Nahm at The Halkin (The Halkin, 5 Halkin Street, London, SW1X 7DJ) Found it all a bit disappointing. Given the Thai's are a race of people you might consider to be on the petite side the portions would stand against the finest Burger bar the USA could put up in competition. Starters came with a bowl of rice – Steak/mint salad had possibilities but was overdone with too much of something in the sauce – think it was nam pla, anyway it began to give me a very slightly sick feeling as I soldiered on to the end of the platter. My wife's starter was very nice but I can't recall what it was – involved Prawns anyway. We both felt pretty full at this point and would happily have gone home. Hardly before I had managed to undo my trousers and the mains arrived. More rice of course. Curries for my wife and I were prefectly ok, Chicken & Duck respectively but I had forgotten about them by the time we had crawled to the tube. A mushroom stir fry was left mostly untouched, just tasted a bit slimy. No way we could fit in a desert. Service was very nice and friendly but all in all too much, too fast and too little going for it. Not sure how Michelin stars are awarded but this was probably the most unmemorable eating experience I have had in a long time, except for the bill which was £145 with half a bottle of wine. Which of course I wouldn't have minded if I felt like waxing lyrical about it.
Link to this reviewFebruary 2010 |