HECK Sriracha Chicken Chipolatas
Spicy and Versatile. It’s the end of the festive season. We have cooked huge meals, both traditional and elaborate, for friends and family and now...
Banana Tree
Vibrant Flavours. Soho has long been blessed with restaurant options of various ethnic persuasions, but Banana Tree, a pan-Asian restaurant in Wardour Street is, for...
Rock Rose Gin’s latest Thai-inspired cocktail recipe
PLUS a summer bundle deal saving you £10. In a nod to exotic travel, Dunnet Bay Distillers has released a new and exotic cocktail recipe: the...
Sloane Place – Dinner with Asian Accents
Cosy fine dining on Lower Sloane Street My dear reader would have doubtless noticed my previous article on Sloane Place a couple of weeks ago....
Green Chicken Curry (Kaeng Kheaw Waan Kai)
This recipe has been generously contributed by Executive Chef Roberto Conrad and Chef Pan of Outrigger Laguna Phuket Beach Resort, Thailand The rich coconut milk...
Thai Taste Red Curry in a Hurry
Thai Taste Red Curry comes in a packet. ‘No!’, I hear my trusting and loyal reader cry! ‘This pre-prepared dinner-helper can surely not be promoted...
Thai Taste Green Curry and a competition
Thai cuisine is popular all over the world and it’s easy to see why. It is a tempting and vibrant blend of spicy, salty, bitter,...
Rosa’s Thai Café – The Vegetarian Cookbook
Rosa’s was the original name of an empty caff which Saiphin Moore and her husband turned into their first restaurant. Saiphin is Thai and has...
Bangkok Thai: The Busaba Cookbook
Busaba presents modern Bangkok dining, with a dozen or so restaurants around Greater London. Having opened its first restaurant on London’s Wardour Street in 1999,...
Rosa’s Thai Café – The Cookbook Review
I have just returned from Thailand where the flavours and indeed textures of that country’s vibrant cuisine reminded me how much I enjoyed those dishes...
Thai Square Fulham – restaurant review
Yes, dear reader, this is a chain restaurant and I make no apologies for reviewing a Thai Square. Why do chains become chains? Because they...
Thai-Style Red Curry with Turkey and Green Beans
From Whole Foods Market Serves 6 Use leftover turkey (and perhaps green beans) from Thanksgiving to make this bright, spicy curry. Or substitute...
Thai Fishcakes served with Thai Cucumber Salad
From BBC Food Ingredients For the fish cakes 500g/1lb 2oz fish fillets ½ red pepper, chopped 2 red chillies, chopped 2 tbsp coriander 3...
Patara, Berners Street – restaurant review
Oxford Street is one of London’s retail arteries. It’s a ribbon of fashion outlets from the celebrated and well-established Selfridges to a flourishing number of...
Mango Tree for Regional Thai Cuisine – restaurant review
The Mango Tree Thai restaurant is a stone’s throw from Buckingham Palace. A stone’s throw in this case isn’t estate agent speak for a couple...
Thai Green Curry
From BBC Food Jo Pratt blends authentic ingredients into a quick homemade paste that forms the base of her Thai green chicken curry. ...
Patara Thai Restaurant, Knightsbridge – review
There are few restaurants in Knightsbridge that don’t exude some kind of classy charm. It’s that kind of area. High-end residents and visitors looking for...
Piya Piya – Thai Restaurant, Old Street – review
Just yards from Old Street Station, Piya Piya is best known as the haunt of late-night city sorts. Its location has made it popular for...
Chef Nooror Somany Steppé, Blue Elephant – interview
Chef Nooror Somany Steppé is petite, attractive and vibrant. She grew up in Thailand’s Chachoengsao province, has a shy manner and says she finds it...
Blue Elephant for Sunday Brunch – review
[This venue is now closed] Imperial Wharf sounds smart and indeed it is. It was for centuries a working-class area with poor housing. My mother’s...