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Time Out says
Wed Oct 17 2012
A few minutes from Stamford Brook tube, this unassuming family-run restaurant offers relatively inexpensive but fairly authentic food from the north-eastern Thai region of Isarn (‘101’ is the translation of ‘Roi Et’, an Isarn province known for the 11 satellite towns around its main city). The region’s food is fairly spicy and, in place of fish sauce, uses pla ra (a paste of fermented salted freshwater fish) and plenty of lime juice.
The atmosphere of the brightly painted room is inviting and comfortable, the staff pleasant, and tables reassuringly dotted with South-east Asian diners.
A platter of mixed starters for two was satisfying, if predictable: spring rolls, grilled baby chicken wings, sweetcorn cakes and prawn toast. A dish of curried soft-shell crab with celery and spring onions consisted mainly of scrappy claw bits, but was tasty and nicely crunchy. Grilled sea bass with turmeric and garlic had a perfectly crisp exterior yet remained deliciously moist inside. Fried rice packed with prawns, and nicely suffused with chilli, garlic and holy basil, set everything off well.
A short but cleverly selected wine list offers nothing over £15.95, though the choice of only two Thai beers seemed minimal.
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