Coupette director to open new restaurant in Edgware Road
The 40 cover restaurant will serve traditional biryanis, Northern Indian kebabs, and chai, showcasing traditional ingredients, recipes, and techniques.
Executive chef Arsh Thakur has teamed up with Subjahit Mitra, director of Coupette in Bethnal Green, to open BKC in Edgware Road.
Due to open on 22 September, BKC, which stands for Biryani Kebab Chai, will offer Awadhi cuisine from Awadh (modern day Lucknow) in Northern India.
Lucknow cuisine is known for slow fire-cooked dishes, kebabs, kormas, biryanis, kaliyas, nahari-kulchas, zarda, sheermal, rumali rotis and warqi parathas.
The 40 cover restaurant will serve traditional biryanis, Northern Indian kebabs, and chai, showcasing traditional ingredients, recipes, and techniques.
BKC will serve a variety of Awadhi kebabs which will be traditionally grilled on a chula or skillet as opposed to tandoor in Punjab, the star being the Seekh kebab.
Biryani’s at BKC will be made with Mutton or Chicken for meat eaters alongside vegetable or vegan versions, all served in traditional earthen clay pots.
The interiors of BKC will be finished with dark fixtures and fittings, banquet style seating along with bar seating and traditional copper tableware.
