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Esarn Kheaw

Address:314 Uxbridge Road, London W12 7LJ
Tel:020 8743 8930
Website: Visit Esarn Kheaw website
Price: £29.00Wine: £10.50
Opening Hours:Mon-Fri 12N-3pm Mon-Sun 6-11pm

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It’s not much to look at, but this well-rooted Shepherd’s Bush Thai sets the standard for the area: attracting a regular crowd of local foodies & diners from further afield is no mean feat – particularly given its ‘awkward’ location in one of the most restaurant-heavy sections of Uxbridge Road. Like many of its neighbours, Esarn Kheaw offers cheap eats in a no-nonsense atmosphere, but it pulls out the stops for a wide range of regional specialities alongside the standard-issue pad thai & green curry that you might expect to gobble down with your bottle of Singha. Try the lightly spiced, grilled fillet of catfish served with hot chilli sauce, the som tum (green papaya salad), or the ‘son in law’ deep-fried eggs – spectacular things, fried until golden then adorned with garlic & onion. Be warned – the kitchen ‘doesn’t skimp on chillis’, although the food’s not all about heat.

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Reader reviews of Esarn Kheaw:

Clementine A.

Clementine A. ( Male )

To be laconic, I would rate it best Thai now in London .
It is surpasses by far the Nahd, Mango and Patara (Kensington) an and others in terms of food quality and national speciality. Quite distinctive to this place I‘d put it friendliness without servility.
I tried this place with a bit of suspision because of the One review only available, but it turned out to be really nice. (My friends connoisseurs were equally impressed, bit it is my review now)
The place is actually (authentic)

The food presentation (form) is avarage but the taste and substance was very different.
There was ordered the following: papaya salad, prawn salad, grilled catfish, stir fried squid, tofu, (soup.rice and something else). The vegetables were fresh and not commercial.
I enjoyed the freshness and composition of every dish I had. The style of the proper was to feel and to compare to the previous examles.
Unusially authentic taste of papaya salad really encouraged me. I was not disappointed with the rest. I only disliked the bouquet of my grilled prawn salad ( the bitterrness of the grill was weghning over a bit too much for me) but that was just my taste I suppose.
The food list is above average extensive (takes some time to read, but there was no rush). There is no extras you might look for, but their French wine was good (including sparkling) and was priced all right as well.
The restaurant is really for connaisseurs (food lovers). The service however was proper, with linen napkins.
Enjoy.

31 January 2010
Overall:10
Food and Drink:10
Service:9
Atmosphere:9
Value for Money:10
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Kaprow

Kaprow ( 30s, Female, London )

It's not much to look at and the location's a bit awkward but I often trek to the western fringes of Shepherd's Bush for an Easarn Kheaw fix. North-Eastern (isaan / easarn) food is one of the most popular regional cuisines in Thailand but you rarely find it as well represented abroad as here. The kitchen doesn't skimp on chillies so specialities like sausages, papaya or bamboo shoot salad and jungle curry are hot enough to make even the most hardened chilli fiends sweat. But it's not all about the heat: even the fieriest dishes display careful balance of flavours and you often find ourself surprised by notes of unusual aromatic herbs.

September 2008
Overall:8
Food and Drink:10
Service:6
Atmosphere:6
Value for Money:7
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