The Shan State

Flavours truly authentic and delicious. On your first mouthful you'll feel like you're on holiday. I've had the laphet fermented tea leaf salad, excellent, the fish noodle soup and duck tongue in a jar covered in garlic, chilli and herbs - ultra spicy, ultra flavourful. Staff are friendly, informal and eager to please.

THEY HAVE SHAN TOFU. Shan tofu is made from yellow bean so it has a different taste and texture. This is hardly ever found outside of Burma/Thailand so definitely go for it! The items to go for are the tofu with fritters and the tofu tempura on the small bites. The set lunch menu is very generous and filling.

The staff member serving us was surprisingly clueless. We booked a table for 6 and when asked to be seated he looked scared and ran out saying how he didn't know what he was doing (but still proceeded to seat us without issue). the yellow curry was really not great but everything else was good. in particular the green tea salad is amazing and worth visiting this restaurant for this one dish alone. Absolutely divine... great flavours and good mix of textures. this dish alone bring this place up to 4 stars and makes a repeat visit worth while.

The laphat thote was very well-presented and tasted good, and so was the shan noodles. However, both lacked an authentic taste. This is coming from a Burmese person who eats shan noodles everyday back in Myanmar so my standards might have been unrealistic in the UK. The place has good ambience, lighting and the waiter was very friendly and warm.