features a concise selection of wines, cider and brews including Tsingtao Chinese beer and teas such as jasmine, Chinese oolong and chrysanthemum. 

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