Wan Soen 🇨🇳 — Restaurant in Utrecht

Ordered here for the first time in a few years- wow that was disappointing- 50 euro for two persons and ended up with way too much food. Partly because we didn’t enjoy it: everything lacked flavour, no umami, no bitterness, no salt and no acidity. Mainly sweetness in all dishes and of course all the protein is overcooked and bland. In the yu Sian beef they cooked the meat rather than wok it, terrible structure and no flavour due to lack of mailliard. And we also didn’t get any sambal, normally that helps introduce some flavour but even that they do not provide. Never again- an affront to taste (and decency).

Update: I hadn’t tried the foe yong hai yet. Potentially the worst offender- very VERY dense in a sauce which is way too starchy. Tastes like maizena with sugar. Also barely any aromatics in the egg mix just a few lost pieces of...

Nice & cheap restaurant. Nice, polite family that will always treat you with respect. Considerable knowledge of the Chinese and Indonesian / Surinam kitchen. Must confess: some doubts about food safety though. Have been extremely sick, probably food poisoned once. The interior definitely needs a SERIOUS upgrade, though. Staff sure know how to improvise...avoid visiting the take away section on Sunday evenings around 6 PM..the entire Hoograven population seems to be on the hunt for Wan Soen food then..(just...

Loved their dishes. Ordered a shrimp dish that costed 15.5€ , a complete value for money. couldn't finish, and had to pack to take home(but food so good). The dessert -ijs wan soen is simple amazing. Friendly staff, very kind. restaurant is spacious and not crowded/busy, looked like most of the demand was for take aways than eat in. The service was also very good. Not many options for drinking though. I would definitely recommend...