Plaza Khao Gaeng review: intense flavours from southern Thailand

Luke Farrell’s uncompromising menu outshines its food hall pigeonhole

Various dishes on a table
‘This menu is confident and bombastic, where the flavours are always intense’
(Image credit: Plaza Khao Gaeng)

It’d be hard to arrive at Plaza Khao Gaeng by accident, tucked away on the mezzanine level of New Oxford Street’s Arcade Food Hall. That could be the point though – the design of this Thai restaurant by Luke Farrell is inspired by relaxed “khao gaeng” (“curry over rice”) eateries, which can bloom seemingly out of nowhere into word-of-mouth hits.

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