Lahpet

Burmese Restaurant in Shoreditch

Address: 58 Bethnal Green Road, London E1 6JW
Phone: +44 20 3883 5629
Hours: Monday–Friday 17:30–22:00; Saturday 12:00–22:00; Sunday 12:00–20:30

Menu prices: £3.50–£23 · £ · Median main: £12.25 · 24/24 with a published price

Lahpet is a modern Burmese restaurant on Bethnal Green Road in Shoreditch, famous for its namesake pickled tea leaf salad, fragrant curries, coconut noodle bowls and Burmese small plates.

Mont Starters

• A-Kyaw Sweetcorn Fritter — £7.00

  Crispy sweetcorn, split pea and ginger fritters with tamarind dip.
• Mandalay Pe' Kyaw Mutton & Kidney Bean Fritter — £10.00

  Braised mutton shoulder with kidney beans and ginger, tamarind dipping sauce.
• Pe Parata Yellow Pea Flatbread — £9.00

  Golden flaky flatbread with mild yellow-pea curry and fresh lime.
• Kyat Thar Kyaw Spiced Fried Chicken — £12.50

  Fried chicken in a Burmese glaze with tamarind, ginger, lemongrass and jaggery.

Thoke Salads

• Lahpet Thoke Tea Leaf Salad — £12.00

  The signature pickled tea leaf salad with crispy beans, peanuts, cabbage and dried shrimp.
• Gin Thoke Ginger Salad — £11.00

  Pickled ginger with crispy beans, peanut mix, cabbage, tomato and shallot oil dressing.
• Bazun Thoke Prawn Salad — £14.00

  Prawns with crystal mushrooms and cucumber in a bright spicy citrus dressing.

Kauk Swe Noodle Bowls

• Tofu Nway Chickpea Tofu — £17.00

  Silky chickpea tofu with rice noodles in a spiced tomato curry base, peanuts and pickles.
• Mohinga Catfish, Seabream & Lemongrass — £19.00

  Fragrant lemongrass broth with rice noodles, fritters, fish cake and crispy shallots.
• Ohn No Kauk Swe Chicken & Coconut — £19.00

  Chicken in rich coconut broth with egg noodles, rice crackers, egg and coriander.

Hin Curry

• Bazun Sipyan Hin King Prawn — £23.00

  Butterflied king prawns simmered in spiced chilli oil, traditional sipyan style.
• Ame Hnat Hin Braised Beef — £23.00

  Tender beef slow-braised in fragrant curry paste of lemongrass and tamarind.
• Thee Son Pe Hin Vegetable — £18.00

  Classic Yangon dish of red lentils, aubergine, daikon and okra with paprika oil.
• Bel Thar Hin Duck — £21.00

  Marinated duck leg slow-cooked in aromatic Burmese curry paste with mint slaw.

Shoreditch Specials

• Ngar Hin Hake Masala — £21.00

  Pan-seared hake fillet with cassava and potato rosti in a Burmese coconut masala.
• Seik Thar Lamb & Lahpet — £22.00

  Marinated lamb chop with sichuan-jaggery glaze, hispi cabbage and pickled tea. Thu–Sat only.
• Ngar Kyaw Hnut Crispy Salmon — £21.00

  Salmon fillet with spicy onion jam, crispy garlic roots and peanuts.

Sides

• Htamin Plain Rice — £4.50

  Steamed plain rice.
• Palata Plain Paratha — £3.50

  Flaky plain paratha flatbread.
• Ar Luu Htaung Smashed Potato — £10.00

  Steamed potato with lime, chilli, coriander and garlic-shallot crumble.
• Carrot & Radish Shan Pickles — £4.50

  Pickled carrot and radish with chilli, coriander and fennel seeds.
• Balachaung — £4.50

  Punchy Burmese condiment of shrimp, chilli, garlic, ginger and shallots.

Desserts

• Ei-Kyar-Kway Cho Seint — £8.00

  Fried dough stick with milk tea espuma, white chocolate and caramelised condensed milk.
• Thagu Pyin Pandan & Coconut Creme Brulee — £8.00

  Pandan-infused coconut custard with jaggery sago and caramelised sugar.