Lap Dung Nabe

You know that stretch of The Green near the tube where everything feels a bit tired? Lap Dung Nabe cuts through the ordinary with genuinely spiced Sichuan dishes that don't shy away from heat. It's unpretentious but precise—the kind of place where regulars know to ask for the real stuff if you can handle it. The dining room won't win interior design awards, but that's rather the point. You're here for the food, and it delivers the numbing tingle and depth you'd struggle to find elsewhere in W5. The kitchen takes what they do seriously without any faffing about.