CLAW, the street-food vendor whose sustainable seafood dishes saw them named Virgin Foodpreneur 2015, has been announced as the latest restaurant residency at Soho-based pub The Sun & 13 Cantons.
CLAW, which is being advised byCODE Hospitality, will follow in the footsteps of laksa specialists Sambal Shiok and Asma Khan’s Darjeeling Express in taking over the kitchens, and will be in residence from 22 October until the end of January 2017.
The concept’s menu focusing on Devon crab have been hugely popular at street-food market Kerb, on London’s Southbank and at festivals including Secret Garden Party and Green Man.
At The Sun & 13 Cantons, CLAW will serve an expanded menu featuring their signature ‘Claws’ – Cracked crab claws in a smoked pancetta broth – alongside new dishes developed especially for the residency including Sourdough fried oysters with oyster cream; KFC – Kimchi fried soft-shell crab; and IPA mac ‘n’ cheese with brown crab. Vegetarian options include BBQ Tenderstem, black garlic yoghurt & pickled walnuts and Kelp, egg yolk & cashew.
Founder Fabian Clark said: “We’re really honoured to have been chosen to follow on from Sambal Shiok and Darjeeling Express at The Sun & 13 Cantons. It’s an amazing opportunity for us to run a bricks-and-mortar restaurant and will allow us to offer guests a much wider choice of dishes than before, showing what we mean by ‘sociable, sustainable seafood’.”
