Looking through some local guides, we found Le Du and this one appears to be a rising star. Guess we had better try this before it made the list!
Set in a low rise apartment in a residential area away from the main street. |
Nice and cozy décor inside. |
A separate seating area for drinks or to wait. The restaurants itself is not big either with maybe 6-8 tables of 4s. |
The menu is not extensive. So we ordered 3 tasting menu which all cover almost all of the dishes on the menu.
These were the 3 starters:
Thai Andaman tuna with lemon oil, tomato confit, lemongrass and basil. Different and refreshing. |
"Phu Lae" Pineapple with radish, nuts, shrimp and pork powder, mint and smoked coconut milk. Pineapple is extremely sweet. With the shrimp and pork powder, this dish has a very Asian flavor to it. |
Thai style pate with rice paper, Chinese plum, galangal, white ginger and Sriracha. Beautifully presented. Can't remember what we ate! |
The 3+3 mains:
Seabass with celery puree, sunchoke, pickled lemon zest, Siam tulip and extra old fermented soybean. |
Blue swimming crab and black truffle wonton with fried garlic, bok choy and scallion. Everyone loved this dish. Pity it is so small! |
Local Ostrich with tamarind, winged bean, sticky rice, chili paste and roasted rice. Not a big fan of ostrich but it turned out OK. |
Dark soy chicken with pandan, roasted sesame, cucumber and smoked goat chili gel. Chicken looked dry but was actually ok. |
Local Kurobuta pork 180 days pineapple wine fed with corn custurd, sweet corn salsa, baby corn, cashew nut and blackcurrent jus. Interesting dish. |
The 3 desserts:
Coconut charcoal cheesecake with lemon tart gel and spiced coconut ice cream |
Roselle sorbet with banana and honey gel, sponge cake, short bread and caramel |
Mooncake with custurd ice cream, nut, salted egg gel and flower tea |
We think their starters and mains were much better than the desserts. Nevertheless, very good food for a reasonable price. Good service and nice atmosphere.
Le Du
339/3 Silom Soi 7, Bank Rak
Bangkok 10500
Thailand
Tel: +66 92 919 9969