This month, Fatt Pundit will open their second restaurant to bring the unique influence of India’s Chinese community and culture from Tangra, Kolkata to Covent Garden, London. The new restaurant on Maiden Lane will be an evolution of the original site in Soho, continuing to tell the story Indo-Chinese cuisine, a melting pot of cultures found within India’s Chinese immigrant community.

Borrowing classics from the Soho site, the new Fatt Pundit will bring fresh dishes and a new beverage concept to the forefront, starring signature cocktails inspired by the flavours and spices of India and China, and an unusual wine list, celebrating small, organic producers from all corners of the world. New dishes include: Crab 65 – crunchy soft-shell crab with spice and curry leave flavoured yoghurt; Saffron Butter Prawns in a coconut Malabar sauce; Honey Chilli Duck with steamed pancakes and Crunchy Jersey Royals in a chilli and garlic reduction topped with coriander.

Favourites from Soho will also be joining the new dishes; highlights include their Crackling Spinach, a dish inspired by Chinese crispy seaweed; spinach leaves are fried two at a time, dried out for 24 hours to crisp up and served with a tamarind, date and plum sauce and topped with yoghurt and pomegranate; another favourite is the tender Lamb Chops with Black Bean Dust, chargrilled in a smoky stone flower masala rub, before being crushed with salty Chinese black beans.

Also unique to Covent Garden will be a brand-new dessert, the Lady Kenny, inspired by the traditional ledikeni, a favourite Bengali sweet created for and named after Lady Charlotte Canning, wife of Lord Charles Canning, the last Governor-General and first Viceroy of India. 

Fatt Pundit Covent Garden will open for lunch and dinner in August.

Website: https://www.fattpundit.co.uk

Written by Claire Coveney