Lahpet

One of London's only Burmese restaurants; serving classical and contemporary dishes in an eye catching setting.

Burmese Cuisine - London - Lahpet

Lahpet is one of London’s only restaurants to specialise in authentic Burmese cooking.

Aiming to shine a light on this relatively untapped cuisine, Lahpet has been popularising the flavours of Myanmar by presenting its guests with regional specialities and Burmese staple dishes with a hint of refinement and contemporary flare.

FOUNDERS, DAN & HEAD CHEF ZAW, BOTH HAVE BURMESE HERITAGE AND ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE CONCEPT WHICH WAS CULTIVATED AND RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM AT ITS HACKNEY WAREHOUSE SITE DURING 2017.

LAHPET OPENED ITS FIRST PERMANENT RESTAURANT IN SHOREDITCH IN 2018.

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Lahpet: Burmese Cuisine - London

Lahpet is one of London’s only restaurants to specialise in authentic Burmese cooking.

Aiming to shine a light on this relatively untapped cuisine, Lahpet has been popularising the flavours of Myanmar by presenting its guests with regional specialities and Burmese staple dishes with a hint of refinement and contemporary flare.

FOUNDERS, DAN & HEAD CHEF ZAW, BOTH HAVE BURMESE HERITAGE AND ARE THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND THE CONCEPT WHICH WAS CULTIVATED AND RECEIVED CRITICAL ACCLAIM AT ITS HACKNEY WAREHOUSE SITE DURING 2017.

LAHPET OPENED ITS FIRST PERMANENT RESTAURANT IN SHOREDITCH IN 2018.

Lahpet Shoreditch | London Restaurant Reviews | DesignMyNight

Lahpet has quickly won the capital over with its modern style of Burmese cuisine and now the restaurant has shut its doors in London Fields and is moving down to Shoreditch, opposite Rich Mix cinema.

With what started as a market stall, Lahpet quickly gained traction by tapping into an Asian cuisine without much representation in London.

Using ingredients from Myanmar, traditional and modern cooking methods, and recipes handed down to Burmese chef Zaw, the restaurant creates delicious curries and fish dishes.

The menu features plates such as fritters, tea leaf salads, coconut noodles and king prawn curry.

Lahpet, London Fields: restaurant review | Foodism

Around the back of a narrow street in Hackney, in a reclaimed warehouse built into the side of London Fields railway, Lahpet is a prime example of how food enterprises can transform London's disused spaces.

Wine from Borough Wines (by the glass and the bottle), beers from Modern Beer Company and One Mile End Brewery, and coffee from Maltby Street Market stall Beanbag populate the menu.

If it hadn't been two hours shy of bedtime, we would have jumped at the chance to try Beanbag's cold-brew, peanut-infused coffee, but instead we sampled One Mile End's Tinker Cuss – a rye IPA infused with Cambodian kampot peppercorns that held its own against the rich smokiness of our lamb and lahpet main.

Get your first taste with Lahpet's signature salad, the lahpet thohk, and if the sweet and sour tamarind-laden taste pickles your fancy, then go one step further and order the slow-cooked pulled lamb with scorched lahpet and the nutty house rice that's laced with sweet yellow peas.

Burmese flavours seem to be fairly new to London, but Lahpet is a great crash-course in a once-neglected cuisine.

Lahpet: The Burmese are coming and they're quite keen that we eat ...

A wonky but heartfelt theory I have about Burmese food is that it was actually more suited to the 1970s British palate than, say, the Pakistani or Punjabi food we embraced.

At this point the Burmese would have swept in triumphantly wafting runny, fragrant bowls of mohinga, tantalising lahpet and fried bean fritters.

Burmese food is blossoming here in several different ways.

MiMi Aye’s wonderful blog Meemalee is a constantly updated compendium of Burmese food and culture, and The Shan State on Shaftesbury Avenue sprang up last year doling out Myanmar fermented green tea salad, state curry rice and bubble tea.

Still, I demolished a bowl of Shan rice noodles with ground chicken thigh, mustard greens and tomato.

Lahpet: A wonderful fusion of London and Burmese culture in Hackney

Lahpet: A wonderful fusion of London and Burmese culture in Hackney | Restaurant review Boasting a rich and diverse culinary heritage, it’s no wonder Burmese cooking is becoming a rising trend amongst London’s assorted restaurant scene.

Sharing ingredients with Thailand, and taking inspiration from the pungent flavours of India and China, menus are notoriously complex and intricately compiled to radiate warmth and variety.

With dishes favouring vegetables, embracing pulses and laced with spice-stained meats and fish, each colourful plate is styled towards the more adventurous diner, and Lahpet has captured its unique essence wonderfully.

Perhaps a far cry from what you’d expect of an authentic Burmese joint, owner Dan Anton, who is part Burmese himself, has created a wonderful fusion of London and Burmese culture here.

To book a table at Lahpet, 5 Helmsley Pl, London E8 3SB, call 020 3883 5629 or visit the Lahpet website here.

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