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Masala Dosa
£8.60Chicken Devil
£11.00Ceylon Chicken Curry (Boneless)
£11.50Chicken Kothu
£12.00Mutton Kothu
£13.50Mutton Masala Dosa
£12.20Laya Biriyani - Mutton Briyani
£10.20Laya Biriyani - Chicken Biriyani
£9.90Chicken Masala Dosa
£11.10Cheese Dosa
£8.60
Breakfast and Brunch Menu
Served all day our food is locally sourced wherever possible and subject to availability. All our eggs are free-range from carter's farm and our meat comes from appleyards butchers in st. Leonards.
Buck Rarebit
Finished with a soft poached egg.£7.95
Biriyani
Laya Biriyani - Mutton Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy.£10.20Laya Biriyani - Laya Special Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy. Chicken, mutton, prawn.£11.50Laya Biriyani - Chicken Biriyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It's a one-pot wonder of slow-cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy.£9.90Laya Biriyani - Vegetable Briyani
Biriyani is made with basmati rice and aromatic spices. It’s a one-pot wonder of slow cooked rice and curry combined together. Served with raitha, boiled egg and gravy. Vegetarian.£8.70
Starters / snacks
Fish Cutlets - 2 pcs
The most popular sri lankan "Short eat", crispy croquettes with spicy mackerel and potato fillings.£5.10Mutton Rolls - 2pcs
Boneless pieces of mutton cooked with potato and seasoned with jaffna spices (curry powder, curry leaves, ginger and garlic), rolled in filo pastry and lightly coated with breadcrumbs. Served with a side salad.£6.80Plain Hoppers (Appam) and Coconut Sambol
Also known as ‘appam’ an iconic food of Srilanka. Made with fermented rice flour and coconut milk which is cooked in a small bowl-shaped wok called ‘appa chatti’. (resembles a pancake). Spicy, Vegetarian.£4.50Egg Hoppers
£5.10
Fried Rice
Laya’s Special Fried Rice
£14.10PopularPlain Rice
£3.50Chicken Fried Rice
£9.10Mutton Fried Rice
£11.90Egg Fried Rice
£8.10Veg Fried rice
Vegetarian.£7.95Chicken Fried Rice
Let us know about the level of hot.£9.10
Devil Dishes
Stir fried Srilankan spices, onions, red and green pepper, green chillies and Laya special devil sauce.
Chicken Devil
£11.00Prawn Devil
£15.00Mutton Devil
£12.00
Kothu Dishes
Kothu roti meaning ‘chopped roti’ is a popular street food that has its origins in batticaloa, eastern province of srilanka. Kothu is made using chopped paratha tossed with scrambled eggs, onions, chillies, spices.
Mutton Kothu
£13.50Chicken Kothu
£12.00Vegetable Kothu
Vegetarian.£9.15
Dosa
Very popular “Tamil” origin griddled pancake made of fermented rice and lentils.Served with variety of chutneys (white, red) and vegetable sambar.
Masala Dosa
Vegetarian.£8.60Mutton Masala Dosa
£12.20Ghee Dosa
£6.50Plain Dosa
Vegetarian.£6.10Onion Dosa
Vegetarian.£7.90Chicken Masala Dosa
£11.10Cheese Dosa
£8.60Egg Dosa
£7.60
Laya's Rice Bowls
Colombo Bowl
RICE, CHICKEN CURRY, PARIPPU (DHAL), POTATO , PAPADAM£11.90PopularKandy Bowl
RICE, COCONUT SAMBOL, PARIPPU (dhal), VENDAKKAI(okra), POTATO, PAPADAM£13.00PopularJaffna Bowl
RICE, AUBERGINE & CHICKPEA CURRY PARIPPU (dhal) BONJI(BEANS) PAPADAM£10.90Trinco Bowl
RICE, FISH CURRY, BONJI(beans) CURRY, PARIPPU(dhal), PAPADAM£13.90
Vegetarian Curries
Potato Curry
A delicious lightly spiced and stir-fried potatoes along with onions, fennels and curry leaves. Vegetarian.£6.90Vendakkai Poriyal (Okra)
£9.00Aubergine and Chickpeas Curry
Curry made with baked aubergines cooked in a tamarind-based sauce and our homemade curry powder. Vegetarian.£8.00Parippu
Mysore dhal cooked in a beautiful blend of spices then a few spoons of coconut milk is added to create a rich stew. Vegetarian.£6.00Bonji (Beans) Curry
£9.00
Meat and Seafood Curries
Ceylon Chicken Curry (Boneless)
This dish is made using chicken breast pieces cooked with roasted and ground coriander, cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, curry leaves and dried red chillies.£11.50PopularCeylon Mutton Curry
£13.50PopularCeylon Fish Curry
£13.90
Side Dishes
paratha (flat bread)
£4.20Papadam Baskets with Mango Chutney
Vegetarian.£3.00Seeni sambol (Caramelised Onions)
Vegetarian.£3.00Coconut Sambol
£3.00Mango Chutney
Vegetarian.£2.10Raita
£2.10Plain Rice
£3.50
Cold Drinks
Ginger Beer 400ml Can
£3.85Coca Cola 330ml Can
£2.15Diet Coke 330ml Can
£2.15Water 330ml Bottle
£2.75San Pelligrino 330ml
£2.95
Hot Drinks
Flat White 235ml
£3.00Americano 340ml
£3.00Cappuccino 340ml
£3.00Espresso 80ml
£2.25Double Espresso 150ml
£2.45Mocha 340ml
£3.30Latte 340ml
£3.00Hot Chocolate 340ml
£3.50
