HAAA! AGED! Special Wing Yip for old people like me!Pepper Pig wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:36 pm Oooh. I haven’t been to Wing Yip for aged. Love it. Think it is now in the Congestion Zone which is why we stopped going.
Wing Yip is not in the brutal "everyone pays" inner Congestion Zone, it's in the "North Circular" ULEZ (Ultra low emissions) Zone, now expanded - I've made a map. Only vehicles that don't meet the emissions standards have to pay in the ULEZ zone. Confusingly I see they still refer to the entire area as the Congestion zone...
For some time that meant I was unable to pop up there on my non-ULEZ-compliant motorcycle, however they introduced a special dispensation for motorcycles when they expanded the zone in 2023, that they could be Dyno-tested at two specially appointed London Transport test centres, then modified to meet the standards if required and retested, and reclassified if they met the accepted ULEZ "Euro 3 NHx" levels. It cost me £305, the modification was simply to fit iridium spark plugs, which burn the fuel more efficiently.
However these days I rarely go to Wing Yip, as there's two Oriental ingredients shops locally now, and apart from that it seems to rain constantly, and I hate riding in the rain. Anyway, I seem to be cooking mostly Indian food these days! Tip: Kashmir Chillies make a great sub for Szechwan Chillies...
The 142 bus from Watford goes to within walking distance of Wing Yip, but the trip takes about 2 hours each way, so needs very careful planning, as my bladder is not as resilient as it used to be