Delamina Marylebone

Dishes inspired by our Eastern Mediterranean home cooking, from the family behind Strut & Cluck in Shoreditch.

Delamina Marylebone

https://www.delaminamarylebone.co.uk

A New Eastern Mediterranean Restaurant Is Coming to Marylebone ...

Delamina is set to open on Marylebone Lane later this month; the second restaurant from husband-and-wife team Limor and Amir Chen, who are also behind Shoreditch’s Strut Cluck, which they established in 2016 following a successful Shoreditch House pop-up.

Limor will be the driving force behind the menus at Delamina, drawing on her eclectic heritage — she was born in Tel Aviv to a family of Russian and Iranian origins — and inspired by her father who, during her childhood, was a passionate cook and exposed her to the myriad flavours, herbs and spices of the region.

When the 80-cover Delamina opens this month, the menu is expected to feature dishes like charcoaled leeks with crumbled manouri, dried apricots, roasted hazelnuts and crispy capers, as well as charcoal-grilled ras-el-hanout and honey-glazed poussin, with roasted sweet potato and chermoula-glazed cod with Israeli cous cous, artichoke, wild za’atar and yoghurt.

Sweet dishes will include a halva and roasted almond parfait with date syrup and tahini.

The food menu will be accompanied by an drinks list that includes little-known vintages of Israeli and Lebanese wines, alongside house cocktails that will incorporate the same aromatic herbs and spices used in the kitchen.

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This new restaurant comes from some unlikely origins.

I mean, yes, it’s from the married team behind Shoreditch’s Struct and Cluck, Amir and Limor Chen, so it might not be that unlikely that they open a sister restaurant in the bustling Marylebone.

But Delamina draws influence from Limor Chen’s own background, as she’s the daughter of Russian and Iranian parents and was born in Tel Aviv, delivering an interesting Eastern Mediterranean menu created using the plethora of spices and flavours from the region.

Instead of giving you a boiled broccoli and telling you it’s good for you, the philosophy behind Delamina is that healthy eating should be led with vibrant flavours.

Accompanying the food is a list of cocktails that will use the aromatic herbs and spices used in the kitchen, and the wines are Israeli and Lebanese vintages that you’ve probably never heard of, but can almost probably bring up at parties.

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Delamina, from the Strut and Cluck team, is a taste of the Eastern ...

Summing it all up: The couple who opened turkey restaurant Strut & Cluck in Shoreditch are behind this new Eastern Mediterranean kitchen on Marylebone Lane and they've been inspired by their family heritage.

And Delamina, a new Eastern Med restaurant, opening up on Marylebone Lane hopes to ride the tide of our seemingly boundless desire for the food and drink from that region.

Charcoaled leeks come with crumbled manouri, dried apricots, roasted hazelnuts and crispy capers.

The wine list is inspired by the same region, so look out for Israeli and Lebanese vintages and house cocktails will continue the theme by using the same herbs and spices the kitchen uses in the food.

The soft launch offer of 50% off food will run from 5-7 March with the restaurant officially opening on 8 March.

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For me, this was a standout dish – the courgettes were cooked so that they retained their firmness while also giving way to a gooey centre, which was set off with sweet crispy onion and a rich yoghurt dressing.

This dish managed to pack sweet, tangy and savoury flavours all into one – although a little more blue cheese wouldn’t have gone amiss.

For the mains we ordered Moshe’s Herbed and Spiced Beef and Venison Koftas, served on a bed of hummus and tahini with grilled onions, harissa oil drizzle and pomegranate seeds.

The delicate flesh of the fish had dried lime running throughout which I found a little too bitter and overpowering at times, but overall an honest and tasty dish.

Delamina have certainly succeeded in bringing something a little different to the table in terms of flavour and concept.