Thai food has been available in Britain since the Nineties, but there’s been a tangible boom this year. The Standard’s Ben McCormack said as much only two weeks ago, charting a plethora of openings from Kolae in Borough Market, to Koyn in Mayfair, to Long Chim on Soho’s busy periphery. The latter marked a bold return for David Thompson, the chef behind Nahm, which in 2001 became the first Thai restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star.
The latest to launch is AngloThai, itself a restaurant some might predict to win accolades. The Standard’s food critic David Ellis might think so – wait for his review on Thursday – but even if it doesn’t, it’s a venue eagerly anticipated and long awaited. And not only because it is en vogue, a statement of intent among a crowd, but because it keenly represents its name, fusing and amalgamating British and Thai ingredients, binding two cultures so neatly and vibrantly entwined.
