Through my creative studio, Upanotch, I created this logo and menu for a new Burmese cuisine popup restaurant in New Orleans, Lahpet: A Taste of Burma. It's named for the fermented tea leaves which are the base for this popup's feature dish, lahpet thote, or tea leaf salad.
I was going for a slightly refined version of the sort of primitive lettering you see handpainted along tropical streets. I love that aesthetic but have never had a call for it. Not until I got to tackle a Burmese street food eatery. Incidentally, if you're in the region you should check these cats out. I got to eat most of this menu and I melted.
This work came to me because it's a new project by Mark LaMaire, founder of One World Family, a nonprofit providing relief to Burmese refugees living in Thailand, for which I am the logo designer and webmaster. In fact, 10% of proceeds from Lahpet's sales go to support One World Family initiatives.
The menu changes out all the time. This was the dinner menu for their March 11, 2015 popup at Milkfish on Carrollton.
