"There’s a lot to like about The Begging Bowl, not least that this Thai restaurant on a village-y stretch in Peckham is the kind of spot we daydream about having around the corner. The conservatory setting means light floods in at early evening, and hands brush over candlelit miang kham come nighttime. There’s some great cooking on show here—like gai tod, crispy fried chicken with a lip-smacking tamarind sauce, and gorgeously tender gaeng bumbai (beef curry). Just know it holds back a little on sour whacks and searing hits of chilli compared to some of London’s other Thai spots." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, daisy meager, riaz phillips