North East Chinese Food & Buddhist Temple

Went for Sunday Lunch at Chinoise restaurant, Barnes.
http://www.toptable.co.uk/details.cfm/qs/rid%7C2993/spos%7C4/
The speciality of this restaurant is North Eastern Chinese food, and as my wife's from Dong Bei, we went along to try some. She had the Stew & dumplings, and I had guobao can with Singapore Fried noodles. The food was quite good, and was apparantly authentic for the region, but I wouldn't make a special effort to go there again, as it's a bit out of the way and was quiet when we went.

On the way back, we went to the Buddhapadipa Temple just off Wimbledon Common. http://www.buddhapadipa.org/pages/event_openhouse2006.html
I didn't know quite what to expect, but I was very surprised by it. It's a fairly large park with an English House at the front of the park, but with what looked like a very authentic Buddha Temple behind it. The park is laid out in a similar way to those that I've seen in Thailand and Southern China, with Buddhist pearls of wisdom enscribed on wooden signs along the walk. I did peek in to the Temple, but there was a real life monk sat staring back at me where I was expecting a golden buddha so I decided not to enter.