Keeping it Real Although I’ve travelled to Thailand on several occasions, I wouldn’t claim to be an expert on Thai cuisine, but I know someone who is! So, when the opportunity came up to review Nipa Thai, a Thai restaurant that sits in the Glitzy Royal Lancaster Hotel just around the corner from Lancaster Gate […]
Wild Rice Restaurant – Review
Wild Rice Thai Restaurant, Soho: Starting your own restaurant is never an easy business. However first-time restaurateurs Mike Asavarut and Pan Serirak have just opened two. Both Thai restaurants and both at the same address – offering two alternative takes on classic Thai dishes.The first floor in their central Soho site houses Mamasan – a […]
Thai Square Fulham – Review
A Touch of Thai in Fulham at Thai Square: (invited press review) The Thai Square group of restaurants started in 1996 with the opening of their branch in the Strand. They now have 13 restaurants in all, mostly in London alongside Windsor and St Albans, all combining the same offer of delicious Thai food served […]
Patara Thai Restaurant Hampstead – Lunch with Style
Authentic Thai Cuisine at Patara Hampstead. One of those places that, having lived in London for the best part of my adult life, you’d think I’d have tried already, Patara is a well established group of Thai restaurants. Founded in 1990 it predates the current vogue for authentic regional Asian cuisine and, I suspect it […]
Thai Square Restaurant – Classic Thai Food in Classic London Locations
Thai Square, Trafalgar Square: Officially Thai Square Restaurant isn’t on Trafalgar Square but on the adjoining Cockspur street. To any normal member of the public though, it’s a restaurant with a prime location. And if you sit by the window, as we did, you’ll get a splendid view out across Trafalgar Square. Londoners like me love […]
Giggling Squid Tunbridge Wells
Thai in Tunbridge Wells at the Giggling Squid: I’m a big fan of Thai food and have travelled to the country several times. I had heard of the award-winning Giggling Squid Group – the first national Thai restaurant group – who now have 29 outlets around the country, and was interested to see what their […]