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AngloThai finds permanent restaurant site

30 July 2024 By Louis Thomas

After a series of restaurant pop-ups, the founders of AngloThai have announced that they will move into a bricks and mortar site this autumn.

Husband and wife team John and Desiree Chantarasak launched the concept for AngloThai, which combines British ingredients with Thai cuisine, back in 2018, and in the intervening years it has developed into one of the hottest pop-ups in London.

In 2021, the couple announced their desire to open a restaurant, and now, three years later, that dream is set to become a reality.

With the backing of restaurant group MJMK, AngloThai will be moving into a permanent location in Marylebone’s Seymour Place in autumn.

The restaurant will have 50 covers, with the interior the work of Thai-American designer May Redding.

John, who has Thai heritage, will be in the kitchen. The a la carte dishes are intended to be shared, and there will also be a chef’s selection menu which changes on a daily basis.

Given the restaurant’s focus on championing British ingredients, Carlingford oysters and UK-grown chillies, as well as black-faced Hebridean sheep reared in Dorset on Desiree’s family’s farm.

The wine list will also be curated by Desiree, with an emphasis on European producers that practice biodynamic viticulture.

“We’re incredibly excited to be opening AngloThai after a nearly four-year journey to find a site that truly felt like home to us both,” John told the Evening Standard. “In that time, we have not only grown as people, but AngloThai has blossomed into a restaurant concept we are proud to share with the city we live in and love.”

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