Sell-out supper club Little Kolkata announces opening date for permanent site in Covent Garden
The team behind Little Kolkata will be celebrating the launch of their first restaurant with an honorary supper club at the new Shelton Street site on the 2nd September, ahead of the official opening on the 17th. The new addition to Covent Garden’s diverse dining scene will celebrate everything that guests have come to love about the original sell-out supper clubs, whilst welcoming a more extensive Calcuttan menu, cocktail list and exclusive themed evenings.
Co-founders Prabir Chattopadhyay and Biswajit Deb Das have centred Little Kolkata on authentic Bengali cuisine, inspired particularly by Prabir’s upbringing in Calcutta and Biswajit’s ancestral roots in Bangladesh. After moving to Britain in 2006, Prabir found himself longing for the taste of home and started cooking familiar dishes using his favourite traditional spices and ingredients. His fellow British- based Calcuttans soon joined to enjoy his Bengali-style feasts, and from here the supper clubs were born. Little Kolkata proved a great success, with all the supper clubs fully booked.
Indeed, typical dishes on the menu will include sharing plates of Maacher cutlet (£6.50), a cod fish cutlet served with the typical Calcuttan mustard sauce Kashundi, and Lilish Maacher Deemer (£8.50), a spiced fish egg from the Hilsa, a very popular fish with Bengalis. There will also be speciality dishes, such as Chicken liver sautéed with generous amounts of spice and fresh chillies, which can be accompanied by Home-made truffle paratha, full of fragrance and bold textures. The menu maintains the communal and familial nature of the supper clubs, featuring sharing plates throughout ranging in price from £5.00 – £13.50, alongside flavoursome side dishes, priced from £2.50 – £5.00. Traditional concepts follow in the dessert menu, such as the Calcutta Mishti Doi (£3.50), a baked sweet yoghurt, and the Cardamom coffee brownie with rose ice-cream (£4.50), which has been inspired by the famous Swiss patisserie in Calcutta, Flury’s.
The contemporary yet classic style continues into the signature cocktail menu. For example, the use of saffron in the Saffron Spritz (£11) pays homage to the use of the ingredient in Indian cookery for centuries. Little Kolkata will also serve Jasmine vodka – Indian Summer Garden (£9), bringing the distinctive and earthy aroma found in Indian flower gardens to the centre of Covent Garden.
Created by French designer Meddhi Larouci, the interiors at Little Kolkata will form a comfortable and relaxed environment for customers to enjoy the traditional Bengali-style food for either lunch or dinner. The design is inspired by the diverse culture and quirky decadence that sits at the roots of Calcutta, honouring both the traditional and modern sides of the city. There will also be a private dining room, which as well as being available for exclusive hire will also offer lively and unique themed evenings for guests to join.
Bringing a slice of Calcutta to Covent Garden, Little Kolkata will be a welcome addition to the West End’s ever-thriving food, arts and music scene.
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Notes to Editors
Little Kolkata’s supper clubs ran with great success throughout 2017 and early 2018, all selling out at central London locations. The most recent, Monk and the Fish Supper Club, was held in April 2018 in celebration of Bengali New Year. Hosted by Davys Wine Bar, Holborn, it brought a typical Calcuttan festival to central London, alongside traditional West Bengali dishes.
To celebrate the opening of their permanent Covent Garden home, Prabir and Biswajit will be hosting The Prelude Supper Club at the restaurant on Sunday 2nd September.
Tickets: £29/£27 (Non veg./Veg.) Time: 12.00 – 2pm OR 2.30 – 4.30pm
Full menu and tickets are available here: www.littlekolkata.co.uk
Little Kolkata
51-53 Shelton Street Covent Garden London
WC2H 9JU
Phone number: 07712 124868
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 12.00pm-3.00pm 5.30pm-10.00pm
Saturday: 12.00pm- 10.00pm
Sunday: Closed
Twitter: @littlekolkatauk Instagram: @littlekolkatauk Facebook: @littlekolkatauk