Great thai. Good service, quick quality food. Eaten here a few times now and never had a bad meal. They also do take away and its BYO.You often need to book but its worth the trouble.
I have been so frustrated at my inability to fit updating this blog into the rest of my (wage slavery) life - in an ideal world of course I wouldn't need to work and I could spend my days sipping flat whites, eating great food, travelling, reading books, watching movies and being a blogger-extraordinaire. That day may come (he says hopefully) but right now this l'il ol' blog of mine has been taking a poor second place and I am determined to redress the balance a little. I have about 20 "almost posts" that may need to be revisited but for now I thought a close to home post about a fab new eatery in Battersea would be a good start. I am a big fan of Brixton Village Market but have never been to one of its most popular eateries, Kaosarn - although ever since reading Jay Rayner's glowing review it has been on my "must visit" list. Luckily for me the Kaosarn crew decided to open a second outpost on St John's Hill - a street which (to the delights of those of us who live nearby) is gett
Kaosarn first opened in Brixton Village last year, and it quickly gained a reputation for Thai food that's a cut above. So when I heard a second branch was going to open in Battersea, I was excited. I was right to be. I wasn't going to blog about my meal there, but I feel compelled to write a mini-review because I had such a great time. We kicked off with deep-fried spicy chicken wings , deep-fried spare ribs and some moo ping (grilled pork skewers). These were all good, especially the moo ping . For mains, two of us went for the kao pad kra-praw (fried minced pork w/fresh chilli & holy basil topped with fried egg) while my other dining companion went with gang keaw warn (chicken green curry). Both dishes were a cut above the norm; in particular I enjoyed the refreshing holy basil that combined well with the hot chilli in the kao pad kra-paw . That said, the runny fried egg with crispy edges topped it off for me! My friend was also impressed that pea aubergines were served with the cur
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