Restaurants

Som Tam House is a little jewel box of a restaurant, serving well above average Thai food to a Ravenscourt Park and Acton crowd. The dining room is cosy – lined with wooden panels and adorned with papier mâché masks and other bits of Thai bric-a-brac – and the menu features a full range of Thai curries, stir-fries and noodles, plus some good choices for vegetarians. To start, Thai spare ribs were some of the best that we've eaten anywhere in London, steeped in a sweet, chilli-hot marinade and cooked as a rack to keep the meat moist and tender. Penang curry with beef was slightly less earth-moving but still competent, prepared with sliced bell peppers and subtly spiced. Best of all, food comes in generous portions and everything arrives in double quick time.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007