The Begging Bowl Festive Menu for the Table 

A carefully considered selection of the chef’s favourite dishes sent out sequentially for the table to share. Giving you the full experience of sour, sweet, salty and spicy flavours of Thai food. 

Bookings

Please email events@thebeggingbowl.co.uk to make a booking for 12+ people or for general enquiries.

Please note we only allow dogs in the restaurant during lunch service.

Original Thai concept restaurant set in the heart of Peckham

On any foggy morning in Chiang Mai, the creeping scent of spices and sugar from street vendor stalls mingles with the approach of orange clad monks, chanting while they carry their alms pots.

The vessel – called a ‘begging bowl’ – is an important part of Thai culture hailing back to Buddhist traditions of making merit and the community spirit it inspires is fascinating to witness.

It is this ethos that we hope to embody in our own corner of South London.

To us, The Begging Bowl enshrines a sense of community, and of sharing, both with Peckham and the Thai friends and family which inspired our foundations.

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The Begging Bowl is a vessel used by buddhist monks in Thailand in a daily morning ritual where people come out to the streets and give them food and make merit.

The Begging Bowl 
Festive Menu for the table

A carefully considered selection of the chef’s favourite dishes sent out sequentially for the table to share.  Giving you the full experience of sour, sweet, salty and spicy flavours of Thai food. 

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Vegan Menu: £45pp 

Arrival Cocktail: Jin Jin Fizz 

Miang kham, ginger, peanut, shallot, coconut, galangal, palm sugar (Gf)
Chive cakes, chilli dark soy dip (Gf)
Coconut water pickles and ferments, chilli and sesame oil (Gf)

Pear and crispy kale salad, basil, peanuts, lime leaf, chilli jam dressing (Gf)
Stir fry of brussels sprout tops, chilli, garlic, fermented yellow bean (GfO)
Gaeng om – fragrant herb soup of charred leeks, apple aubergine, shimeji mushrooms, dill, betel leaves (Gf)
Pumpkin mussaman curry, pink fur potato, quince, peanuts, pineapple (Gf)

Unlimited jasmine rice & sticky rice, limitless (Gf)

Banana fritters, tamarind caramel, peanut brittle, turmeric custard (Gf)

Optional add on: Steamed sea bass, citrus dressing, white turmeric, physalis, samphire +£7pp 

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Meat Menu: £45pp

Arrival Cocktail: Jin Jin Fizz 

Miang kham, ginger, peanut, shallot, coconut, galangal, palm sugar (Gf)
Chive cakes, chilli dark soy dip (Gf)
Coconut water pickles and ferments, chilli and sesame oil (Gf)

Pear and crispy kale salad, basil, peanuts, lime leaf, chilli jam dressing (Gf)
Stir fry of brussels sprout tops, chilli, garlic, fermented yellow bean (GfO)
Crispy pork belly in a five spices broth, toasted rice, chilli vinegar (Gf)
Beef mussaman curry, pink fur potato, quince, peanuts, pineapple (Gf)

Unlimited jasmine rice & sticky rice, limitless (Gf)

Mango and tapioca pearls custard, young coconut, lotus flower biscuits 

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(Gf) Gluten Free    (GfO) Gluten Free Option
Please inform one of our team of any specific allergy or dietary requirements.  Allergens may be present in all our dishes.

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Time Out

"Chic Thai with an exciting menu: worth queuing for."

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Evening Standard

4 STARS "Bringing a bowl of Bangkok to the streets of Peckham"

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Independent

8/10 "Thai street-food heaven in south-east London"

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4 STARS "Let’s order everything!"

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Square Meal

4.5 STARS "this cheerful Thai canteen is a cracker... top marks"

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The Begging Bowl
168 Bellenden Road
London  SE15 4BW

eat@thebeggingbowl.co.uk
020 7635 2627

For booking enquiries email 
reservations@thebeggingbowl.co.uk

Opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 6pm–10pm
Wednesday: 6pm–10pm
Thursday: 6pm–10pm
Friday: 12noon–2.30pm & 5pm–10pm
Saturday: 12noon–2.30pm & 5pm–10pm
Sunday: 12noon–3.30pm

Opportunities for people with passion and a smile

Firstly we are looking for those special people who smile and are passionate….the rest we can teach you with the enthusiasm and drive you possess. In return you will join the Bowl family and a friendly local restaurant with its heart in Peckham. We run a professional and creative team and will pass on our love for Thai food. The Begging Bowl environment is a tight-knit group of fun and knowledgeable personalities and endless opportunities.

Apply to jobs@thebeggingbowl.co.uk or call 020 7635 2627

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