The chef and restaurateur Eyal Shani, who has made his name in London with madcap pita chain Miznon, is set to launch a more upscale opening next door to Richard Corrigan’s Daffodil Mulligan on City Road. It will be called Lilienblum and will open next month, in May.
While Shani’s Miznon is known for its faintly absurd approach to food — serving, for instance, fish, chips and cottage pie wrapped together in a flatbread — Lilienblum looks to be a slightly more familiar affair. Where Soho’s Miznon and its Notting Hill sibling specialise in fast-casual dining, the City Road opening will instead offer family-style sharing plates.
