Fresh start: Recent Wareham arrivals bring new breakfast restaurant
Featherlight French toast, a sweet breakfast dish served at Loafy Lark and made with brioche bread, cookie crust, cardamom maple syrup and honey butter. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
Faye Prapawicha photographed in 2018 by Sakolpath Prayoonrat. 
The store front of Loafy Lark located at 3103 Cranberry Highway, The former home of Golden Bamboo. Photo by Ethan Hunt
Wingspan waffles served at Loafy Lark and made with Belgian waffles, crispy chicken, house hot honey sauce and honey butter. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
Loaded lark, an American breakfast standard served at the soon-to-open restaurant. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
A dish named “The Classic,” featuring poached eggs, grilled ham and hollandaise sauce. 
A five ounce New York strip steak, fried eggs, chimichurri, lime crema and home fries feature on Loafy Lark’s menu.
Featherlight French toast, a sweet breakfast dish served at Loafy Lark and made with brioche bread, cookie crust, cardamom maple syrup and honey butter. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
Faye Prapawicha photographed in 2018 by Sakolpath Prayoonrat.
The store front of Loafy Lark located at 3103 Cranberry Highway, The former home of Golden Bamboo. Photo by Ethan Hunt
Wingspan waffles served at Loafy Lark and made with Belgian waffles, crispy chicken, house hot honey sauce and honey butter. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
Loaded lark, an American breakfast standard served at the soon-to-open restaurant. Photo courtesy of Sirirat Jonteeratam
A dish named “The Classic,” featuring poached eggs, grilled ham and hollandaise sauce.
A five ounce New York strip steak, fried eggs, chimichurri, lime crema and home fries feature on Loafy Lark’s menu.
“Comfy breakfast but make it a little bit more fancy,” is how Faye Prapawicha described the food served at Loafy Lark, her soon-to-open restaurant on Cranberry Highway.
Prapawicha recently moved to Wareham from Boston, leaving behind her job as a sous-chef at Chickadee, an award winning fine-dining restaurant.
The move was driven by her desire to open her own restaurant. Prapawicha, her husband Tyson Wardwell, who is also a chef, and her friends and business partners, Jack Jongteeratam and Sirirat Jongteeratam, chose Wareham for their business after examining towns across the south coast.
“When we saw Wareham I said yes,” Prapawicha said.
She said liked the proximity to Boston and the tourist attractions of the shore and described Wareham as the “door to the cape.” She also noted that although some restaurants in Wareham serve breakfast, nobody makes the food Loafy Lark will offer.
“Me and my husband thought we should bring something down that they haven’t had around here before,” she said. “I like breakfast. People always think about going to get a nice dinner, but why don’t you give yourself a good day and start with a good breakfast?”
Prapawicha is a native of Thailand but has spent most of her life in the U.S. She attended Johnson and Wales culinary school before starting her first entrepreneurial restaurant endeavor: serving Thai street food in Somerville.
The food served at Loafy Lark is influenced by both Prapawicha’s Thai roots and her husband's New England upbringing.
“I’m familiar with Asian food, at the same time I went to school here, I studied here so I understand the culture here too,” Prapawicha said.
The couple worked together on the menu, each including a dash of their culinary backgrounds in the dishes.
The restaurant itself is funded entirely by the couple and their two friends, who are also married. Because of their tight budget, finding a location was difficult at first. But after some searching and the help of friendly connections they found 3103 Cranberry Highway, the former home of Golden Bamboo.
“It’s a perfect spot,” Prapawicha said.
The team hopes to hold a soft opening for Loafy Lark after Valentines Day on Feb. 16 and a grand opening at the beginning of March.
Right now the kitchen and dining room, which will seat between 48 and 52 people, are complete and the only steps left are cosmetic.
Prapawicha said she hopes the menu’s range of healthy options and classic hearty breakfasts will attract residents and visitors of all ages.
“I think it's going to serve Wareham people and it's going to be a spot that people who come to Wareham talk about,” Prapawicha said. “That's what I want it to be.”
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