Lahpet West End is opening a second site in Covent Garden and hungry Londoners can bag a 50 percent bargain at the soft launch which will run from February 17-20 before it officially opens on February 21.
The Burmese restaurant started life as a street food stall on Maltby Street, before opening a permanent space in Shoreditch and this central opening will be their biggest venture yet. The new space will live in The Yards (that shiny new space that houses the huge Dishoom). Founders Dan Anton and head chef Zaw Mahesh will serve Myanmar street food-inspired staples and new regional specialities including roasted pork belly and bamboo shoots (wet thar myit chin) made with shallots, fermented soya bean paste, garlic and chilli, rakhine fish noodle soup (rakhine monti) – a spicy and sour soup, cooked with fermented fish paste, chilli, tamarind and black pepper and shan fish and rice (shan htamin), a popular Shan state street food dish, with jasmine rice, sea bream, potato, tomato, fried garlic and shallots, peanuts and chives.
That’s not all, it’s going to be a whopper of a venue, with space for 100 covers inside, a heated terrace on the first floor (with space for 50), and a small courtyard at the front. There will also be a large bar on the ground floor, with a mixture of counter and island seating, and a second bar on the first floor. The restaurant is also going to boast a totally new cocktail menu, including a turmeric and zuzu sour and a kumquat spritz. Liberty Wines will supply the wine list.
21 Slingsby Place, St Martins Courtyard, WC2E 9AB
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