China House, Bangkok

China House at the Oriental Bangkok is one of the most seductively beautiful Chinese restaurants I've ever dined in. Esconced in an grand old mansion with soaring 2-storey high ceilings, it's filled with Art-Deco furniture, recreating 1930s Shanghai.




China House's Peking duck is probably the best in Bangkok! The other dishes were exquisite: steamed xiao long bao served in tiny individual steaming baskets, perfectly-fried Yangzhou fried rice, Chiuchow-style pork & shrimp dumplings, and drunken chicken topped with shaved ice made of Shaoxing wine. If the food reminded one of Whampoa Club, Shanghai - that's because China House' consultant-chef is none other than Jereme Leung himself. The HK chef de cuisine, Kong Khai Meng, is one of Jereme Leung's proteges.