A new Chinese restaurant and takeaway in Oxford city centre is busy with lots of customers.
Tasty Kitchen in George Street opened about two months ago and is now trading six days a week - Tuesday to Sunday.
It is proving to be a popular choice with Chinese people living in Oxford and with tourists, students and residents.
READ MORE: Zelensky arrives in Oxfordshire for major summit
The unit stood empty for months after Chozen Noodle closed but now Eddie Millington and his wife Chuanxing Liu have taken on the lease and are running the restaurant with the help of their son Josh.
They are concentrating on dishes and recipes from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where the family lived for 10 years when Mr Millington was working in the car industry.
(Image: Andy Ffrench) He added: "I also worked in the United States for several years before I came back to the UK in 2017.
"My wife has always wanted to open a restaurant like this so when we saw the opportunity we took it.
"So far the response has been very positive - it's traditional Chinese recipes - we don't coat everything in sugar so of course Chinese people really appreciate the food - they it's like being back home."
READ MORE: Classic cars set to take over museum
Mr Millington said he was pleased to see how busy George Street was.
"It's a very busy city centre street and people like to come here for food after they have been visiting the pubs," he added.
(Image: Andy Ffrench) "It was great to see people celebrating outside when England were playing in the Euros."
There are only a few staff - the restaurant is a family affair and Mr Millington said he was aware that he was competing with a number of chain restaurants in the area.
"We hope customers appreciate we are a family-run independent business and support us as a result," he said.
"Lots of students came here before the summer holidays and we look forward to seeing them again.
"George Street can be quite rowdy at times but it's good for business when the street is busy.
"We open from 10am to 10pm and you get different peaks throughout the day for serving customers."
(Image: Andy Ffrench) Popular dishes include fried rice with smoked pork (£8.50), spicy beef with vegetables and rice (£10.50), and spicy fried rice with egg (£8.50).
Other restaurants in George Street include Korean BBQ chain Yori, which has branches across London, Brighton, Cambridge and Staines.
It opened on the site of the former Byron burger bar in George Street in March.
The Sichuan Grand is a long established Chinese restaurant in nearby Gloucester Green.
Help support trusted local news
Sign up for a digital subscription now: oxfordmail.co.uk/subscribe
As a digital subscriber you will get:
- Unlimited access to the Oxford Mail website
- Advert-light access
- Reader rewards
- Full access to our app
About the author
Andy is the Trade and Tourism reporter for the Oxford Mail and you can sign up to his newsletters for free here.
He joined the team more than 20 years ago and he covers community news across Oxfordshire.
His Trade and Tourism newsletter is released every Saturday morning.
You can also read his weekly Traffic and Transport newsletter.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel