Hidden away under a railway arch in London Fields on the short road behind the main road is Climpson’s Arch (not to be confused with Climpson & Son’s on Broadway Market), where a Thai restaurant pop-up can currently be found.
We’d heard that this was some of the finest Thai food found outside Thailand so 3 of us visited for brunch expecting hearty options but we were dismayed to find only 2 dishes on the menu, 1 sweet and 1 savoury, neither dishes appeallled to 1 of our group who decided to only have a cup of Vietnamese drip coffee!
Som Saa – Khao Dtom rice soup
The other 2 went for the savoury dish which was a Khao dtom rice soup with crispy pork & poached egg costing £7 which was nice enough and had a bit of heat with sweet ginger & lemongrass flavours that you expect from Thai cuisine but I’d hardly call it brunch, after finishing it we were both still hungry…
So we ordered some Pa Thong Ko (Chinese donuts with pandanus custard) at £5 and were charged for them but they never arrived…we then heard that someone at another table had received the last of the donuts!
A disappointing selection of food, our lone dish tasted fine but wasn’t mind-blowing but we can’t really say too much about the place based on a single dish.
Som Saa’s residency at Climpson’s Arch has been extended so if we’re down again soon we’ll pop in again to see what it’s like for dinner.
More info here.
TL;DR
+ tasted authentic
+ child-friendly
- child-friendly
– poor brunch selection
– they forgot about our donuts!
