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7 Thai restaurants for the best pad thai and panang curry in London
By Amy Beecham
1 year ago
2 min read
From mouth-watering panang curry to delicious pad thai, these spots across the city are worth a visit for their world-class Thai cuisine.
Soups, curries, noodles, tender meat and delicious vegetarian options: Thai cuisine really has it all. While traditional menus tend to fall into four categories: tom (boiled dishes), yam (spicy salads), tam (pounded foods) and kaeng (curries), thereâs always a host of experimental flavours to be found.
Looking to try some delicious dishes out? Here are seven of the best Thai spots across London that are always worth booking.
Speedboat Bar
Perhaps the buzziest Thai spot in the city right now, Speedboat Bar has everything from fragrant soups to earthy curries, including a signature tom yam mama dish with squid, pork and prawns.
Address: 30 Rupert St, London W1D 6DL
YiQi
Address: 14 Lisle St, London WC2H 7BE
Som Saa
Head east to Spitalfields, where you can find this critically acclaimed restaurant and bar serving up old-style Thai food in a former fabric warehouse.
Address: 43A Commercial St, London E1 6BD
Kolae
Kolae is the hit new Borough Market restaurant from Som Saa co-founders Mark Dobbie and Andy Oliver that draws its name and offering from kolae, a cooking style from southern Thailand where ingredients are generously bathed in a curry-like coconut marinade and grilled over open flames.
Address: 6 Park St, London SE1 9AB
Farang
Salted prawn miang, crispy wontons of confit Yorkshire duck leg and spicy monkfish coconut curry are on the menu at Sebby Holmesâs award-winning Thai restaurant in Highbury. Trust us when we say youâll want to order it all.
Address: 72 Highbury Park, London N5 2XE
Pandan Leaf
This neighbourhood spot in Crouch End is a no-frills local favourite, serving up all of your favourite thai classics including massaman curry, pad see ew and a host of tasty appetisers.
Address: 66-68 Crouch End Hill, London N8 8AG
Nipa Thai
Address: First Floor of, Lancaster Terrace, London W2 2TY
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