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Ragam on Cleveland St (near the BT tower) does fantastic Keralan food. They make the best dosa in town. :cool:

I'm getting curry pangs now :mad: :D
 
Mr Retro said:
New Tayyabs in Whitechapel for amazing Pakistani food. Not for Vegetarians though.
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I'm veggie and had no problems there... not the range of somewhere like (the flipping gorgeous - another vote for the tomato curry btw!) Kastoori obviously (what with it being a veggy restaurant) but compared to any other nation's cuisine it was fine!! Blinking spicey though and definitely make sure you book a table or you'll be screwed!!
 
tarannau said:
Seconded. Those places are awesome - great tandoor ovens pumping out wonderful meat and breads.

If you can stop your legs sticking to the plasticky fast food style seating then you'll be in for a treat.

I've got to say Khan's has gone down in my estimation too. There's a kid on the Brixton takeaway block - Gousia - that makes much better food imo.
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I do like Gousia and have been using it quite a bit since you recommended it to me.. but I can't turn my back on Khan's.. they give me such a warm welcome whenever I go there - friends who visit 4x a year from oop North always insist on going there for dinner.. plus, they make a point of selling their food on the fact they don't add colourings (which are quite prevalent in other curry house's food) and their food is consistently good. Occasionally I go in there when my OH is away an order a stupidly small amount of food to take home and they're just as warm and nice to me as when I bring a group.

Gousia, I must admit is very nice and what it very much has going for it is the fact that they deliver enormous portions, so there's always enough for brekkie the next morning!! :D

We've just ordered from Bombay Inn as they are stupidly cheap and do a bottle of wine for orders over £20 (enough food to last DAYS!) and last time they brought us a £6 bottle of Ernesto and Julio Gallo wine with it... :D

Thing is, we order that much curry it makes sense to chop and change. Still not ordered from Mirch Masaleh though.. heard mixed reports and I'm veggie and it seems quite meaty... got the takeaway menu here in my curry files, but yet to give it a go... :confused: :D
 
gaijingirl said:
Still not ordered from Mirch Masaleh though.. heard mixed reports and I'm veggie and it seems quite meaty... got the takeaway menu here in my curry files, but yet to give it a go... :confused: :D
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I was really unimpressed with Mirch Masala - found it very, very greasy & it had the ambience of McDonalds.

Shahee Belphoori (London Road, opposite Norbury Station) has both excellent food & fantastically cheap prices - myself, Antelope & a friend went last Sat. & had three courses & plenty of drinks & even with a generous tip it was £20 each! (It's veggie - the food is not unlike the restarants you find in Drummond Street).
 
I've still yet to find any curryhouse in London that I like as much as Khan's (Brixton). As Gaijingirl says they're really sweet and friendly.

And I think their curry is the most delicious I've ever tasted anywhere! Really fresh ingredients, unique flavour. Gorgeous. An indian colleague of mine says that it's the only curry house her mum will go to as it's the most authentic! (excluding tikka masalas of course which are not authentic at all!).

I've been to Tayyabs in Whitechapel twice - the first time it was excellent, but the second time the food was really mediocre and the service was appalling - they literally bought poppadoms to us as we were sitting down taking our coats off and clearly wanted to get rid of us asap. Very rude!

There's a fantastic veggie indian restaurant called Jai Krishna on Stroud Green Road. The food is gorgeous, really fresh and tastes home cooked. It's a lovely little place, really casual environment, and you can bring your own booze (no corkage). :cool:
 
Juice Terry said:
also Shri Krisna further down Tooting High St almost Colliers wood
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I had an unfortunate experience there once....I ordered a fish curry that was just basically a spinal column with loads of bones in curry sauce. :eek: Absolutely rank! :D

Perhaps they were just having a bad day.... ;)
 
han said:
I've still yet to find any curryhouse in London that I like as much as Khan's (Brixton).
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Yes, Khan's is really good - & I've discovered there's also one in Battersea (Lavender Hill). :cool:

I didn't realise they were the same chain, but after my last visit to the Brixton one I noticed the menus are the same.
 
han said:
I had an unfortunate experience there once....I ordered a fish curry that was just basically a spinal column with loads of bones in curry sauce. :eek: Absolutely rank! :D

Perhaps they were just having a bad day.... ;)
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I'll have to check with Antelope but I think we had a bad experience there too - had to wait nearly an hour for our food, & the tables are too close together & mixed to allow smokers & non-smokers to co-exist. I like a tab or two after a meal but the guy next to us chain-smoking was really off-putting.
 
