Floral by Lima restaurant to relaunch as Lima Cantina

23 August 2023 by
Floral by Lima restaurant to relaunch as Lima Cantina

The team behind Peruvian restaurant Floral by Lima in London are to relaunch it as a new concept focused on rotisserie chicken.

Both the existing restaurant space and the Lost Alpaca bar in Covent Garden will be replaced by Lima Cantina in September.

This will see a full renovation of the kitchen and a revamp of the menu to offer a selection of sharing plates designed around showcasing a more authentic Peruvian experience.

Central to the menu will be the Pollo a La Brasa, a whole chicken cooked in a rotombo – a Peruvian charcoal rotisserie oven – that will allow smoke to directly penetrate the meat. The chicken will be marinated in a blend of Peruvian herbs and spices and accompanied by an aji amarillo (sweet yellow chilli pepper) and huacatay (black mint) sauce.

The wider menu will include sea bream ceviche; prawn causa nigiri; as well as the addition of a new charcoal grill section including aji panca (Peruvian red pepper) barbecue pork ribs.

Floral by Lima opened in 2014 and is the sister site to Lima London, which won a Michelin star in 2013 but lost the award in 2018 after it switched it's a la carte menu to sharing plates.

The Lima group was founded by Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez and Gabriel and Joes Luis Gonzalez.

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