Lampa teí (fast food chain)
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| Industry | Restaurant |
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| Founded | May 25, 2018 Paáso, Lakkatha |
| Founder | Marten Osóno Ksetaw |
| Headquarters | 1 Dolfonos Boulivard, Poissô, Kononome Óstros , Lakkatha |
Number of locations | 142 (FY 2020) |
Area served | Lakkatha & Ateenia |
Key people | Marten Osóno Ksetaw (CEO) Kratawo Pasel Kitós(CMO) |
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| Parent | "Lampa teí" kómpaniyata |
| Website | www.lampatei.lk |
Lampa teí
Lampa teí (IPA: /Lam.pa ti:/), is the most popular fast food chain in 
Lakkatha. It started in the city of Paáso as a small streat shop founded by Marten O. Ksetaw in 2018, selling his variant of modernized traditional food, but it gained popularity and huge traction quickly, and eventually ended up opening restourants all around the nation, even having one in the 300~ people Sivuk settlement of Nordh' Punkt (Stàešăn) in the north end of the nation, it is seen as the national fast food of Lakkatha. It has even started to go international, curently building restourants in Ateenia, whit 3 functioning, and currently planning out more restourants in Gabrielland and Canton River Delta.
Logo & Ethymology
The Logo represents a Karalian island crab whit two Lakkathan style feathers on its head. The crab with 2 feathers being a symbol in the karali islands representing Mystery, usually represented as a purple crab, due to purple also being assosiated with mystery.
Lampa teí (IPA: /Lam.pa ti:/) from old Lakkathan language "Lámpas Téi" meaning "Crab/seafood heaven" lámpas originally means crab, reinforcing the usage of a crab as arepresentasion of the restourant, but over time began to mean seafood overall, in modern standart Lakkathan (aka common Lakkathan) the word Lampa means seafood, and Lápom means crab.
Menu
One of the things that got Lampa teí so popular is its unusual menu. Popular items include Fillet-fish Sandwich, Fried Crab legs, Fried Clams, Shellfish salad, and the specialty Dyunér-dyi-Pískê (Fish shawarma/döner), a very unusual but popular dish. Other items include: Lakkathan Sushi, Karali Psíkêsalat (A traditional fish salad dish), Fish bites, and various fried fish
