tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post1045549412636505211..comments2024-03-28T09:47:52.694+00:00Comments on Hollow Legs: The Begging Bowl - RevisitedHollow Legshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07152329184111658897noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-35947539544502359132013-09-23T09:59:20.464+01:002013-09-23T09:59:20.464+01:00ibilly - i'm sorry you didn't have a good ...ibilly - i'm sorry you didn't have a good time, but I can really only report on what I experienced. Perhaps they were having an off day? Hollow Legshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152329184111658897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-40529621813738106762013-09-23T09:59:19.913+01:002013-09-23T09:59:19.913+01:00ibilly - i'm sorry you didn't have a good ...ibilly - i'm sorry you didn't have a good time, but I can really only report on what I experienced. Perhaps they were having an off day? Hollow Legshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152329184111658897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-87538321833962334682013-09-21T00:04:21.601+01:002013-09-21T00:04:21.601+01:00I have been a long term resident of Thailand and a...I have been a long term resident of Thailand and am a frequent visitor and seeker out of authentic Thai food and so was very interested to seek out the hyped claims of the Begging Bowl as it is pretty local to my wife and I. Basically don't believe the hype - all of our dishes failed to hit the mark and the best I can say is that the ingredients were fresh and well presented and the staff are friendly and efficient in a cool space. The Thai fish cakes seemed liked canned tuna dressed up as deep fried barbequed chicken nuggets. Wet and rather pointless. The duck curry was too hot and lacked coconut milk and any sort of delicate flavours to have balance and was too effete in those that it had to be regarded as anywhere near 'street authentic'. The pork belly which replaced the menu pork belly option was like eating soggy cardboard - it's hard to make pork boring and tasteless but they did. By the time the last course came I wasn't expecting much and they didn't dissapoint - it was steamed sea bream with a jug of some sort of watery sauce. No flavours at all to speak of and so we asked for chilli sauce and got some sweet bottled variety to try and spice it up a bit. In the end we came away rather sad - because if this is a restaurant from an acolyte of David Thompson then he should dissociate himself forthwith. I have tasted a couple of dishes of his at London's Taste Festival and they were amongst the very best food of any cuisine that I have ever tasted. Here it was a confused, bland attempt at Thai food that missed the mark by miles. The place on Friday night was heaving and folk were having to queue for up to and over an hour so they were busy as they will ever be and most folk seemed to be enjoying themselves so what the heck. The staff were friendly and efficient and the place had a welcoming buzz but sadly if it's delicious food with Thai heritage you are after then try somewhere else because the Begging Bowl is definitely not it.ibilly99https://www.blogger.com/profile/00009524932895326145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-58325811696953494592013-06-04T22:22:48.687+01:002013-06-04T22:22:48.687+01:00I went to the Begging Bowl after reading the revie...I went to the Begging Bowl after reading the review of your first visit and enjoyed dinner there. I should go back if it is continuing to improve (espeically after my average Thai in the US last week).Richard Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00565380446421416586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-8086638363099679132013-06-04T17:22:47.409+01:002013-06-04T17:22:47.409+01:00Looks better than when it opened. Interesting.
I ...Looks better than when it opened. Interesting.<br /><br />I only went the once. Pathetic portion sizes, overpriced, some of the dishes v forgettable.<br /><br />Would quite like to give it another try, though it was a shit experience last time, truth be told.<br /><br />Either way, it'll have to work hard to better Ganapati for the money.Terdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4148635935379992641.post-13976191113425531172013-06-04T12:25:32.392+01:002013-06-04T12:25:32.392+01:00That looks much more interesting than when we ate ...That looks much more interesting than when we ate there on opening! Will need to get down there soon. The sea bass looks awesome.Sharmilahttp://www.riceandpickle.comnoreply@blogger.com