Lately I’ve been exemplifying the kind of emotionally dependent relationship with my local Chinese restaurant that Sandra Bullock embodies at the start of ‘Two Weeks Notice‘.
Can I have a bite of your number 6 please Sandie?
I know things need to change. They know things need to change. But neither of us wants to stop.
So it goes on that I, exhausted at the end of the week, make the call and get them to hit me up with a Singapore chicken noodles, beef in black bean sauce and an egg fried rice.
Yes I know that is two types of carbs and a really bad idea. Yes I know that Sandra is way thinner than me. Yes I also know that the amazing health benefits of Asian food are only really seen on a diet of sushi, tofu and miso soup, not white rice flash fried in oil. But can the world please stop judging me and take a mouthful of the black bean beef?!
I love The Good Earth, not just because the food is excellent, but because it provides the kind of singular comfort that nothing other than a bear hug with an elderly relative can deliver.
It is also well posh (its roots are in Kensington). You can have a takeaway at home and feel really swank over skank.
They have a really fancy restaurant that has gold padded walls, very efficient waiting staff and silent, automatic doors everywhere that lead to secret rooms. Plus they look after you with hot hand towels and after dinner mints.
The big reveal
Here I am getting the fillet steak clay pot. That is the super attention-seeking meal they cook at your table and everyone in the restaurant gets jealous (see man in white shirt with the hilarious hungry eyes).
Divine
Chocolate mints. Imported from the eighties. The very best way to end a good meal.
The Good Earth has selected restaurants across London, including a restaurant in Wandsworth Common and takeaway stations in Battersea and Wimbledon.
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