Tasty team-up: Chalee Kader (left) and Werawat ‘Chef Num’ Triyasenawat
(Picture: Handout)Two of Thailand’s best chefs will visit Soho restaurant Kiln later this month to host a two-day pop-up menu.
Werawat ‘Chef Num’ Triyasenawat, who helms Samuay and Sons in the city of Udon Thani, and Chalee Kader, head chef of Bangkok restaurants 100 Mahaseth and Wana Yook, will come to London to team up with Kiln’s Meedu Saad.
Dishes on the collaborative menu, which is inspired by the bold flavours of the country’s north-eastern Isaan region, will range from Sai Tod fried offal chips — a creation of Kader’s much talked-about on the Bangkok food scene — and Koi Pla tartare of wild sea trout, to Omm curry of crab with kanon jeem noodle, and Tamworth pork jowl glazed with fermented fish.
London-based Tutto Wines have curated a range of natural and biodynamic wines, offered by the glass, to complement the menu, including Fanino, which blends red and white grapes.
Saad said: “Being able to cook with these two incredible talents, who are absolute trailblazers when it comes to championing local ingredients and ancient Isaan cooking techniques is so exciting. It’s going to be a very memorable experience.”
The menu is the culmination of a years-long relationship between the London restaurant and the chefs, which has taken in multiple visits to Thailand for research, before hosting Chef Num’s first collaboration dinner in the UK back in 2019.
This new menu will incorporate ingredients cultivated specifically for this project by Good Earth Growers in Cornwall, from Isaan herbs and chillies to aubergines, cucumbers, berries and stone fruits.
Chef Num said: “We have looked forward to this collaboration all throughout the pandemic and we’re so excited to be able to make this event happen.
“We can’t wait to share our expression of cooking using the fantastic ingredients from the farmers that Meedu works with everyday in the UK. To cook at Kiln is always a thrill, we can’t wait to meet everyone for our two day pop-up.”
Kiln is one of Soho’s most celebrated restaurants, claiming top spot at the National Restaurant Awards in 2018 and currently holding onto a Bib Gourmand, awarded by the Michelin Guide.
