The brainchild of Thai designer Bhanu Inkawat, Greyhound was unveiled initially as a fashion house in 1980, with the first Greyhound Café opening in the chic neighbourhood of Sukhumvit. There are now 17 cafes across Asia, from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. Divided between small and large dishes, Thai-style ‘Single Plates’ and a sizeable vegetarian section, the menu at Greyhound Café pays homage to Thai cooking with the greatest hits of Bangkok dishes with signature twists.
Designed by B3 Architects, Greyhound Café London is set over two floors - with the restaurant featuring Greyhound’s signature monochrome design and eclectic Thai-meets-West interior, typical of the post-70s era of ‘Siwilai’. The ground floor bar and dining room are decked out with Bangkok style ‘shophouse shutters’, bric-a-brac shelves full to the brim and the restaurant’s centerpiece, a hanging oversized Sai fish trap attracting a school of woven Tilapia - a Thai symbol for good fortune. Downstairs, the basement dining room brings the Bangkok street scene indoors with corrugated metal-sheeted walls, mock folding tables, brightly coloured chairs and Thai ‘Temple Fare’ pendant lights. Open Monday to Sunday, 12pm - 10:30pm.
Modern Thai-style cooking, fashionable eats
‘Salmon in Hot Pursuit’, a small platter of thinly sliced sashimi-grade salmon in chilli-spiked green sauce; ‘Complicated Noodle’, DIY taco-like wrap of iceberg lettuce and rice noodle sheets with soy-braised pork herb salsa; Pork Knuckle Tod Krob - German-style pork knuckle simmered with Thai herbs, deep fried until golden and served with sticky rice.
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