sAme sAme

sAme sAme at The Calile’s Ada Lane precinct is spiritual successor to LONgTIME – the Thai-inspired restaurant that served as the launchpad for juggernaut hospitality group Anyday. The 80-seat restaurant and bar sits next to Jocelyn’s Provisions and boasts an eye-catching design conceived by Richards and Spence. Head chef Arté Assavakavinvong is serving up a menu that pays homage to the heat, flavour and energy of Southeast Asian cuisine and dining culture, with Arté capturing the diversity using authentic ingredients cooked over coals and in searing-hot woks. Menu highlights include the sAme sAme chicken burger with iceberg lettuce, roasted rice mayo and Sriracha, whole fried snapper with sweet four-chilli dressing, spring onion and ginger, turmeric curry of Moreton Bay bug with betel leaf, and grilled wagyu ox tongue with nahm prik kha and fish sauce-brined egg yolk.

Images by David Chatfield.