"One trip to this laid-back Xi’anese restaurant and you’ll feel like a cold liangpi noodle has wrapped itself around your hippocampus, squeezing out pretty much everything else you care about. But it’s not just those chilli oil noodles that are unmissable at Master Wei, a low-key spot in Bloomsbury. It’s the spicy cumin beef burger, the hypnotic chew-factor of the hand-pulled biang biang noodles, and the zingy potato sliver salad that’s like a high five on a sunny day. From one of the chefs behind Xi’an Impression, it’s a casual place that’s ideal for a catch-up with friends, or more importantly, an urgent catch-up with those noodles." - jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, heidi lauth beasley
Aleksandra Boruch