Lombok Thai Herne Hill ??

[DulwichFox]

Ok, so not East Dulwich but Would anyone here comment on Lombok Thai in Herne Hill ?

Seems reasonably priced on Food and Drink.

Any recommendations on Menu.

Looked empty on a recent visit to The Half Moon opposite. Was a Monday.

DulwichFox.

[fishbiscuits]

It's not bad. Quite old-school. Pretty popular on the weekends.

[Hugh Foley]

Have eaten several times with family food delicious service very quick would recommend it to anyone

[DulwichFox]

M'Fakazi Wrote:

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> Strange name for a Thai restaurant. Lombok is in indonesia!

Not at all Strange.

Indonesia has been influenced by Thai, Malay and Indonesian Cuisine which are all very similar,

DulwichFox

[KidKruger]

Great name !

[DulwichFox]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> It is strange because a restaurant wants to

> reflect in its name what it is offering.

> Most people don?t have the foggiest about vague

> potential cuisine influences.

The Clue is in the name 'Lombok Thai'

It is a restaurant selling Thai Cuisine .

If is was called 'East Dulwich Thai' would anyone say "that's a strange name for a Thai restaurant

East Dulwich isn't in Thailand, its in England.

#Pedants

[dulwichrich]

I would heartily recommend it having visited a few times.

great massaman

[DulwichFox]

I will definitely give it a go.

Half Moon / Lombok combo. seems about right.

Will report back.

[Sue]

I have been to both Indonesia and Thailand, and in my experience there was no crossover of food whatsoever.

[Sue]

:))

Come to think of it I've been to Malaysia as well.

Don't remember the food there being anything like Thai food, either.

There is an area of Sumatra, whose name I can't remember offhand, where the food was very hot, but still not in a Thai way.

[DulwichFox]

Sue Wrote:

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> I have been to both Indonesia and Thailand, and in

> my experience there was no crossover of food

> whatsoever.

There are approx 17,500 islands in Indonesia. Have you been to all of them

The food varies considerably across the archipelago.

[Sue]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

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> > I have been to both Indonesia and Thailand, and

> in

> > my experience there was no crossover of food

> > whatsoever.

>

> There are approx 17,500 islands in Indonesia. Have

> you been to all of them

> The food varies considerably across the

> archipelago.

No obviously not.

Have you?

Of course there are regional variations. I was just editing my post above when I had to answer the door, and I hadn't seen your post when I posted the edit.

What regions/islands do you think have a Thai/Indonesian/Malaysian crossover in their cuisine?

ETA: I can't be bothered googling but I'm sure you can find something :))

ETA: In any case, I thought you had now decided that calling the restaurant Lombok had nothing to do with its cuisine?

Though why in that case you would choose that name, who knows?

[malumbu]

I've been to Oaxaca, phonetically Wahaca. Next to Vera Cruise who used to be in Corrie.

Perhaps we can have a thread on the misspelling of the Mexican restaurant chain.

I've also been to Flores, Sumbawa, Bali and wait for it, Lombok. And the restaurant, which was fine.