Singburi used to be the best Thai restaurant in London, but things have changed. Continue reading
Category Archives: Thai and Lao
Speedboat Bar Notting Hill review – loud Thai food worth shouting about
Punchy, varied and characterful Thai food is a hill worth dying on. Continue reading
Begging Bowl review – the mother of all nu-Thai restaurants isn’t what it was
Long-lived isn’t always the same thing as top-notch. Continue reading
Plaza Khao Gaeng review – a trippy taste of Thailand on Tottenham Court Road
The punchy restaurant hidden away on top of a food court. Continue reading
Lao Café review: a taste of Laos in Covent Garden
From the people who brought Rosa’s Café to London, a som tam by another name would be as spicy Continue reading
Mc and Sons review – the Thairish pub that’s not as plucky as it first appears
A pub food minichain hiding in plain sight Pubs serving Thai food seems like an odd pairing, but this now commonplace coupling was initially a result of nothing more exotic than economic necessity and entrepreneurial foresight. The first documented pub on these islands with a Thai kitchen was apparently Notting Hill’s Churchill Arms – a … Continue reading
Singburi review – the thrilling Thai restaurant that could close forever
Leytonstone’s best kept secret Update 24/8/26 – this restaurant has now closed and been superseded by a new version of Singburi in Shoreditch. Singburi is a Thai restaurant in Leytonstone, but it’s hardly new as it was established back in the heady, halcyon days of 1999. While hardly unknown, it hasn’t garnered nearly as much … Continue reading
Kin et Deum review – the revamped London Bridge Thai that hasn’t fallen far from the tree
Uncomfortable reading lies ahead The trio of siblings behind Kin et Deum would doubtless prefer that I spend this introduction focussing on their Thai restaurant’s airy and tastefully decorated interior or that they’re building upon the legacy of their father’s Thai restaurant which used to occupy the same premises. Unfortunately for them, I can’t possibly … Continue reading
Farang review – Highbury hinterland Thai residency becomes permanent
San Daniele takes on a new life Update 26/3/18 – added details of feasting menu and updated formatting Update 04/1/18 – Farang will now permanently reside at this address! Update 17/7/17 – this residency will now run until at least January 2018. As someone with a reasonably high tolerance for spiciness, I had never really … Continue reading
Kiln review – Smoking Goat sequel dazzles Soho in a different way
Less of a sibling and more of a cousin Second acts are hard, whether you’re switching careers, releasing a second album or opening a follow-up restaurant. With the latter, the easiest ways forward is to copy the same template as the original or dilute your idea for a wider audience. Sometimes, second restaurants feel like … Continue reading
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