But step aside Constantinople - er, I mean Istanbul - because it also hosts Shanghai, surely the most unique Chinese restaurant in town.

A couple of doors down from the grimy excuse for public transportation that is the North London Line, is the slightly odd location for Shanghai. Odder still is inside, where patrons settle into comfy booths, surrounded by the gorgeously tiled walls and globed ceiling frescoes of an old eel pie & mash shop, and order some of the tastiest and most reasonably priced dim sum around. And from 3 to 5pm, that dim sum becomes even tastier at just half the price.

The staff are famously friendly, and you can even rent out a private room at the back for one of Shanghai's popular Karaoke evenings.

Shanghai: where the delicious food may not be fusion, but just about everything else, is.

Shanghai
41 Kingsland High St, E8
020 7254 2878