As a longtime fan of PMQ’s one-Michelin-starred stalwart Louise, I was excited to hear that chef Franckelie Laloum was striking out on his own and opening a new restaurant with a mission to offer lighter and more accessible French dining staples.
Lala, which opened in early February, is (rather lazily) named for the first two letters of Laloum and his business partner Michael Larkin’s surnames, and it’s largely kept the same interior aesthetic as the restaurant that previously occupied the Lyndhurst Terrace space, La Brasserie.