DOM FERNANDO’S SRI LANKAN FISH PATTIES
Our role is to the push the boundaries of Sri Lankan food,’ says Dom Fernando, chef-owner at London’s Paradise. ‘If you want traditional Sri Lankan there are plenty of good places to have it, but we thrive on creativity. We want to do something progressive.’
To that end, his Soho dining room blends high-quality Sri Lankan and British ingredients in dishes which, in cooking techniques or plating, go to new places. Barbecued chicken thighs, for example, marinated in lemongrass, ginger, curry leaves and rampe (pandan leaves), are served skewered on an ambarella fruit curry with petals of Roscoff onion, glazed with Sri Lankan Lion stout. As Dom puts it: ‘We don’t have to be defined by traditional curry.’
Launched late 2019, such innovation has established Paradise as one of Britain’s more
