Rambutan, one of London’s most eagerly awaited launches, finally has an opening date: March 17. The restaurant is the debut project from award-winning British-Sri Lankan food writer and pop-up sensation Cynthia Shanmugalingam, and will take up residence in Borough Market this spring. The restaurant was first announced in June 2022.
“Rambutan has been a long time in the making,” Shanmugalingam admits. “I can’t wait to get everyone tasting the food I have been lucky enough to eat all my life. London’s Sri Lankan diaspora is doing amazing things in music, fashion and art right now, and I hope that with Rambutan, I can add food to that list. It’s really exciting to draw on our ancient heritage, but also to create dishes that are entirely new.”
