"London has a wonderful tradition of Thai food in pubs and Khun Pakin Thai, the restaurant inside The Salutation in Hammersmith, is one of the most impressive. The Isan-style dishes have an electric potential about them, with slaps of lemongrass and jolts of bird’s-eye chilli alongside squeezes of lime. Lean on the spicier versions of dishes like som tam and follow the lead of friends and families demolishing crispy squid. There’s a roomy beer garden in the back, too." - heidi lauth beasley, jake missing, sinead cranna