If you like Chinese food but prefer to dine at restaurants that use only natural ingredients and flavours head to China Inn in Portland Road, regarded as the first specialist monosodium glutamate free Chinese restaurant in the area.

The small family-run establishment serves traditional and contemporary cuisine and you might be surprised at how different the food tastes when created using natural flavouring. On offer are dumplings, a range of starters, homemade sauces, and fruit specials such as fillet beef in fresh mango.

Begin your meal with platters of butterfly king prawns, satay chicken, crispy seaweed, spare ribs or a bowl of spicy tom yum soup. Main courses could include drunken fish, meat stir-fried Malaysian or Szechuan style, in plum sauce, with pineapples, mixed vegetables or tofu to name a few; sizzling dishes, and Chinese and Thai curries, all accompanied by noodles and rice of your choice add an element of excitement.

Banana fritters with maple syrup help bring the meal at China Inn to a sweet end.