Le Chamarel is a Mauritian bistro at 27 Turnpike Lane. Built around family recipes developed over more than 40 years, it brings Creole, French, Indian and Sino-Mauritian influences together in a relaxed North London dining room.
Curries, rougailles and vindailles show the kitchen’s use of house ground spice blends, with octopus, fish, prawns, chicken and vegetables appearing across the selection. Biryani provides a fragrant rice based centrepiece and is treated as one of the island’s defining dishes.
Fried rice, mine frites noodles and broth based mine bouille reflect the Chinese strand of Mauritian cooking. Dhall puri and roti are made fresh in house, while vegetarian curries and noodle dishes give meat free diners a broad choice.
Traditional sweets such as napolitaine, banana tart and cornmeal pudding provide a distinctive finish, with Mauritian soft drinks available alongside. Le Chamarel is especially rewarding for diners who want to explore the island’s multicultural food traditions through generous everyday dishes.
Address: 27 Turnpike Lane, London N8 0EP, England
Le Chamarel Menu
Starters
BOULLION CRAB
BEEF HALEEM
Curried soup
Haleem Lamb
Curried soup
BOULETTE POISSON
5-piece Fishball Soup
LENTIL SOUP
Slow simmered whole grain lentil soup cooked in thyme, served with croutons
DHALL SOUP
Slow boil whole grain dhall soup infused with curry leaves and turmeric served with croutons
Traditional Snacks (Gajacs)
Check out what’s in our Gajaks counter (Upon availability).
DHALL PURI (Pair, Plain)
Dholl Puri is a popular Mauritian flatbread made from yellow split peas. Dhall Puri (Pair, with or without sauces). (£1.50 with vegetable pickle)
DHALL PURI (Pair with sauces)
Dholl Puri is a popular Mauritian flatbread made from yellow split peas with curry, rougaille and/or chilli sauce. Dhall Puri (Pair, with or without sauces). (£1.50 with vegetable pickle)
ROTI (Single)
Homemade Mauritian flat-bread
ROTI (SINGLE, WITH SAUCES)
Homemade Mauritian flat-bread with curry, rougaille and/or chilli sauce
Chicken Catlesse
Chicken Samosa
Fish Samosa
VEGETABLE SAMOSA
CHANNA PURI
2 for £1.60
DU’PAIN FRITE (FRIED BREAD)
Dhall Puri (Pair, with or without sauces). 2 for £1.60
GATEAU PIMENT (MAURITIAN FALAFELS)
3 for £1.60
GATEAU AROUILLE (TARO)
3 for 1.60
Curries
OCTOPUS Curry
KING PRAWN ROUGAILLE
KING PRAWN Curry
FISH VINDAILLE
Mauritian Style Fish Pickle
FISH Curry
CHICKEN Curry
Taste of Chamarel
VEGETABLE PICKLE
ACHARD PIMENT
Crushed green chilli – Our very own, homemade pots of chilli
ALMDON SYRUP
ROSE SYRUP
Side Orders
4OZ CHUTNEY, ROUGAILLE, CURRY
For Dhall Puri
PLAIN BOILED RICE
PLAIN MINE BOUILLE
Boiled noodles shop
PLAIN ROTI
SALAD
Cucumber, carrots and herbs
Vegetarian
BUTTERBEANS CURRY
COURGETTE CURRY
AUBERGINE CURRY
MARROW CURRY
VEGETABLE FRIED NOODLES
Biryani
Biryani is the national dish of Mauritius. It is a rice dish flavoured with saffron, slow cooked with rich flavours of the island. Best accompanied with our Mauritian tomato salad or Vegetable pickle.
FISH Biryani
BEEF Biryani
CHICKEN Biryani
Bol Renversé (Magic Bowl)
An upside down bowl of a selection of vegetables in a chop suey sauce in rice with fried egg on top.
CHICKEN & PRAWN
CHICKEN & EGG
CHICKEN
Riz Frites / Fried Rice
A fusion of Mauritian and Chinese rice with fresh vegetables cooked in a light soya sauce served with a traditional garlic vinaigrette. All fried rice is cooked with egg (Excluding Vegetable Fried Rice).
KING PRAWN CHICKEN
KING PRAWN
SPECIAL ( CHICKEN,PRAWN & EGG )
PRAWN & EGG
SPEICAL FIRED RICE
Chicken & prawn
PRAWN
CHICKEN AND EGG
CHICKEN
EGG
VEGETABLE FRIED RICE
Fired Noodles / Mine Frites
A fusion of Mauritian and Chinese fried noodles with fresh vegetables cooked in a rich soya sauce served with a traditional garlic vinaigrette.
KING PRAWN CHICKEN
KING PRAWN
SPECIAL ( CHICKEN,PRAWN & EGG )
PRAWN & EGG
PRAWN
CHICKEN & PRAWN
CHICKEN & EGG
CHICKEN
EGG
VEGETABLE FRIED NOODLES
Boiled Noodle Soup / Mine Bouille
Being amongst a popular Mauritian street food, our mine bouille is a noodle broth in a fish sauce and mild shrimp soup.
KING PRAWN & CHICKEN
King Prawn
Chicken, Prawn & Egg
Prawn & Egg
Prawn
Chicken & Prawn
Chicken & Egg
Chicken
Traditional Sweets
FLAN
(Mauritian Creme Caramel)
NAPOLITAIN
(Iced Jam Biscuits)
TARTE BANANE
Banana tart
POUDINE MAÏS
(Cornmeal Pudding)
POUDINE MANIOC
(Cassava Pudding)
UNDÉ
(Made with Semolina)
Soft Drinks
PEARONA
Mauritian Pear Fizzy Drink
ESKI
Vanilla, Almond or Strawbery
Soft Drink
Coke, Pepsi, Fanta, 7-up, Sprite, Miranda (Strawberry or Orange)
Alouda Chamarel
Alouda
Almond, Rose