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Latin
American restaurant group Las Iguanas will be creating its own
carnival spectacle when it opens on February 1 at the Boardwalk at
Lakeside - the same weekend as the Rio Carnival.
Guests will be invited to the VIP
opening party to experience Las Iguanas' famous hospitality and enjoy
carnival-style entertainment from live bands and dancers.
The Boardwalk is the social
quarter of the massive Lakeside shopping complex. It's home to a
state of the art Vue cinema and an array of renowned restaurants,
each with large alfresco terraces enticing Lakeside customers into
the great outdoors.
"This current development
phase at Lakeside is definitely the place to be. It offers visitors a
great choice of quality food in a striking, people-orientated
environment - and promises to deliver an impressive footfall from the
huge catchment area of south east London, Essex and Kent."
"Our restaurant offers
two floors of dining and lounge seating and has a beautiful piazza
overlooking the lake. We look forward to livening up the Boardwalk
with a delicious and dynamic drinking and dining experience and a
great carnival atmosphere all year round," said Las Iguanas'
director Ajith Jaya Wickrema.
The restaurant and bar serve up
freshly-prepared, authentic Latin American food and drink with a
contemporary twist. The Latin food that we know today dates right
back to the 16th Century, a fusion of native Latin American Indian,
Spanish, Portuguese and African influences. Las Iguanas' signature
dish, Xinxim Brasilian lime chicken, is the best example of this
fusion, bringing together Latin, African and Portuguese flavours to
create something really special.
At the bar - called the
'Cachaçaria' - enjoy some of the finest Latin spirits,
including Las Iguanas Magnifica Cachaça distilled at the
group's own sugar cane plantation outside Rio de Janeiro.
The 760 square metre site has 306
covers. Interior designers Fusion DNA will be embellishing the
interior with Copacabana beach-style mosaic flooring, a feature
staircase with a Rio backdrop and a timber raft that emerges from the
downstairs bar, wraps up above the staircase and finishes behind the
first floor bar, thereby enhancing the connection between the two
levels and the natural flow of the building.
Add intoxicating Latin rhythms,
the rich colour palette of the southern hemisphere and authentic,
exotic fixtures and fittings and you've got a measure of Las Iguanas' style.
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