The chef and restaurateur will open the latest incarnation of her Indian restaurant at the popular Soho development in the coming months just a few years after vacating it in the summer of 2020.
Taking to Instagram, she said: "We are returning to our spiritual home - and in a bigger space! This was where we began our journey five years ago - an #AllFemaleKitchen serving the food of our families. It is a joyous #Homecoming!”
Khan announced last month that she had found a new permanent home for her restaurant following the closure its Covent Garden site this summer. She says the reason for the move is to allow her all-female kitchen team to be more visible to customers.
The original Darjeeling Express opened in an upstairs location at Kingly Court in 2017 following a popular pop-up residence at London pub The Sun & 13 Cantons. It closed in 2020, following the first national Coronavirus lockdown, and later reopened on Covent Garden’s Garrick Street in a former Carluccio’s until that also closed earlier this year.
