Terpe - Yes I guess it is Park Royal much closer to Hanger Lane than Ikea - from memory it was tiny and with a much smaller and more expensive range than Wing Yip.

I've got much the same memories as you about Oriental City - I guess we last went there early 2008. Odd place and like you say sometimes you wished you hadn't bothered to eat there.

Have you ever been to the Wing Yip in Birmingham ? You ought to try the Cosmo restaurant in Coventry, if it's as good as the Croydon one you'll sign up for a season ticket