Review: Siam Central

My friend Michelle (mishypurple ) was very distraught to find a fantastic Thai restaurant - two months before she leaves London permanently! For those of us who live here however, I thoroughly recommend our discovery, Siam Central.

Tucked around the corner from Goodge St station, it has several tables outside for taking advantage of the summer sunshine. If you don't feel like sitting outside, the interior décor is elegant Asian style (that's the Pacific meaning of Asian BTW), with more space between tables than a lot of restaurants in the area. The lighting is good, the seats comfortable, and as both of us were pleased to note, the toilets were absolutely pristine. Our service was friendly (if with the occasional English incomprehension) and efficient without being pushy. We did go on a Monday night, which tends to be slow, but I picked over my main for another twenty minutes after Mish had finished and they didn't try to hurry me up.

We both started with Drunken Noodles as a main - duck for myself and mixed seafood for Mish. Both were wonderful, with a tasty chilli burn to them, but not too hot as to be inedible to people who prefer medium level heat heat (such as myself). There was a decent proportion of meat and vegetables in the dishes and the noodles were very good in taste, texture and consistency. I thoroughly enjoyed them. We also had a side-dish of Greens with Garlic, which was pungent and delicious, and drank a pleasant bottle of red (£13) to go with.

For dessert Mish had the Coconut Crepes; little green triangles of tasty pancake filled with moist coconut goodness, which she loved (as did I, from the nibble I had). I indulged in the Deep-Fried Ice-cream. Mmmm. The batter was just right - not too heavy or light - cooked into a golden-brown ball, filled with good quality vanilla ice cream and garnished with strawberry slices. Definitely a combination made in heaven!

By this stage we were definitely full (and glad we hadn't attempted starters), and finished up with coffees - an Americano and a Double Expresso. And I enjoyed my company so much I didn't even think to use my camera phone! So no graphics to go with this post, sadly. You will just have to take the good presentation as a given.

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The bill for the meal came to £53.00, including service tip (please note it's already included in the bill).

That's £26.50 for a main, a side dish, a dessert, half a bottle of wine and a coffee each. It doesn't quite qualify as cheap, but add in the fact the food was extremely good, Siam Central gets my vote as a thoroughly nice restaurant and somewhere I'll revisit.

Siam Central, 14 Charlotte Street, W1T 2LX, tel: 02074367460

Comments

[Jeanne]

Sounds marvellous - especially the deep fried ice-cream :) And not too far from work either - bonus!