Eat Out London!Champor-Champor
Champor-Champor, one of the finest Thai restaurants in London, is not just another restaurant. It is a whole culture of its own – a total dining experience.
Champor Champor - Thai Malay Dining in London Bridge
Champor-Champor, one of the finest Thai restaurants in London, is not just another restaurant.
The food and its presentation is Thai-Malay cuisine, while the décor, music, artworks, artefacts and table settings are a global mix.
Cosy, yet chic, with a hint of a bohemian flavour, Champor-Champor Thai restaurant near London Bridge is a romantic venue suitable for couples or small groups.
In the evenings a warm glow is cast over the small but beautiful restaurant by dozens of candles: it is a unique dining experience.
For intimate dining ‘a deux’ the mezzanine table is a popular option, while private dining for parties of six to ten guests can be accommodated in our private dining room.
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Champor-Champor Thai-Malay restaurant, London Bridge
The malay expression meaning "mix and match" is the name of this restaurant in Weston Street (behind Guy's Hospital) near the cross-roads with Snowsfields.
Under new ownership, the restaurant now describes its cuisine as a Thai-Malay fusion.
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As you might expect, the menu is as striking as the décor, fusing traditional Malay village cooking with influences from Thailand, Sri Lanka and beyond.
Crispy duck and cucumber salad with Nonya fresh chilli vinaigrette and kedundung chutney is a typical starter, alongside sardine curry puffs with lime yoghurt and tom yum braised fennel.
Next comes a Western-style 'inter-course' of, say, green apple and lemon grass granita before main courses ranging from baked catfish with pineapple pajeri, watercress fried rice and calamansi pudding or roast lamb cutlets with crushed sweet basil, garlic and Szechuan peppercorns, red curry and sweet potato getuk.
Alternatively, go for one of the traditional composite dishes like nasi lemak.
To finish, refresh your tastebuds with an 'icy threesome' (smoked banana, rambutan and chilli, and chocolate and cardamom ice creams).
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Rather than just listing dishes from different countries, in some cases the menu mixes influences within a dish e.g. roast ostrich, sweet and sour soy and Thai basil pesto rice is not something you are likely to find turning up on your plate in Thailand.
A starter of “Penang soft shell crab bhaji rojak” was enjoyable, the pieces of crab in a sweet and spicy peanut gravy, bulked out with diced vegetables and even a little pineapple.
My ostrich was cooked medium, and was very pleasant in itself, going well with the thick sweet and spicy sauce in which it rested; however Thai basil pesto rice seems to me a bad idea, and one that added did not work well with the sauce at all.
Moreover a conventional salad had a searingly acidic dressing (12/20 for the dish, though if they had just left the ostrich on its own with the sauce I would have scored this one or even two points higher).
Balinese style sea bream was baked in a banana leaf with fennel somtam (spicy Thai salad) and coconut rice.
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The current Director, Som, explained that her dream upon taking over the business was to expand the menu to encompass a fusion of Asian and European flavours.
The duck dish is a take on the traditional shredded duck with hoisin sauce but served in a roti rather than a pancake.
A piece of pan-fried fish and pasta is obviously a norm on a European menu but in this case the linguine had spring onions and chillies through it and the fish was covered in a delicate but spicy Asian sauce.
But as the flavour combinations on the dessert menu continued to intrigue us, we opted to share a portion of green tea and pistachio parfait.
Green tea is a very distinct and slightly bitter flavour but by combining it with the creaminess of the ice-cream parfait and buttery/nutty flavour of the pistachios, it resulted in a lovely light and refreshing dish.
Champor-Champor | Restaurants in London Bridge, London
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Champor-Champor has been on Time Out’s radar long before this stretch of the South Bank became trendy.
In Malay, ‘champor-champor’ means ‘mix and match’, and it’s a fitting name for both the interior and the menu.