Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2015 22:20:55 GMT 7
n recent years we've started to enjoy excellent Thai food in London, with the arrival of restaurants like The Heron, Smoking Goat, and the soon to be permanent Som Saa. However, when David Thompson closed Nahm in 2012 to return to Bangkok and focus on its sister restaurant, he said that EU regulations had made it impossible to source decent Thai ingredients in London. Have things changed?
Our supermarkets have hugely expanded their Thai ranges of late, but still only offer ready-made sauces, meal kits and the most basic ingredients like jasmine rice. Too often fresh produce is found over-trimmed and wilting in small grocery stores. It was with some trepidation, then, that we accompanied Sujet Saenkham — one of Australia's top Thai chefs and author of Spice I Am — here on a whistle-stop tour of London — to check out the quality of Thai ingredients around the capital. ............
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Our supermarkets have hugely expanded their Thai ranges of late, but still only offer ready-made sauces, meal kits and the most basic ingredients like jasmine rice. Too often fresh produce is found over-trimmed and wilting in small grocery stores. It was with some trepidation, then, that we accompanied Sujet Saenkham — one of Australia's top Thai chefs and author of Spice I Am — here on a whistle-stop tour of London — to check out the quality of Thai ingredients around the capital. ............
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