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Frommer's Highly Recommended

This is the counterpart of the famous L'Eléphant Bleu restaurant in Brussels. In a converted factory building in West Brompton, the Blue Elephant has been wildly popular since 1986. It remains the leading Thai restaurant in London, where the competition seems to grow daily. In an almost magical garden setting of tropical foliage, diners are treated to an array of MSG-free Thai dishes. You can begin with a "Floating Market" (shellfish in clear broth, flavored with chile paste and lemon grass), then go on to a splendid selection of main courses, for which many of the ingredients have been flown in from Thailand. We recommend the roasted-duck curry served in a clay cooking pot. You might also try a spicy fish stew with mussels, prawns, crab, and scallops or else a chicken curry with coconut milk and sweet basil.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's London 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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