A scorching, authentic Isan-style kitchen residency inside a Hammersmith pub serving unapologetically spicy and fermented northern Thai dishes.
Ordering Strategy
Go with a group to share Isan-style small plates; heed the server's warnings about spice levels (the scale runs 1-5, but even 2 is hot and 4 is punishing) and balance the fiery salads with sticky rice.
What to order
Mu Ping
Skewers of grilled pork with lovely highlights of charring, described as tender, glistening with a complex sweet glaze, and effortlessly easy to enjoy.
Deep Fried Pork Neck
A faultless, greaselessly fried fillet in a crunchy tempura-like batter. It is beautifully tender, though the accompanying salad builds to a severe, 'distressingly hot' heat.
Tiny Pickled Crab Salad
An imaginatively sourced dish where tiny crabs are crunched whole to release complex seashore flavours like sea urchin and seaweed, woven into a spicy papaya salad.
Whole Blue Crab Salad
A rare specialty that requires a week's notice to order, spotted by critics as a highly coveted item being delivered to other tables.
What to skip
More in Hammersmith
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Signal Score
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Top critic: Jake Missing (50%)
Editorial Weight 50 pts
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Agreement 6 pts
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Coverage 6 pts
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Public Signal 11 pts
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Boosts 0 pts
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1 Elite · 0 Editorial · 3 total signals
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4.5★ (374 reviews)
Good to know
Located inside The Salutation pub; specific special items like the whole blue crab salad may require ordering a week in advance; the kitchen can produce very pungent aromas.
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