Just a quick little lunchtime post to share with you an amazing street-food style restaurant, Mama Lan. Izzy & I went here one evening a few weeks ago for a quick bite to eat after work & I've been meaning to share the few pictures we took for ages! Mama Lan is the perfect place to grab a delicious inexpensive meal that's a lot more unusual & tasty than your standard Chinese eatery.
Mama Lan is is run & owned by Ning Ma, whose mum & granddad used to run a dumpling & snack stall in the hustle & bustle of the streets of Beijing. Today they serve the very same food in London that was sold on her Grandad's market stall all those years ago.
We ordered a mix of dishes that jumped out to us from the menu & chatted away for a couple of hours before the cosy restaurant filled up with the dinner rush.
Smacked cucumbers with chilli & sesame. These were incredible! Crisp refreshing cucumbers with a slightly salty spicy dressing.
Yummy king prawn & chinese water chestnut dumplings. Generously filled with lots for prawn so you get some of the subtle sweet flavour with every bite.
The highlight of my meal were these spicy chicken wings! Izzy was a bit sceptical when I ordered the fried street snack, but she was completely won over by the sight of these beauties. Hands down, the best chicken wings I've ever had. Not at all greasy, faultlessly seasoned & perfectly crispy. Look at them again- mouthwatering!
Beef noodle soup. Beautiful aromatic stock, slow-cooked beef shin cooked to perfection & topped with fresh coriander & chilli. Another winner.
We visited the newest Mama Lan location on Clapham Common, which has a slighter bigger menu due to the larger venue & kitchen. Their original restaurant is located in the heart of Brixton Village.
You can really tell in the taste & excellence of the dishes that the ingredients are of the highest quality. Free range meat sourced from Moens organic butcher & the freshest veg from Brixton Village Market.
If you haven't discovered this little gem already, go & find them here!
Harriet x
Love Mama lan - their noodle soup is sooo good. Intrigued to see what extras you can get at the clapham common as we always go to the village in brixton. Last winter they served the best infusion tea I've ever tasted, really hope that it's on the menu again this year! x
ReplyDeleteOoo that tea sounds amazing! Will definitely keep an eye out for it :) Their Clapham venue is really nice- & hasn't lost the street food vibe in the bigger space x
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