Anish Kapoor
Ping Pong: Official Restaurant Partner
Ping Pong, restaurant partner for Anish Kapoor, have created a delicious and unique menu inspired by the exhibition, available in all Ping Pong restaurants from 26 September - 11 December 2009.
Enjoy a selection of baked, fried and steamed dim sum, soup, dumplings, rice, side dishes and a dessert along with a complimentary cocktail worth £7 for just £14.99 (excluding 12.5% discretionary service charge)
Menu
Baked Dim Sum
2 mooli and spring onion puffs V
Fresh mooli with spring onions and a hint of garlic in flaky puff pastry
Soup
Spicy prawn and mushroom soup
A light, spicy sour soup with seasonal mushrooms and prawns
(Vegetarian option available)
Steamed Dim Sum
2 crunchy golden dumplings V
A golden turmeric dumpling filled with crispy stir fired vegetables, shallots and garlic
1 vegetable bun V
Sautéed vegetables with fresh baby sweet corn in a fluffy white bun
2 spicy vegetable dumplings V
Vegetables and rice vermicelli with chili and garlic in thin ‘see-through’ pastry
Sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf V
A parcel of sticky rice with fresh vegetables and a hint of garlic wrapped in a lotus leaf
Fried Dim Sum
2 vegetable spring rolls V
Crisp vegetables and fresh basil wrapped in wheat flour pastry, served with sweet and sour sauce
Side dish
Pickled carrot and mooli V
Dessert
Coconut puff V
Coconut and honey wrapped in puff pastry and served with coconut ice cream
Ping Pong and the ‘dim sum’ story
Ping Pong is a modern take on a very ancient Chinese tradition – the Tea House, specialising in dim sum, cocktails and unique flowering teas. Like tapas, order as many or as few dim sum as you wish – lots if you’re very hungry, just a few if you’re snacking with some drinks or cocktails. The dishes are great for sharing and you can ring the changes trying different tastes and textures.
It’s no surprise that ‘Have you eaten?’ is a common greeting in Northern China because Chinese people like nothing better than talking about food. What is surprising is that it took them until the Tang dynasty (around the eighth century) to invent dim sum. These elegant little dishes are called ‘Dian xin’ in Mandarin which can be translated as ‘light the heart’ and that’s pretty much what they do. If they weren’t invented so long ago dim sum would look thoroughly modern.
