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About The Lankan - Preston Street
Sri Lankan Inspired Fusion Food Thanks you for visiting! We have something interesting for you! We offer Sri Lankan inspired small plates, Kottus, Hoppers, things that nobody else does in Brighton. The menu changes a lot because we like to experiment new dishes, new variations all the time. Please give it a try, I hope you'll like it!
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Loaded Chicken Kottu Fries with Mozzarella
£9.00Classic Lankan Chicken Curry Kottu
£9.95Kale Kola Hopper
£7.00Egg Hopper
£7.50Jackfruit and Veggie Kottu VG
£9.95Battered Cauliflower
£6.50Jackfruit Loaded Fries VG
£9.00Hopper Pollos
£7.50Mushroom Moju Hopper
£7.85Hot Battered Calamari with a lime and Chili Sauce
£8.50
Podi Plates
Small plates & starters
Dhal Vade Crispy Lentil Fritters with Harita Mayo sauce
Dhal vade (Also known as crispy lentil fritters) are a very popular street food of Sri Lanka. Whenever something is sold on street corners or train stations you know that it must be really, really good. It's served with Harita Mayo. Harita means green in Sinhala and it refers to its colour :) it’s coeriander agave mayo and it’s fully vegan. Now comes with 4 Dhal£5.95PopularSweet Potato Fries
Crispy Gluten Free Sweet potato Fries£4.50VeganMutton Rolls
Taste tradition with Mutton Rolls, a Sri Lankan fusion snack. Spiced mutton encased in a crispy shell, a perfect blend of flavour and crunch. 2 pieces with ketchup, freshly prepared in-house£7.50PopularThe Lankan Wings - Small
Hot Battered chicken wings . Freshly made in-house. Not frozen chicken£5.95Dairy freeThe Lankan Wings - Large
Battered chicken wings . Not spicy, freshly prepped in-house , not from frozen chicken. Comes with homemade vegan chilli mayo£9.95Dairy freeBattered Cauliflower
Battered Cauliflower£6.50VeganFries
Super Crispy Gourmet Fries£4.00VeganHot Battered Calamari with a lime and Chili Sauce
Mouth-watering Crispy Hot Buttered Squid with our homemade Lime & Chilli Sauce.£8.50
Hoppers
Hoppers are now gluten free
Kale Kola Hopper
With turmeric pol sambol£7.00Egg Hopper
with seeni sambol & coconut sambol£7.50VegetarianPulled Pork Hopper
Pork slow cooked for 6 hours£8.75Gluten freeMushroom Moju Hopper
£7.85Hopper Pollos
Hopper Pollos: A fusion twist on Sri Lankan hoppers, filled with jackfruit, cauliflower and broccoli goodness. A delightful blend of flavours and traditions.£7.50VeganPlain hopper with sambol
£5.00Vegan
The Lankan’s Kottu
To simplify what Kuttu is: Kottu means chopped, to chop in Sinhala. it consists of Roti or String hoppers ~30%, Choice of curry ~30%, Fresh vegetables ~30% and the rest are spices and sauces creating a unique flavour when cooked altogether.
Classic Lankan Chicken Curry Kottu
The Chicken Kottu is insanely popular in Sri Lanka! Chopped Kottu Roti (chopped & shredded Sri Lankan roti) mixed and mashed together with chicken and fresh vegetables and lots of aromatic spices,This dish is as delicious as it is comforting, and it also works splendidly as an anti-hangover meal!£9.95PopularRed Curry Chicken Kottu
£11.50Jackfruit and Veggie Kottu VG
Sri Lankan inspired street food. The Vegan Jackfruit Kottu contains shredded and cooked jackfruit in fresh herbs mixed with curry, chopped with fresh vegetables such as cauliflower and Broccoli ,and homemade godamba roti OR String hoppers The question is whether get it with the traditional Roti or have it with a lighter option, with string hoppers. String hoppers are made inhouse, which is similar to rice noodle.£9.95Creamy Cheese Kottu
In Sri Lanka, the sound of kottu paddles beating on a steel griddle is like a bird song or the sound of the ocean: it is always around. And once you try this dish, whenever you are in Sri Lanka, you will follow the sounds to track down the nation’s favourite street snack. Indulge in this scrumptious local favourite, prepared to perfection with creamy cheese. Chef's FAVOURITE£9.95VegetarianJackfruit Kottu with Vegan chicken
what the cluck - vegan chicken£12.50Vegan
Loaded Kottu Fries
The Lankan is the only place doing this this yet. (As far as we know)
Loaded Chicken Kottu Fries with Mozzarella
Perfect example of Sri Lankan fusion dishes . Chicken kottu on crispy fries with mozzarella£9.00Jackfruit Loaded Fries VG
Jackfruit & Veg Loaded Fries: Crispy fries topped with flavorful jackfruit and assorted vegetables. A fusion feast of tastes and textures.£9.00VEGAN CHICKEN & vg CHEESE Kottu Fries
Whether you’re vegan or not, try this£9.50Creamy Cheese Loaded Fries
£8.50
Deserts
Coconut Cheesecake
£5.95VegetarianSweet Hopper
Ice Cream, Banana, plant based yoghurt, Hopper£5.95Vegan
Drinks
Fizzy Mango Can 330ml
£2.50Bottle of Water 500ml
Bottle of Fiji water 500ml£2.20Diet Coke can 330ml
£2.00Ginger beer 330ml Can
£2.50FANTA ORANGE
£2.50Coca Cola
£2.50Fizzy Lychee can
£1.50Passion fruit Lassi
£3.00
Sauces
Lime and Chili 42ml
Homemade sauce. Really good£2.50Curry Mayo VG 42ml
We make a veggie curry and blend it with vegan Mayo. The outcome? Try The zig zag on the kottus are made using this sauce£1.50Kiri Hodi the Sri Lankan Gravy VG 42ml
This coconut milk based milk is boiled with onions and chillis with curry leaves and turmeric. An unusual move to call kiri Hodi a sauce . Some will no like it, some can’t have enough .£1.20Sambal Olek
Just a special type of chilli sauce. More like mild£1.50Hot Chilli Sauce
1 level hotter than sambal oelek. Still bearable£1.50Harita Mayo (vg)
Agave ,Coriander, mint & vegan Mayo. Yum£1.50Vegan Chilli Mayo
Homemade£1.50VeganPol Sambol
Taste the essence of Sri Lanka with Pol Sambol: A zesty coconut relish that adds a burst of flavour to any dish.£1.50Seeni Sambol
Indulge in Seeni Sambol: A caramelized onion relish that brings a sweet and savoury kick to your taste buds, elevating every bite.£1.50