The Verdict
SOM SAA is the Spitalfields Commercial Street Thai restaurant whose jungle curries and fermented preparations communicate what authentic regional Thai cooking looks like when its most seriously convictional available London practitioners apply the Northern and Northeastern (Isaan) traditions without concession to the simplified Thai-restaurant defaults. The jungle curry programme whose specific chilli and herb compositions communicate genuine knowledge of the Northern Thai culinary tradition; the fermented preparations whose pungency communicates genuine engagement with the Thai flavour philosophy's most demanding available expressions; and the Commercial Street Spitalfields setting whose creative East London community creates the most culturally sophisticated available London audience for authentic regional Thai cooking.
Why It Works for a Team Dinner
Som Saa's Spitalfields jungle curries and regional Thai fermentation — the Northern and Isaan traditions applied without concession, the communal sharing format — creates the team dinner that communicates London's most seriously authentic available regional Thai dining experience.
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