David Thompson, the first chef to gain a Michelin star for a Thai restaurant in Europe, is opening a restaurant “The Halkin by COMO” in the city that originally inspired him – Bangkok.
He said: “It will be great to land back in Bangkok and all that delicious chaos. “I can’t wait to use local ingredients, going to the markets, playing around in the kitchen, and then putting them onto the dishes in the restaurant.”
Located in the Metropolitan, on South Sathorn Road, key dishes will include a jungle curry with snake-headed local fish known as pla chorn, grown in the clear water of the rice paddies. Thompson said: “It is an ugly looking fish, but the flesh is delectable. It is firm, plump, sweet and entirely delicious.”
You can also expect some rich dishes, for example a southern geng gati of crushed prawns with turmeric and coconut cream, as well as a northern relish of grilled chillies and tomatoes known as nahm prik nuum.
The wine menu will be selected by Troy Sutton, the sommelier who has worked with Thompson in London from the very start, and the interior will be designed by the Japanese interior architect, Koichiro Ikebuchi, who has designed Uma Ubud in Bali and Aoki in Singapore.
The eatery will open in July.
