This One Thing... Lahpet

The Burmese restaurant Lahpet has been winning fans in Shoreditch, London for the past few years, and now, its sleek, newly opened West End branch is bringing the flavours of Myanmar to the city’s hungriest diners. Among its most mouth-watering offerings: the pandan sling cocktail (fruity, funky, citrus-forward and dancing in my dreams weeks later); a traditional tea leaf salad (the titular lahpet thohk); the whole fried bream with a garlic soy glaze; a crisped pork belly and sour bamboo curry; and a chewy cassava cake with jackfruit sorbet. It’s a balanced and powerful wonderland of flavour, texture and composition. You really can’t go wrong with anything on the menu – just make a reservation and thank us later.

Brennan Carley is US Editor and Culture Director of Service95