These days, people naturally assume I take all my meals outside the comfort of the home; which is technically untrue, since I do eat home-cooked food at least during half the week; it is just that I’m not the one doing the cooking. That’s why she’s the better half, you see. While our usual go-to pizza service is the rather decent Lupa (especially with the 2 for 1.5 deal), we can’t afford eat to pizza every night – waist-wise – and there aren’t any formidable (decent yes, but not formidable) Indian or Chinese take-aways around Kilburn. I can’t remember how we first came across it, either via the Hungry House portal or ordering from the menu shoved through the front-door, but I do remember making the first visit there sometime during the winter break. The restaurant doesn’t look unlike any Thai restaurant, decent sized, fitting around 15 to 20 tables, rose wood, here, there, and an all Thai staff both friendly and neighborly. We’ve eaten at Bhan Thai a number of times, both sitting in and take-away, and with the reasonable, take-away friendly, market-competitive prices, and of course the decent food, I felt it deserved writing about. Kai Yang, £6.70 and Nau Nam Tok, £6.70. Kai Yang is de-boned chicken leg, marinated in sauces, spices and honey then grilled and served with sweet chilli sauce… resulting in tender pieces of
Food is much more accessible and democratic over on the right side of the Pacific. There is so much diversity, that at times, I find it ironic that the gourmet awakening (of sorts) is taking place in London, where food blogs are as plentiful as fishes, as opposed to the rest of Asia. That might just be an indication of how advanced the broadband networks are in London however or perhaps we crave the good life because we feel the dearth. Oh how I miss Asia
Forty five minutes after exiting Temple tube station, I am still wandering around the area. I could have sworn I have walked past Buddha bar before – which faces the river – but for the life of me, all I can see is a Walkabout. Defying pride, I finally make the call to the restaurant for directions; they tell me I need to keep walking right, and then some. Ah, there it is, under a bridge
Nahm Official site The Halkin SW1X 7DJ +44 (0) 20 7333 1234 Lunch £20pp Dinner £60 pp Nahm is the only Thai restaurant in London to have a michelin sparkle around it’s neck. The restaurant is of course Chef David Thompson’s labour of love; Legend has it that the Australian chef who was once ‘seduced by the gracious country‘ spent many moons training under the guiding hand of an elder matriarch who cooked for the Royal Thai family. The man’s story is an inspired one and his dedication to Thai food is perhaps only rivalled by his head chef at Nahm, Matthew Albert. I was fortunate enough to be invited to sample Nahm’s food and I was expecting nothing less than regality
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