Over two years since we first heard Long Chim was coming to town, we finally know when and where
When it comes to Thai food, names don’t come much bigger than David Thompson. He founded legendary Thai restaurant Nahm, which had a London outpost at The Halkin hotel from 2001-2012 (during which time it was the first Thai restaurant in Europe to win a Michelin star) and still operates in the COMO Metropolitan in Bangkok (although Thompson is no longer involved), and he has also been the inspiration for a generation of chefs cooking Thai food. Now after more than a decade away from London, Thompson is coming back to the capital and he’s bringing Long Chim with him.
Long Chim, which has sites in Sydney, Perth and Riyadh, offers a more casual but still authentic take on Thai food, with dishes inspired by the stalls and markets of Bangkok, like sour orange prawn curry, grilled pork neck skewers, red snapper fish cakes, and grilled beef salad with roasted rice. Word of Long Chim’s arrival in London first started to spread in 2022 and now after two years of waiting, it’ll be taking up residence on the ground floor of Horvada from October into early 2025.
Chef Patipan ‘Pae’ Jipromma, head chef at Thompson’s Michelin-starred Bangkok spot Aksorn will be leading the Long Chim London kitchen, and that’s all we know about the food so far, so watch this space….
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Key Information
Opening date | October 2024
Address | Ground Floor, 36-40 Rupert Street, London, W1D 6DW
For more information | longchim.london