289 Palatine Road
was warmly greeted by Farooq the owner who was nice and chatty and
explained his vision for this restaurant. It is a BYO (there’s a handy
off-license up the road) which is good because the dishes aren’t cheap.
There is no corkage fee either.
the diet coke. Very good. I think I got the last pint glass because
they ran out after that (of pint glasses). All teething problems I was
assured. Farooq insisted that I would have no complaints about the
food. On that score he was absolutely correct.
For
starter I opted for Onion Bhaji which passed the armadillo test with
flying colours. They were very tasty and I could have had another
portion, not because they were small (they weren’t) but because they
were very moreish.
For main I went for mushroom rice (off menu),
prawn masala and a chappati. The rice was excellent, not too greasy and
stuffed full of mushrooms, onions and peppers. The prawn masala was
magnificent. Not as hot as some masalas but well spiced with large
succulent prawns and as tasty as you like.
Farooq was very polite and interested in how the food was and what I thought of his restaurant. I was very impressed.
The
only winge I have is that the place is very child friendly which is
admirable. What is not admirable is parents who bring their
ill-mannered, uncontrollable brats out to a restaurant and do not
control them properly. If I go back to Sardar and Brandon (I know his
name because his mum kept screaming it at him, not that it did any
good) and his long suffering parents are there I shall definately go
elsewhere. If I want to listen to badly behaved kids being a bloody
nuisance I’ll go home, as this family should have.
The meal cost £16.65 including cokes. Not bad at all.
Went
back again with Troy. He was impressed by the pops. Our starters were
mixed tandoori and a rashmi kebab, both of which were excellent.
Troy
had a chicken madras that was ok but very tomatoey. I had the chicken
dhansak which was lovely. Could have been a little hotter spice wise
but smooth and sweet. Both main dishes were huge and Troy again left
half of his.
Cost £41. Take you own pint glasses cos they still only have one.
