Plaza Khao Gaeng

About this place

Southern Thai canteen Plaza Khao Gaeng takes its name and inspiration from the informal curry over rice restaurants that fill every street corner in Thailand. The strip lit, close packed room with its laminate print tablecloths nails the atmosphere, and the food is ferociously good: deeply spiced curries, sour and fiery stir fries, and a kua kling dry curry with enough heat to make you sweat, all washed down with icy Singha. Not for the spice averse, and all the better for it.