Banana Tree is the home of Indochinese food in the heart of Notting Hill. The place is very simple with no particular embellishment or theme. It’s also very quiet, with few customers. It could be a bad sign, like the poor quality of the food, but don’t be mislead by that!

Their menu has a lot of vegan and gluten-free options, with pictures! The fried vegetable dumplings with spicy sweet and sour sauce are an explosion in your mouth with the crispy batter creating a perfect contrast with its warm and soft vegetable stuffing. The accompanying sauce is quite spicy.

The Bun Bo Vietnamese salad with satay skewers is da bomb. A bit way too healthy (maybe), but super filling and satisfying. The staple ingredient of this main dish are rice noodle garnished with fresh vegetables, crumbled nuts, crispy sautéed spring onions, a huge (vegan) shrimp chip, and mini vegetable spring rolls, all seasoned with a delicious Nuoc Cham sauce. The skewers, which in the normal version are made of chicken, are made of seitan and it’s a good mock meat choice. The Nuoc Cham sauce has a sweet and slightly spicy flavor. This salad bowl It’s something messy and chaotic, yet fun and colorful to play with!

These Banana “Frotiteroles” that apart from being a lame pun (between fruit and profiteroles) was a complete disaster. They tried to make profiteroles with bananas. A sort of fried batter around the fruit, moistened with a sweet chocolatey syrup; both taste and consistency are sickening (and not in a good way), it’s like eating a too-mature splattered banana. Fortunately, they come with a scoop of mango or raspberry sorbet that save the day!

Defo a place where to eat and try again! Do you like Indochinese cuisine? Let me know if you have tried the Frotiteroles too!

I went here for dinner with my flatmates and quite liked the atmosphere as well as the food. They served halal food, so it's a plus for us. Probably for people who prefer halal as it could be slightly harder to look for one that caters Asian dishes. 
The food was a combination of many cuisines in the Southeast Asia region, that is Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, for example. I found not a single problem with any of our food that we've had that night. I must say the taste was as authentic as it can be for London standard. One thing I would like to comment would be the drink, though. My Teh Tarik was not as similar, but other than that, Banana Tree was another delicious Pan Asian restaurants I've tried so far! 
The price was pretty reasonable for the amount of food we ordered, and it's not very busy on a Friday night. My flatmate reserved the seats for us just in case, but the restaurant was not very full even though it's dinner time. The service team was very friendly, but it took awhile for the food to come out while there weren't many customers. So I'm not sure why. Regardless, I would come back to try their other menu.