Nem Viet

"Lai Rai (meaning ‘little by little’) has brought the Vietnamese culture of bia hơi – meeting for snacks and cold beers – to Rye Lane, with a menu of banh mi and Vietnamese coffee by day and Vietnamese dishes and drinks by night. Blair Nguyen, co-founder of Vinaxoa (a collective that combines food and raving), has designed the menu, taking inspo from her upbringing in Saigon, dessert runs with her dad and snacks she’d eat after school and after nights out. You can expect dishes like fried prawn and young green rice on sugarcane stalks with peanut and nước chấm satay sauce; papaya jellyfish salad with pineapple, charred tomatoes, herbs and peanuts; fermented tofu dip with turmeric oil and sesame crackers; grilled betel leaf beef with coffee barbecue jus; twice-cooked crispy chicken with fresh herb sauce; mung bean coconut sticky rice; Running Chic – a baguette stuffed with caramel shredded chicken, crispy onions, chicken pâté, house carrot pickle, cucumber, spring onion and rau ram; and Ryelane Delight – a baguette with vegan cold-cuts, sautéed mushroom, whipped tofu pâté and miso kho quẹt."