If there’s one word to sum up this diminutive Botley Road takeaway, it’s ‘ambitious’.

It may look like a standard Chinese takeaway, but no... this is a United Nations of Far Eastern cuisine. To a point.

The menu boasts dishes from Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Malaysia – more than many high-end London restaurants. Curious as to how this was possible and dubious as to the authenticity of those dishes, I was told the chef was Chinese but that his predecessor had been something of a culinary big shot and had passed on his trade secrets.

So how did it stack up? Well, quite well actually. The Thai food – I tried a Thai king prawn green curry (£5.80) – bore little similarity to authentic Siamese cooking, with few of the requisite ingredients which go into a recipe that ought to be set in stone. It was, nonetheless, very tasty and with a decent chilli bite, though the prawns were more ‘princeling’ than ‘king’. Similarly, you’d be hard pressed to find a version of the Malaysian curry (£5.10 for chicken) in any self-respecting Kuala Lumpur eaterie, though, again, it was very nice and relatively cheap.

How would they handle the famously precise cuisine of the Land of the Rising Sun? Well, again, it was passably good. The stir-fried chicken (£5.50) was light, flavoursome and laced with oodles of fresh ginger, while the aubergines in teriyaki sauce (£3.60) were a winner, being perfectly cooked and not too sweet. Yet, still, it wasn’t all that Japanese.

I’d go back, but won’t expect anything too authentic. However, if you fancy Chinese food done with a North or South East Asian accent, you’ll find competently cooked food, prepared quickly, served in decent-sized portions and at a reasonable price. And that is pretty much all I expect from a takeaway, anyway.