Thai Food: @Siam

On Sunday, I met up with a dear friend of mine, Y for a long awaited dinner. It's been SO long since we last met up, with our busy schedules, it was hard to find time that would fit both of us. She suggested @Siam, located in Soho, London.

Before dinner, I googled it, and visited their website; wow, it looked posh! It didn't look like something I was used to; I also tend to avoid posh looking restaurants when I'm looking for Oriental/South East Asian food. My experience so far has indicated that if you're looking for good quality food of oriental/south east asian food, fine dining isn't the way to go.

However with @Siam, I was wrong. When I stepped into the restaurant, the place looked more like a cosy family restaurant, rather than a fancy posh place. There were a few patrons there already at 6, but the place was mostly empty. We were seated at a small corner of the restaurant. Y was seated in front of a silver sparkling statue of Buddha. I was facing it! So I was being watched when I was tucking in :)

Prawn spring rolls

We both ordered a starter and a main each. Y got a voucher off the Time Out website, that gave us a 50% discount off our meal. Always a plus for me :) For starters, Y ordered prawn spring rolls. The prawns were wrapped in rice paper, and deep fried till golden. I thought this was really good! It was served in a crispy edible shell (which reminded me of papadom), and sweet chilli sauce. The shell was rather bland, and a bit greasy. However I don't think it was meant to be eaten, more like a decorative piece on the plate. I'm certain that the sweet chilli sauce was shop bought, however, I love sweet chilli sauce, so no complaints there from me.

Thai fishcakes-sorry for the slightly blurry pic!

I ordered Thai fishcakes for my starter. When it came (also with sweet chilli sauce by the side), I was a little surprised that it looked a lot like slices of fishballs you can get from a chinese supermarket. I'm not sure it was made in the restaurant, but it was yummy indeed. They had a hint of lemongrass too.

Y's pad thai

For main, Y order a chicken pad thai, while I ordered tofu green curry. I'm a huge fan of tofu :) Y's pad thai was DELICIOUS! It had a slight sweetness to it. Yums. It also came with pieces of tofu and crushed peanuts by the side. Y was a tad disappointed there weren't slices omelette at the top. I don't eat Thai food very often, so I wasn't aware whether that is a common (possibly essential?) addition.

Tofu green curry

My tofu curry was rich and very good. It had some pieces of bell pepper, green beans and chunks of baby aubergine. Quite substantial. I had my curry with steamed jasmine rice. The curry was very drinkable; it wasn't too spicy, and I thought that the balance of flavours were very good. The curry came warm; I was expecting it to come a little hotter. The curry didn't come with the rice, so I had to order it separately.

Overall, it was an enjoyable dinner! Service was efficient, and the dishes came relatively quick. Portions were good sized, not massive, but more than enough to fill you up. The starters were about 6 pounds each before discount, the mains, about 10 pounds. The entire came to about 20 pounds, after the discount, and I thought it was very worth it :) The food was great, and the company-even better! :)

@ Siam
48 Frith Street London W1D 4SF
T. 020 7494 4511


Disclaimer: This entry was not a sponsored post, and is entirely based on my personal tastebuds.  I have not received any monetary or non-monetary payment to write this post.