Many of the ingredients used at Chung Ying Cantonese Restaurant can easily be changed to gluten free versions without any loss in quality as many gluten free versions of ingredients are readily available to us.

We use gluten free substitutes in the ingredients, eg. gluten free soy sauce. All our batter is made using potato starch and rice flour which are gluten free.

We have a separate gluten free menu with over 60 choices, in fact we think we might have the largest gluten free selection in the UK! View here - to see a sample of our gluten free menu.

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Is a phrase that Carlsberg would say if they were promoting our noodles!

We have all manner of noodles click here to view our menu 

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Often families tell us that they take their children to eat at Chung Ying after they had such happy memories of when their parents used to take them when they were growing up.

Recently we had a reservation with 4 generations of Chung Ying fans who visited, great grandparents, grandparents, mum & dad and children and that got us thinking…… are there Chung Ying customers who visit us with an even greater number of generations than 4? If so, please email us on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. as we would like to know.

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The most important and exciting time in the Chinese calendar is upon us once again. This year sees the year of the Rat on the 25th January.

Omnre Chinoise Rat 

This festive time brings 15days of celebration in China, a time for family reunions and long honoured traditions. Commonly known as ‘Spring Festival’, the streets in China will be lined with brightly coloured lanterns and decorations.

Chinese New Year 2020

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How many times have you a heard someone say that they went to a Chinese restaurant, and all that they were able to eat was rice because everything else contained meat products? This makes us so sad because Chinese and Cantonese cuisine has a long heritage of wonderful vegetable dishes. Some of the fondest food memories of people across the country involve exquisite cooking of China’s fresh herbs, flowers and vegetables. 

At Chung Ying, we want to demonstrate this incredible heritage across our menus. As we have the biggest Dim Sum selection in the UK, and possibly in the world, this section of our menu was the perfect place to start.  All of our vegetarian Dim Sums are also vegan, with the exception of our Deep-Fried Caramel Buns, Steamed Caramel Buns and Steamed ‘Liquid Gold’ Buns (numbers 72, 76 and 77 on our full Dim Sum menu). Unfortunately, the sumptuously sweet lava that erupts from these soft buns contains yolk from duck eggs. As hard as we tried, we couldn’t recreate this filling while using exclusively vegan ingredients. 

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What’s the difference between Chinese and Cantonese cuisine?

It is important to remember that China is a huge country comprising an enormous variety of cultures and geographical landmarks, which directly impact on cooking trends in its different regions. Cantonese cuisine refers to food from the Canton area of Southern China which includes Guangzhou and Hong Kong. This cuisine is so different from the meals enjoyed throughout the rest of China for several important reasons.

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Being one of the original restaurants in Birmingham’s world-famous China Town, we are proud to offer a sumptuous selection of noodle dishes across our menus. From traditional cuisine to innovative new dishes, our veteran chefs cook a variety of noodles to perfection, so that they can introduce even the most experienced diners to unique and authentic tastes that they haven’t encountered before. Here’s a brief guide to the differences between the noodles that we serve and the restaurants where they are available.

Dan Dan Noodles

Dan Dan Noodles

Available at Chung Ying Central

Dan Dan Noodles are one of the hallmarks of Sichuan (Northern Chinese) cooking. Soft noodles are combined with spicy chillies, prawns and crispy pork in a boiling hot soup to present your taste buds with a festival of flavour. This dish is spicy enough to be interesting, but isn’t so spicy that you’ll need to drink a gallon of milk to recover afterwards. That makes it a perfectly balanced introduction to classic Chinese cuisine. The dish originally gained popularity as Chinese street food and was called ‘Dan Dan’ as the noodles were often carried by street vendors on poles of the same name. Unsurprisingly, these delicious noodles only increased in popularity and eventually made their way to authentic Chinese restaurants around the world.

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