The Magic Wok, on Exeter’s bustling Sidwell Street, is an excellent place for lunch or dinner in a stylish and informal setting just a few minutes walk away from the city’s main shopping area.
Proprietor/Chef David Jim is proud of the regular clientele base he has forged over the 10 years he has been there and his bar manager Louise has been with him for nine years.
He knows he has regular customers and changes the “Tonight’s Special” menu at £17.90 per person each week, encouraging his diners to discover the true taste of China and Thailand. Chef’s Recommendation Special Set Dinners can accommodate 2, 3, 4, 5 or more persons.
Vegetarians are also catered for and there are a number of English dishes available including fillet steak (£10.90) and sirloin (£8.90), both served with chips and vegetables.
Quick Review
“China Blue serves contemporary, modern Chinese food using authentic spices and herbs from the far east.
Popular for business lunches with a great value set menu, the service is almost café style where the food is brought to you with speed and thought.
In the evening however, there is a more relaxed and cosy feel, perfect for a romantic meal for two.
The menu features some Thai and Malaysian flavours with all the popular classics and if your feeling a little adventurous there are one or two exciting alternatives which the staff will happily help you choose!” - www.eatoutdevon.com
About the Restaurant
Fullam Chinese Restaurant is one of Barnstaple’s favourite oriental restaurants having been established since 1993.
Introduced in 2006, we invite you to indulge in our new menu. An exquisite variety of Asian cuisines carefully selected from regions ranging from Beijing to Canton, and Malaysia to Mongolia. We created the menu to incorporate your favourite traditional Cantonese cuisines plus additional dishes from across the Far East.
Our cuisine remains the only Chinese Restaurant in Barnstaple to win a North Devon Food & Drink award.
Sample Menu
Crab Meat & Sweetcorn Soup
Classic Won Ton Soup - Traditional Chinese Dumpling Soup
Aromatic Duck Salad
Chicken Satay Chinese
Peppery Baby Corn (v)
Peppery Mushrooms (v)
Chilli & Spicy Mushrooms
Mongolian Lamb
Aromatic Crispy Duck
Classic Beef in Black Bean Sauce - with green peppers
Pineapple Beef - stir fried with pickled ginger
Beef with Broccoli
Chilli & Spicy Beef (hot)
Beef with Three Style Mushroom
Reviews
“The Fulham serves food that was pretty good. Traditional Chinese food. The atmosphere was also great, and plenty of space for you to move around. The waiters were friendly compared to some other restaurants!” - John Kerry, Bideford
“Have visited the restuarant twice - different occassions and both were excellent, value for money, first class service, friendly and welcoming, superb choice of cuisine.” -Mrs M. Jones, Bideford
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*from the Fulham Chinese Retaurant website.
In today’s modern Chinese restaurants even a more traditional menu will come with English translations for many of the more common Chinese food terms. It is, however, always handy to have knowledge of some to the basic terms just in case you find yourself in need.
Here are eleven definitions that range from vegetables to duck for some of the more common items found in Chinese restaurants.
Choy = vegetable. Vegetables or Choy are found in many Chinese food dishes. This versatile ingredient can be found in stand alone dishes or accompanied by meat.
Dun = egg and is often found in dishes like Egg Foo Young where eggs or Dun are combined with a wide variety of accompaniments like rice, chicken, vegetables and bean sprouts.
A “meat and potatoes” man. That’s what I had always been. In a restaurant, I had always ordered dishes familiar to me from my childhood. One day, however, I was coaxed into eating some food prepared the Chinese way and, to my surprise, found it enjoyable.
The dish I had selected was pepper steak. Since its main ingredients are beef, green peppers and onions-foods that are not particularly exotic-you may wonder what made this dish Chinese. I put the same question to the friendly cook who prepared the scores of Cantonese dishes listed on the menu.