Considering the West's obsession with Thai food, feeling at home is a mere tube ride away (Tottenham Court Road) when holidaying in London. Opening on April 22, in Arcade Food Hall Centrepoint on Oxford Street is Plaza: Raan Khao Gaeng, Luke Farrell's debut with JKS Restaurants.
When Guru first interviewed Farrell, chef, grower and purveyor of Asian ingredients, he expressed a desire to "open a nursery-to table restaurant, something like a Thai house along a khlong, something very rustic", connected to his greenhouses at Ryewater Nursery in Dorset, southern England (bit.ly/3LvfmYy). While his new venture may not be similar, it does pay homage to a cuisine and country he loves.
