Advantages: Delicious Thai cuisine and traditional village pub all rolled into one Disadvantages: Portions rather on the small side. Quite expensive.
Thai ingredients and recipes are used. Evidently some British served Thai food leans towards dishes from China or South-east Asian, and cannot really be described as genuine Thai. Mudita is a founder member of the Thai Restaurant Association, which promotes authentic Thai food in Britain. She also teaches Thai cooking and has even produced a video called Simply Thai.
As a side note, the pub is also the base for a charitable trust called The Mudita Trust, which helps prevent child prostitution and abuse in Thailand. Ten percent of all the pub profits are sent back to Thailand, so eating there is also doing your bit for charity too.
THAI FOOD
Thai food has become increasingly popular in the West in recent years. For those of you unfamiliar with Thai cookery, let me briefly explain what you can expect on a typical Thai menu ...
Advantages: exclusive restaurant, beautiful food, open kitchen, knowledgable staff Disadvantages: expensive and often difficult to get a seat
This was the second Chino Latino to open in the UK. It offers a unique blend of Japanese and Far Eastern cuisine combined with Latino styles. Situated on the first floor of the Park Plaza hotel, Leeds, opposite the station, Chino Latino delivers a chilled, modern dining experience within cool, dark minimalist surroundings.
My husband and I stayed at The Park Plaza,Leeds, last weekend and, having looked at the restaurant on the park plaza website, decided to eat there. We booked online and that evening the restaurant maitre'd called to confirm our booking.
On arrival at the restaurant on Saturday, We were seated promptly and the friendly waitress explained how the menu works. She advised us that the menu is designed to share, and rather than my husband and I ordering a set meal each, we should order a selection of dishes and help ...
Advantages: Value for money in business, excellent service, good wine! Disadvantages: No flat bed in business, lower standard on Africa route, premium terminal falls short
recent flights were from Heathrow T3, I arrived far too early as usual and had to wait landside for about an hour for check in to open. I had not factored this into my timings as I have travelled with BA a lot lately and become accustomed to the desks being open more or less round the clock. As there are not many Qatar flights in a day there is understandably no need to man a desk the whole time. When we finally were able to check in we received very friendly and efficient service. There is no Qatar lounge at Heathrow at the moment although we were told that they will move to T4 shortly and will have their own lounge there. We were provided with a pass to the Cathay Pacific lounge on this trip, on my previous trip I was invited to the Virgin Atlantic lounge. Cathay's lounge was adequate but not as good as the Virgin lounge or the BA lounges ...
