Thanh binh vietnamese restaurant in Camden London review

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Thanh Binh Vietnamese restaurant, Camden - review

Thanh Binh Vietnamese restaurant in Camden is fast becoming my favourite restaurant in London. The first time I went there was a few months ago and a combination of the mouthwatering Mekong mackerel, giant mussels in a creamy coconut milk curry sauce, chilli beef with noodles, a classic iced Vietnamese coffee and a pretty date left me massively impressed.

However, one good visit doesn’t make a restaurant great, so I went again to try a few more things from the menu. This time I started with spring rolls, which were cooked perfectly and came with a tasty dipping sauce. Then for the main course I tried the stir fried beef with coconut milk, turmeric, Onions and peanuts, which was a proper taste sensation. The creamy sauce, tender beef and peanuts combo is ace and made me contemplate the merits of smashing a few peanuts on other meals; scrambled egg with peanuts, a kings special with peanuts, semolina with chocolate coated peanuts... the possibilities are endless.

Anyway, I also had some of the stewed fish in a clay pot, which blew my tiny little mind. Verging on the H.O.T side of spicy, it came out to the table literally in flames. I half expected the waiter, who had gotten very excited about the order, to blow them out, but he just lifted the lid and left us to fend for ourselves. After doing the honours with the fire extinguisher I took my first bite and understood instantly what the ceremony was all about. With an intensely tasty spicy kick, the meaty fish was amazing and by the time I’d polished my share off I was on an eating roll and scoured the table for more. It wasn’t that I was still hungry, it was just that I’d become a junky for the taste.

In a nut shell, Thanh Binh is cool as fook, and with a big menu to choose from, consistently good quality food, iced coffees a go go and really friendly waiters & waitresses that actually know about what they’re bringing out, you can expect good things every time you eat there.

4.7/5