Straw Hat Oriental Restaurant

First off the food is easily the best Chinese food I ever had. However Chinese isn’t my first choice but I was entertaining a customer (who is also a mate of many years) and he is a big fan of Chinese and the Straw Hat.
Its very expensive not much change from £200.00 for two of us.
Started with a fillet steak stir fry served on top of a salad Paul had ribs and spring rolls both were excellent.
Mains were Red Thai Chicken Curry and Beef with Black Beans couple of Rice and a Duck Curry on the side. It really was very very good. Plenty of bottles of beer and a few large brandies afterwards.
The place is on the main Harlow road and is actually a few doors down from David Beckham’s house, well a few doors down from the gatehouse at the front of the drive to the Beckham’s place !!
My only problem with the place and hence the 4 stars is that its very much like eating in a museum. Its very hushed, people seem to talk in whispers which we ended up doing without realising. The staff are great but seem to hover and also speak in hushed tones. Its just to formal for me.
However the food is worth feeling like you must put your hand up when you want to visit the loo !!!

Das Straw Hat Oriental ist ein wirklich highly exclusiv Asian Restaurant. Hier finden sich alle asiatischen Richtungen in der Speisekarte wieder, von Japan über Thailand nach China.
Das Restaurant bietet seinen Gästen ein sehr schönes Ambiente mit exzellentem Service und beste Qualität der Speisen. Hier arbeitet sogar ein Sushimeister der nur für die Herstellung des frischen Sushi’s und Sashimi’s zuständig ist.
Leider ist es aufgrund der Exklusivität auch entsprechend teuer, aber absolut zu empfehlen, wenn man Geschäftspartner beeindrucken möchte oder auch sich selbst etwas gönnen möchte.