Barshu @ soho

Having tried Sichuan Folk, which the chinese name is Barshu to, i thought that this outlet at Soho is the same as i ate a couple of weeks back - Only found out that it is different when i paid the bill and ask the waiter. Hence i suggested having dinner with my friends here on a friday night.

As it is pretty crowded, reservation is an absolute must. Even when you make reservation, you have to finish your dinner within 1.5hrs. So there we are from 7pm to 8.30pm. We were reminded by the waiter, politely though, that we need leave 8.30pm so we better start ordering our food and not wait for our friends (2 of them were late due to work commitment).

 

Menu - Logo of the outlet



Ordered this chicken which i thought was the mouth watering one that i had at sichuan folk. It was ok, but not something that i would crave for. A little too oily.

四川口水鸡

Fish is pretty fresh and does not have the fishy smell. Think is better than the one i have at sichuan folk.

水煮鱼 

Dint take pictures of the rest of the food we had, but basically the 嘛婆豆腐, which taste really really funny (all 5 of us feel so). The 辣子鸡 has too much dry chilli and the chicken cannot be found, those pieces found are very small pieces which is like only the fried skin and hardly has any meat. Taste good just that plate was huge but portion in reality was little. The vegetable we had was normal.

Address: 28, Frith Street, London W1D 5LF
Website: http://www.bar-shu.co.uk/
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square
Verdict: Pretty expensive as compared to sichuan folk (the blog entry - http://nufndoof.blogspot.com/2011/01/sichuan-folk.html) which i feel has food that taste better and is cheaper. 5 of us and we each paid 26pound for 1 fish dish , 2 chicken dishes, 1 tofu and 1 vegetable. Pretty steep right?