New Taste

I would estimate that about 99% of all Chinese takeaways, in Belfast, are exactly the same. I have always loved the authentic Chinese food that I’ve tasted, but the fact that there are some junctions or small areas in Belfast that have loads of takeaway joints all firing out gravy half & halfs to people who don’t know any better just makes me feel like crying.
Does anybody ever try to do anything new or originally Chinese? Such a huge country with millennia of fascinating culinary history.
New Taste on the Carnmoney Road is at least a bit different; they claim to offer authentic lime curry, Korean and Mongolian stuff, all of which I’ve tried, as well as the usual suspects. The Mongolian sauce is the most memorable — spicy beef with a dollop of soured yoghurt on top. And while properly-​made Satay is one of the most amazing (and easy to make) things on the face of the Planet Earth, New Taste’s is still gravy made from a bought-​in commercial base.
But, at least they make a wee bit of an effort to do something different from all the usual rubbish.