ASIAN AROMA Süda 1 (Nr Kosmos)

I was dreading reviewing this place. I had been there once before and can honestly say that it was the worst Chinese food I had ever had.

On that occasion I only ordered from their Chinese menu...mostly because I didn't know there were two others as well,  an Indonesian and Indian one. I don't remember exactly what I had but duck was involved and was the worst part. Most of the food ended up being binned.

You can imagine how surprised I was when on the day of the review I was talking to a friend and fellow British Expat only to find that he had been there several times and really liked it, especially for its value. The portions here are massive and relatively cheap.

For the review I order from their Main menu, the Chinese one and from the Indonesian menu. I made sure to include spring rolls as I had read in another review that they were not worthy so figured I wouldn't be too bad off I the rest of the food met the standards of my previous visit.

Note: What I ordered for 2 ended up being enough for 6!

I was amazed!, Stunned! Gob Smacked! Not only was this food edible but most of it was quite good and some of it excellent!

The spring rolls were the size of burritos and just as packed. They rocked! The coconut, mushroom and chicken soup was excellent. The rest made up of sweet and sour this, lamb that and coconut whatever also did Asian Aroma proud. Beware of the chilly icons in the menu though, they mean business.

To cut to the chase, I will be going back and this time on my own dime, and not just because its at the end of my street!

If you're in doubt as to what to order, ask!. The friendly staff usually speak some English are good are carefully directing your order.

Shame they don't have a web site and delivery service!