Wu Shuang Cafe — Restaurant in Birmingham

I was throughly impressed with this Chinese restaurant’s food despite my initial impressions expecting it to be mediocre. Under recommendation of my close friend I decided to visit this specific restaurant in the Birmingham Chinese district. Staff can speak both Cantonese and Mandarin which is a good sign.

Firstly, I will provide some criticisms on this restaurant despite my 5 star rating. I found it disappointing that the Char Siu (BBQ Pork) was sold out on both occasions I visited. But this can be considered a good sign as it indicates its the best selling dish in the shop. I also found their salt and pepper chips to be somewhat too dry and underwhelming in comparison to their other salt and pepper dishes. But I will overlook this considering how good everything else was.

The most impressive dish I will comment on is the Salt and Pepper Tofu! This has the perfect chinese 5 spice ratio, and the soft YET crispy battered tofu which is extremely hard to make and keep together is the best I’ve seen prepared here in the UK. Not many places actually put batter on tofu prior to frying, which is good to see it made this way as it can allow for softer tofu to be deep fried. The secreted juices from vegetables and chilli balance it out very well enhancing the overall flavour ultimately making the salt and pepper dish not dry & well balanced! I highly recommend this dish!

Fried Squid, although its a small portion and I’m not a huge fan of seafood, is one of the best tasting and well prepared I have had in the UK! They used calamari to make it so the squid is not chewy at all and is soft with good texture, well battered as well. Excellent starter dish!

Salt and Pepper chicken (not on the menu) is very similar to the tofu review above but slightly more dry, not the best but is definitely made well for Midlands standards.

The Beef Ho Fun (Rice Noodles) is very tasty with authentic taste but was on the greasy side of the scale. They used a little too much oil when making this dish which could have been balanced with the use of water to reduce the dryness. Regardless, I cannot fault the taste and quantity of beef used. Definitely one of the best available in Birmingham midlands area.

Overall, if you want an authentic chinese, this is definitely one of the options you can visit whilst in Birmingham city centre. But of course expect to pay London prices being in the city centre! Its certainly cheaper at a...

A truly one of a kind place. There are very very few cha chaan teng in the UK that bear any resemblance to those in Hong Kong but this is one of them. I was blown away by the food and the variety of drinks on offer - no skimping out on cream or evaporated milk by substituting with ice here, expect your teas and red bean ices to be wholesome and creamy. They have three varieties of HK style French toast, and beef tripe beef brisket half’n’half noodles! Their baked pork chop looked amazing but we ordered the black pepper steak casserole rice and the meat was melt in your mouth tender with zero trace of the baking soda that’s used as the tenderiser that some places aren’t able to remove the taste of. We saw that their pineapple buns were HUGE and properly served with a thick slab of butter but didn’t have room in our tummies for it. A special note on service - despite it being a very busy lunch hour the waitress was probably the kindest and most thoughtful I’ve ever had: when I mentioned I wanted the steak casserole on rice she suggested maybe getting it as a set because it would be a better deal, but then questioned whether I wanted the drinks or sides that went with it. When I said I wanted another drink she suggested we order it individually; no pushing, just a genuine ‘oh what would be the best outcome for this customer’ vibe. She also deliberately arranged for our sweet dishes to come after the savouries, which is not what you’d expect from somewhere that’s basically fast food with table service. Clean toilets and Covid-compliant too! We travelled from London to visit Wu Shuang (or Mo Sheung in Cantonese), and would do it again. A place where you are guaranteed to leave with a happy belly...

Had dinner with relatives at "Wu Shang Cafe" in Birmingham Chinatown, where we enjoyed a variety of Hong Kong-style dishes, including cart noodles車仔麵, stir-fried beef flat rice noodles乾炒牛河, pig intestines豬大腸, sweet and sour pork咕嚕肉, and satay beef with vermicelli pot沙嗲肥牛粉絲煲. For dessert, we had a french toast with condensed milk and a cup of hot milk tea. The Hong Kong-style flavors were very satisfying, and everyone enjoyed the meal. 🥰

We stayed in a hotel near China Town in Birmingham until brunch. As we had an amazing experience last night with some stir-fry dishes, we encored and tried the next day:

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