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To a despairing world, it is with great sadness that I have to announce that
the Ladies Who Lunch have been forced to disband - due to one of them buggering off to a
new life in Spain. Cow. However, I am proud to announce that I have now been effectively
rebranded as: the Lady Who Lunches.
For my first solo appearance, I decided to pick a rank amateur companion (the Husband) and
force feed him at one of Church Street's deservedly best known eateries: the Thai
restaurant, Yum Yum. The Husband's been known to whimper at anything more exotic than
bacon and eggs or chip butties. How did he fare?
We started with my favourites, which I've found to be an effective ploy when dining with
no-brainers. Kanom Pang Nah Kai (lovely melt-in-the mouth nibbles of minced chicken
marinaded with herbs and served on toast) and Toong Tang, or Thai Gold Bags (little
parcels of deep-fried beancurd skins filled with chicken, prawns and mushroom, served with
a plum sauce). He ate them with relish! Triumph.
Then we moved on to Goong Tod Gratiam Prik-Tai - prawns with garlic and peppers and Kai
Prew Wan, a mellow stir-fry of chicken with sweet and sour sauce, tomato and cucumber and
a lethal chilli dip, to be treated with the utmost respect. Husband needed a knife to cope
with the prawns, but cope he did, while I greatly enjoyed the chicken - Thai sweet and
sour isn't as cloying as its Chinese counterpart and it's altogether cleaner tasting. My
only quibble: was the pineapple really necessary? A single serving of coconut rice
provided ample ballast washed down with a crisp Chilean Sauvignon Blanc from Yum Yum's
excellent wine list.
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The minor disappointment arrived only with the pudding: the Thai
classic, kulfi, served with a completely unnecessary dollop of pancake. Leave the kulfi
alone, say I - its splendour should be solitary.
Overall, a fine meal in a restaurant that clearly continues to be hugely popular with the
locals - on the otherwise quiet Monday we were there, the place was heaving by the time we
left.
30 Stoke Newington Church Street, Nl6 Tel: 020 7254 6751 www.yumyum.co.uk
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