Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Boon Noon Thai restaurant
I have just come back from an enjoyable dinner at Boon Noon Thai restaurant on Green Lanes, next to the Italian barber shop just south of Homebase. As someone who grew up in Thailand, I am picky about Thai food, and this place is run by Thais and the food is authentic and good value.
We shared two mains with rice, one was a green chicken curry and the other stirfried chicken with ginger, both well flavoured and generously served chicken. We also shared tom yum goong which as a sharing dish without rice comes at £5 and had 4 juicy prawns in it, not those tiny horrible frozen ones. The soup was great. You know it's a proper thai place when the cutlery they give you is a spoon and fork. Combined with the current heatwave I was almost back in Bangkok!
They do takeaway and will do delivery in two weeks. Currently cash only. Do go in and support this new business that brings a bit of variety on the Lanes.
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Permalink Reply by Ivana Ćurčić on
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Went there last night. Very busy place, even though it opened only two weeks ago! At one point every table was taken -- the cook came out to check the scene. Very attentive service (one person only serving, so she was running around but smiling) and excellent curries (red and green), as well as chicken on sticks and calamari. They have Thai beers. We are definitely going back! And soon!
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Permalink Reply by Paul Harding on
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thanks for posting this.
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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We went to Boon Noon at the weekend and concur with the general sentiment above. Tasty food, well cooked, authentic, relaxed and very friendly. My type of place.
One word of warning we ordered the Phad Ka-Phrao. We were well warned that it was Thai spicy but we both insisted that it would be fine. It normally is. This dish beat us both. It is searingly hot.
I asked the owner afterwards how spicy it was on a Thai scale from 1-10. Her answer was 8. An 8 out of 10 on a Thai scale of spicy is pretty damn spicy. I asked her if customers who'd tried it like it. She said that some apparently do, but that we weren't the first to be beaten by it. She added that this is the way it's cooked in Thailand, it's the way she likes it and so doesn't want to change it. As cowed as I was by the dish, I think her approach to it speaks buckets about her attitude to providing an authentic Thai experience. More power to her elbow and long may wimps like me continue to beaten into submission by the Phad Ka-Phrao.
I learned that the owner is from Isaan in northern Thailand. So I asked if she cooks Koa Niew Guy Yang [BBQ chicken with sticky (savoury version) rice]. Not wanting to put the kitchen to any trouble on a busy night, I declined an offer to have it specially made for me and took instead the assurance that it will be on the menu soon.
I was also delighted to learn that mango and sticky rice will soon be available! YUMMY!
All in all I really enjoyed my visit and will certainly be back for more.
Thumbs up from both of us (including my food-fussy Malaysian better 'arf).
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Permalink Reply by Mavic Starfish on
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Tofu Pad Thai last night - yum, will be going back again.
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Permalink Reply by Karen Alexander on
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We had a great meal at Boon Noon last night. Couldnt fault it - really delicious food, lovely light batter on the squid and finger prawns. Red duck curry, Phad Thai and Som Tum salad all of which were fabulous. Lovely waitress who was v helpful. The place was packed by the time we left. A great addition to Green Lanes. Good to have something different. Its just beyond HomeBase so a little out of the usual strip but definitely worth the extra walk. We will definitely be going back.
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