The menu
Everything we cook, section by section
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Sylheti Specialties
The dishes Pach Vai is named for.
Hatkorar Lal BhunaSignature
Beef slow-bhuna’d with hatkora citrus until the gravy runs deep red.
Hukoin ShuruSignature
Hukna shutki (dried fish), simmered with garlic, chilli and mustard oil.
Sylheti Shatkora Chicken
Chicken bhuna brightened with the same citrus, lighter than the beef version.
Panta Ilish Plate
Fermented rice with fried hilsa, green chilli, onion and mustard oil — a Sylheti breakfast classic served all day.
Shutki & Bhorta
Dried fish and mashed sides, the Sylheti way.
Lotkon Shutki Bhuna
Dried lotkon fish, slow-cooked with onion, garlic and dry red chilli.
Aloo Bhorta
Smoky mashed potato with mustard oil, green chilli and onion.
Begun Bhorta
Fire-roasted aubergine, mashed with garlic and mustard oil.
Shutki Bhorta
Roasted dried fish, hand-mashed with chilli and onion.
Bhuna, Jhol & Curries
Slow-cooked mains, from mild jhol to deep bhuna.
Mutton Rezala
Mutton in a mild, yogurt-based gravy with whole spices and fried onion.
Chicken Bhuna
Bone-in chicken, pan-roasted in a thick onion-tomato masala.
Rui Fish Jhol
A light, home-style fish curry with potato and turmeric.
Beef Tehari
Short-grain rice cooked in beef fat and whole spices, served with a single piece of beef.
Deshi Murgir Jhol
Free-range chicken, simmered slow in a thin, deeply spiced gravy.
Rice, Biryani & Khichuri
Sylheti Mutton Khichuri
Rice and lentils cooked down with tender mutton and ghee.
Kacchi Biryani
Mutton and basmati rice, layered and sealed to cook together slowly.
Plain Polao
Fragrant short-grain rice cooked in ghee — the side for any bhuna.
Steamed White Rice
A simple bowl of steamed rice.
From the Tawa
Fresh breads, made to order.
Porota
Flaky, pan-fried flatbread.
Butter Naan
Baked to order, brushed with ghee.
Luchi (set of 4)
Puffed, deep-fried flatbread — a weekend breakfast favourite.
Drinks, Lassi & Tea
Sylheti Shada Cha
Seven-colour tea’s quieter cousin: plain Sylheti white tea.
Lebu Cha
Hot lemon tea, served strong.
Mango Lassi
Yogurt blended with ripe mango.
Borhani
A spiced, minty yogurt drink — the traditional partner to biryani.
Something Sweet
Shemai
Sweet vermicelli, slow-cooked in milk.
Roshmalai
Soft cheese dumplings in sweetened, cardamom-scented milk.
Mishti Doi
Set sweet yogurt, caramelised dark.