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April 11th, 2013  Tom Yum Soup @ Busaba Eathai Category: Bistro (££) I was never very keen on the Thai restaurant chain Busaba Eathai. Several years ago, when the first Soho outpost had newly opened, I ate there a couple of times, and I never quite understood what made people queue in rain and cold for this in my opinion rather mediocre Thai food. Time passed and with it the memory faded. July 2nd, 2012  Prawn and Chicken Dumplings (4) @Siam Central Category: Le Budget Sorry that I am starting to repeat myself but it is almost impossible to find palatable and authentic Thai food in London. Thai food in London is generic, usually too greasy and by far not spicy enough.  Diners who have not been to Thailand and enjoyed the gorgeous and multifaceted cuisine of this beautiful country, are made to believe by chains such as Busaba Eathai that this is the way Thai food is supposed to taste like.  Siam Central in Charlotte Street is just another restaurant in the same vein.  The food is ok and very cheap, it’s just not Thai. September 17th, 2011 Category: Bistro I will try to hold back and not spend 500 words telling you HOW bad the service was at the new Covent Garden Thai restaurants Suda Rice Bar (I went there in the soft opening period about a month ago after I had read the Skinny Bib’s review). I am terribly delayed with my restaurant posts, so the HORRIBLE service I experienced might have improved by now. I hope it has really, otherwise Suda Rice Bar won’t be around for much longer, let me tell you that much. Suda Rice Bar is one of these mixed restaurant/bar places which sometimes work but very often don’t…The interior is all about dark wood and little wood donkeys on the tables grazing on grass (see below). I spent the whole evening staring at them and wondering what the interior designer wanted to express. I still don’t know if I like them or not. They are certainly… ahmmm different?  grazing donkeys @Suda From the name I expected the menu to be very rice oriented , but in the end there were only 6 rice dishes on the menu, comparable to any other Thai restaurants. The menu does sound very interestingly though and there is certainly some divergence from the standard Thai fare on offer. This is hardly surprising considering that the masterminds behind Suda are the same people that are also involved with the high-end Thai restaurant chain Patara. Jumping on the small plate bandwagon, Suda Rice Bar also has a “small plate” section on the menu (they used to be called starters, right?). You will search in vain for greasy prawn toast or other fried monstrosities, but find light and creative fusion style dishes. The Crabmeat rolls (5.95) which were served drizzled with a sweet and tangy tamarind sauce were rather lovely. Less convincing was the pomelo salad (5.50). While the kaffir lime based sauce was gorgeous, I found it rather lazy to just dump some pieces of pomelo and some prawns on a plate without any additional ingredients. What about herbs? Chilli? Peanuts? Anything?? August 24th, 2011 Category: Le Budget I love Thai food: the chillies, the freshness, the wonderful herbs and spices amalgamating in simple but at the same time exceptionally flavoursome dishes. I have been to Thailand on three occasions and have eaten my way back and forth through the Thai menu, in fact I decided then that I could easily live on nothing but Thai food for the rest of my life. August 8th, 2010 Category: Le Budget I have a particular history with Yelo. In fact I don’t really know it under its real name, as N and I only call it ‘the break-up Thai’. For whatever reason it became custom for us to go there when we experienced some kind of break-up in our life, to get drunk on the cheap wine and at the same time enjoy the food. We have been there quite a lot over the past years (one wouldn’t think that there is so much to break up with or – to be fair – get broken up with..) and unfortunately it was about time to re-visit. July 5th, 2010 Category: Le Budget Suchard does not impress from the outside but hidden behind a not very inviting facade is – in my opinion – one of the most authentic Thai places in London. Everyone who has been to Thailand will probably agree with me that you find the best food there in the most basic places. Suchard serves this kind of food. No fuss or pretense, big portions and deliciously Thai. I go there every couple of months and I have rarely been disappointed. June 8th, 2010 Category: Bistro Since Rosa’s has opened its first branch in Spitalfields a couple of years ago it has consistently been featured as one of the best cheap eats in time out. I have given Rosa a chance twice and I tend to disagree with time out. I don’t think the food is that great and I don’t think it’s that cheap either. I am not so keen on the place itself, it feels claustrophobic and very loud, especially when you go there at peak times. April 25th, 2010
Correct me if I am wrong, but to my knowledge the Shepherd’s Bush area is not exactly packed with exciting restaurants. So where eat, when you go to a gig at Bush Hall or the Shepherd’s Bush Empire or see a play at the Bush Theatre? Thank god there is Easrn Kheaw, a small neighborhood Thai restaurant located just next to Bush Hall specializing in cuisine from North-Eastern Thailand. April 16th, 2010
Category: Haute Cuisine RS took me to Nahm for my birthday. Very well chosen I have to say as I love Thai food and David Thompson’s Nahm is the first Thai restaurant in Europe to have received a Michelin star. Nahm is located at the Hakin Hotel in Belgravia well hidden away in a little residential side street. The restaurant is comfortably small and it must be one of the only Thai restaurants without Asian décor, which is not necessarily a bad thing… I found the atmosphere to be quite neutral (like hotel restaurants often tend to be) and the other guests all looked like bankers (you need good bonuses to afford dining there). |
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