Award-winning Soho restaurant Kiln is to welcome one of Thailand’s most celebrated chefs for a one-off guest dinner next month.
Werawat Triyasenawat, who is better known as Chef Num, will come to Kiln on March 25. He will be cooking a £55 set menu at the Thai grill, which was named the best restaurant in the UK at 2018’s National Restaurant Awards.
Chef Num is the owner of innovative and influential restaurant Samuay & Sons in Udon Thani, Esarn, a north-eastern region of Thailand. Before opening the acclaimed restaurant in his family’s former tailoring shop in 2014, the Chef Num worked at Michelin-starred Bo.Lan in Bangkok.
Dishes available on the night are expected to include the likes of mum yang – a grilled bitter sausage made with offal and blood – and mok pla with jaew tub pla, a fish dish steamed in a banana leaf and served with spicy fish liver sauce. The menu will be served with wines from lesser-known producers chosen by Kiln’s Luke Pyper.
Chef Num is best known for celebrating the cuisine of Esarn through progressive cooking, foraging for native ingredients and exploring its culinary traditions. The dinner at Kiln is expected to focus on the region’s food heritage, following on from a visit made by Kiln’s owners to Udon Thani last year.
Tickets to Chef Num x Kiln cost £55 per head and can be booked via events@kilnsoho.com. For more information, visit kilnsoho.com.
