Enter the new chain.. Collaboration usually brings about awesomeness and when I heard of highly acclaimed restaurateur Alan Yau’s recent partnering with internationally lauded Thai chef David Thompson I couldn’t have been more excited. The lovechild is Naamya Cafe – a large-scale, well-funky and tactically conceived *urban Thai restaurant* in Islington. Its menu, featuring a …
Right! This is the round-up of places I’d been in Bangkok before I move on to reviewing the places in London. First up was the Minibar Royale, a very hip, “American diner’s” hangout kinda place for Bangkokian celebrities and socialites, serving up easy Western kinda food in a “hip” kinda way. Nothing too fancy or …
Right! The concept of the place – a restaurant with different types of water around the world amalgamating into an H2O list as opposed to a wine list – did spell out a big gimmick to me and I had, on one previous occasion, come across a restaurant with this sort of “water” list. My …
It has almost been a year since I visited Kiin Kiin in Copenhagen, renowned for its molecular deconstruction of Thai classics, but at the time, the other place we went to during the trip – known to the world as Noma – totally outdid it. I particularly did not enjoy my meal at Kiin Kiin …
Demystifying the title, I’m blogging about the tuna belly. To be more specific, the o-toro at the new Honmono in Sathorn, Bangkok. In only a couple of years, Bangkokians saw one rather exclusive sushi haunt Honmona open branches, Central Chitlom and now the “grand” branch on Sathorn Road and I was left to wonder if …
Thailand – one country where locals would yike at even a tiny morsel of Roquefort – isn’t it likely for a French restaurant to thrive? Le Normandie and Le Beaulieu have proved otherwise, but there is, god forbids, the price tag that makes the restaurants themselves a real gastro-exclusivity. There is another kind of exclusivity …