Boonchoo, WC1B 4ET
- 75 Southampton Row
- boonchoo.co.uk
Boonchoo was a Thai restaurant and takeaway on Southampton Row in Holborn. It closed some time in 2009. As of September 2009, the site is occupied by a cafe called The Diner At Bloomsbury photo.
The information below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like.
secretlondon visited on a Monday evening in April 2009. I started with golden tofu puffs, which the menu claimed were served with ground peanut in sweet and sour plum sauce. This turned out to be six deep-fried tofu cubes, not marinaded, with a syrupy dip with a few peanuts in. I followed this with chicken pad Thai (£6.75), which was described as sweet and fruity sour. It was pretty tasteless, but I could identify the tamarind if not anything else. To drink, I had black goddess tea (£1.50) which was served in something a bit like a cafetiere.
It felt average in a kind of anglicized way. I suspect they don't make their own sauces.
Accessibility: No step to enter but entrance may be too tight. Some seating on a stage but some on level. Toilets not checked.
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