Nahm review by Anon
I thought overall the food wasn't quite as bad as recent reviews had made out but I'm still surprised Nahm has one Michelin star. We had the £40 arharn set menu with free glass of champagne.
Starter (more of an amuse bouche) of mandarin and pineapple with a prawn chilli paste was promising. Main dishes of pork with peppercorns and thai basil, and pork with squid in chilli jam were both good and somewhat better than your average HIgh Street Thai. Soup of minced prawn with cloud ear mushroom and asian celery was mediocre.
What really let the meal down was the 'aromatic' chicken curry which had no aroma whatsoever. Any repectable Thai restaurant, let alone a Michelin starred one, should be able to put together a decent curry but this one could have come straight out of a tin. Marks & Spencer ready meals are better.
The Michelin star would be justified if they raised their game and were more inventive but the curry really brought the meal down for me.
I agree that they have a problem with dishes going cold over the course of the meal. They really should invest in some kind of on-table hotplate or something. And the way the waitress clumsily plonked the rice on our plate wasn't really Michelin-style service. Why not serve the rice pre-plated if you're trying to be upmarket?
Overall: A mixed bag that may leave you disappointed. Some dishes are better than your average Thai but avoid the 'aromatic' chicken curry at all costs. For a 'posh' thai, Patara Thai is probably a better choice and better value.
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Overall rating 
Food 6 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 2
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