Oooh, a Khan's in Battersea too! Didn't realise there was more than one. I wonder if the food is identical - or whether they have different chefs. I guess they can't be in two places at once, can they...!


oryx said:
I like a tab or two after a meal
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:eek: :D
 
craigxcraig said:
Not sure where you are but Tandorri Nights on Lordship Land, Rast Dulwich(11 mins train from London Bridge) is about the best i've eaten in London. All the food is freshly prepared (they refuse to use the 'Gravy Pot,' ) organic veg and meat - definitely worth a visit if you're this neck of the woods. Slight more expensive than your normal - once tried you wont regret it.
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Thats an easy bus ride from us -- is it good for veggies?? :)
 
han said:
There's a fantastic veggie indian restaurant called Jai Krishna on Stroud Green Road. The food is gorgeous, really fresh and tastes home cooked. It's a lovely little place, really casual environment, and you can bring your own booze (no corkage). :cool:
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Great place, and handy for the Old Dairy a little way further up Stroud Green Road as well (top ale friendly boozer :) )
 
come 2 think of it; if you are in NW London, you couldn't do much better than walk down wembley high rd and ealing Rd, wembley; both laden with good curry houses
 
Red Jezza said:
come 2 think of it; if you are in NW London, you couldn't do much better than walk down wembley high rd and ealing Rd, wembley; both laden with good curry houses
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Stig's mentioned at least one (in Wembley High Road I think, not far from her work) that comes strongly recommended, great for veggies and non veggies alike apparantly (she's yet to try it though).

But I don't know the name or details, will bring this thread to her attention.
 
William of Walworth said:
Thats an easy bus ride from us -- is it good for veggies?? :)
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They do have a good selection of veggies - my girlfriend normally orders 2 or 3 veg dishes rather than a meat main and beign Indian herself, seh really does rate it. If you do go make sure you book as it does get rammed. Inside 72 on Lordship Lane is also worth a post curry drink...(or pre!)
 
never quite understood why Khans is so highly regarded. It's pretty good, and it's handy, but it's far from top notch.

Have to agree about Brick Lane too, it's really generic, very homogenised, and not even that cheap any more...
 
Dubversion said:
Have to agree about Brick Lane too, it's really generic, very homogenised, and not even that cheap any more...
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if people are in the Brick Lane area - don't bother with any curry houses there - go to the Lahore Kebab house - just off commercial road - went there recently for lunch and it was gorgeous - perfectly cooked - loads & cheap - we stuffed ourselves and it came to about a sixer a head...it is outstanding and beats the crap out of the brick lane places. Very basic but the food is top notch!

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/3011.htm
 
William of Walworth said:
You've not talked to many Northerners have you han? ;) :D
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I've lived with a friggin scouser for the past 7 years! :mad:

But then they do talk a different language to't others... ;)

Fancy a barm ;) ?
 
Dubversion said:
never quite understood why Khans is so highly regarded. It's pretty good, and it's handy, but it's far from top notch.
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dyouwanna scrap abaaat it?
:mad:
 
chegrimandi said:
if people are in the Brick Lane area - don't bother with any curry houses there - go to the Lahore Kebab house - just off commercial road - went there recently for lunch and it was gorgeous - perfectly cooked - loads & cheap - we stuffed ourselves and it came to about a sixer a head...it is outstanding and beats the crap out of the brick lane places. Very basic but the food is top notch!

http://www.london-eating.co.uk/3011.htm
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Definitely worth investigating ... and we have a chance only this coming Thursday ... and the review from Punit sugests it'd be OK for veggies too ...I'll see what Stig thinks.
 
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