Blue Elephant for Dinner – restaurant review
(This restaurant is now closed) Until a short time ago I confess that I had no idea where Imperial Wharf could possibly be, but I...
Modern Thai Food by Martin Boetz – review
Modern Thai Food is a large-format volume with some of the most stunning food photography I have ever seen. Jeremy Simons takes advantage of full...
Thai Square – Richmond – restaurant review
Richmond is that leafy and rather posh terminus of the District Line. It’s got swanky river frontage, historic buildings and The Green skirted by homes...
Mango Tree for Sunday Lunch – restaurant review
It’s been decades since a Sunday lunch just meant a huge roast with all the trimmings. We have travelled and our tastes are much broader....
Thai Bible by Jackie Passmore – review
A few years ago Thai restaurants were rare but that’s changed, and some lucky folks even get to have holidays in Thailand. They return home...
ORA Thai Food and Jazz – restaurant review
There is a world of tranquillity just behind the buzz and throng of Oxford Street. That celebrated retail hub is a river of bag-burdened humanity...
Mango Tree Thai Restaurant – review
The Mango Tree Thai restaurant is a Belgravia institution and it’s been that way since 2001. It’s part of the Asian company ‘Coca’. The Mango...
Vatch’s Thai Street Food by Vatcharin Bhumichitr – review
Vatch’s Thai Street Food is a lovely large-format volume with brilliant food and travelogue photography by Martin Brigdale and Somachi Phongphaisarnkit. Vatch is in fact...
Busaba – Eathai – Panton Street – restaurant review
Busaba – Eathai. Yes it’s a chain of restaurants but it’s a small one. It carries none of the trappings of typical mid-range chain restaurants...
Nipa Thai Restaurant, London – review
A couple of decades ago a Thai restaurant was rare. It’s the advent of cheaper long-haul flights and more adventurous eating habits that has allowed...
Thailand – A World of Flavours by Christine Watson – review
The author of Thailand – A World of Flavours is Christine Watson. The name doesn’t sound very Thai or even Asian but, in fact, Christine...
Thai Street Food by David Thompson – review
Street food is comfort. We in the UK might be drawn to the smell of fried onions wafting from a burger cart outside the local...
Travels with Thai Food by Helen Brierty – review
It all sounds rather mystical. A journey with Spirit House conjures visions of idyllic retreats for the world-weary, guiding a path to something enlightening and...
The Blue Elephant Cookbook – review
This must surely be the most celebrated of Thai restaurant empires. It would be diminishing the class and the quality of the group to describe...
The Big Book of Thai Curries by Vatcharin Bhumichitr – review
Vatcharin Bhumichitr has penned some fabulous books and I must say that The Big Book of Thai Curries is equal in every way to those...
Stylish Thai in Minutes by Vatcharin Bhumichitr – review
You gotta love it – any cookbook that is called, “No Stress”, “2 Ingredients”, “A Meal in a Moment” or “No Cooking Cookbook”. This book...
Homestyle Asian – Murdoch Books – review
This is a large format volume with a wealth of photographs by Steve Brown and it’s impressive in its presentation and content, and it even...