What's happened to yee wah takeaway

[TheArtfulDogger]

They appear to be closed or under refurbishment at the moment, what is going on along barry parades to all the shops and businesses at the moment ?

[Spokesman]

looks like its gone bust. pizza place next door as well.

[Callie]

On no, hope they haven't gone for good, that's my fav Chinese takeaway. Ghandi was the best Indian too :0(

[Strawbs]

What?????? I was looking forward to a Chinese on Thursday!!

[GinaG3]

I used to love yee wah until I started finding bits of steel scourer in my noodles. No-one does spiced smoked shredded chicken like them! Zin oriental were the next best but they've gone too.

[Penguin68]

The 'problem' with good independents is that, by definition, they are independent.

When the owner(s) wish to retire, or move-on, unless they have dedicated family to follow them - or someone prepared to buy and continue the business 'as-is' (and if it is a family or personally run business - how easy is that?)- then they will close and disappear.

Chains do offer continuity - independents don't.

For a community the upside of having thriving independent retail and food business serving that community is their independence and unique service - the downside is that continuity cannot be guaranteed (or even offered) past the business lifetime of their initial owners. Sometimes businesses are handed on to family, or sold-on to like minded individuals, but even then you may (indeed should) expect changes - an unchanging independent starts to have the soul of a chain.

Because of the size of retail outlets in ED (which are not attractive to chains) we may anticipate turn-over of premises, even where they do continue as retail outlets. This will mean the inevitable loss of treasured shops and restaurants, and premises being closed at times. But hopefully, their eventual replacement with (albeit) different offerings.

All of us (if we have been here any time) will have had favoured businesses close, and regretted that closure. Equally many of us have been able to welcome new businesses, and new people trading.

[Callie]

GinaG3 Wrote:

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> I used to love yee wah until I started finding

> bits of steel scourer in my noodles. No-one does

> spiced smoked shredded chicken like them! Zin

> oriental were the next best but they've gone too.

That's shocking to hear as we've used them loads over the past 3 or 4 years and never had anything like that. They were lovely staff too & they always threw in free extra speciality dishes for us being regulars. We'll miss them.

[GinaG3]

I stopped using them about 4 years ago, after several occasions where this happened. I've never had a chinese live up to it, but felt I couldn't go back. Shame to see them go still, if they actually have.

[Jeremy]

What is spiced smoked shredded chicken? That's a new one on me

[Callie]

small bits of shredded chicken deep fried in batter seasoned with chilli, spring onions, ginger etc. that sort of thing

[Jeremy]

Sounds good (in a wrong-but-right kind of way), but where does the "smoked" bit come in?

[Siduhe]

Tea smoked chicken is a thing of beauty. I don't know if this is what Yee Wah does, but this is the recipe I've used in the past.

http://jeanetteshealthyliving.com/2013/10/tea-smoked-chicken-in-a-wok.html

[Jeremy]

It doesn't sound particularly similar. But both sound good in very different ways...

[Dopamine1979]

Speaking of that stretch of Barry road what's the deal with the bizarre newspaper clippings/written rantings on the pavement?

[TheArtfulDogger]

All speculation so far, and no facts. ( well apart from the quality of the food)

Would love to know as they are always friendly and the quality recently took on an even better than normal level.

Hopefully it's just a refurbishment

[Strawbs]

When I walked past for a nosey the pizza place had a note saying their oven was broken but YW looked like they had moved out. I am really hoping they'll pop back up after a refurb but I would have thought there might be a note on the door if it wasn't shutting for good.

I've been ordering from them for years and always loved their food especially crispy shredded beef and Kung pow chicken!

[taica3]

More info:

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[rememberwhen]

Please don't trust the posting above from taica3.

Look at the history first!

[Chocoholic]

Yee Wahs is the best Chinese around here!! Wonder why they didn't put a note in the window to let customers know!! Really want a Chinese. Please let us know what's going on.

[jimbo1964]

Feeling gutted that I've lived here for years and never tried Yee Wah :(

[PhilPhilPhil]

I never tried Yee Wah but I was a big fan of Ghandi and I'm gutted that its not there anymore. Seemed weird that Ghandi changed to Eastern Nights not that long ago, then closed shortly after. Don't know if it was the same people or not as I didn't get a chance to go in there. As it was so sudden and other shops on that stretch have closed I wondered if perhaps they had all been bought out to make way for something bigger.

[david_carnell]

Wuli Wuli in Camberwell deliver and are excellent. Try their authentic Szechuan dishes esp aubergine with minced pork.

[Jeremy]

WW is pretty good - as DC says, try to go for Szechuan dishes. Twice cooked pork and saliva chicken are our regulars.

[Dopamine1979]

Saliva chicken ?!

[Jeremy]

Dopamine1979 Wrote:

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> Saliva chicken ?!

A literal translation.. some call it "mouth watering" chicken, presumably because of the sensation of the szechuan pepper and chilli in the mouth.