Regional Indian Food at The Grand Trunk Road, South Woodford. The reputation of The Grand Trunk Road goes before it. Chef Dayashankar Sharma was head chef at Michelin-starred Mayfair Indian restaurant Tamarind. and Kensington classic Zaika while the owner, Rajesh Suri’s restaurateur credentials hail from management experience with the Oberoi hotel group in India followed by a […]
Kanishka Mayfair Review – Atul Kochhar explores the Sister States
Kanishka – Sister States food comes to Mayfair. My love affair with Indian food is as strong as ever. Sometimes I’m more than happy with a well-cooked ‘traditional’ Northern Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi meal from a brightly lit café-style restaurant in Tooting. But at other times I really want to try something new and more refined. I […]
Hankies at home – Indian Home Delivery Service
Beyond a Takeaway – Hankies@Home At the end of the 13th week of lockdown, my kitchen having produced three meals every day, it was an enormous relief to have a professional chef cook our dinner. My household does not tend towards takeaways, but we do enjoy eating out and used to do so regularly before […]
Ooty Marylebone- Review
Southern Indian Food at Ooty, Marylebone. Ooty, a new Indian restaurant in Marylebone, sits on the Baker Street site where Galvin Bistro de Luxe used to feed a lot of happy punters. Its name is an affectionate diminutive of Udhagamandalam (Ooty), ‘an idyllic hill-station in the state of Tamil Nadu’ and the restaurant’s culinary focus […]
Hankies Winter Menu
Indian food in an elegant surrounding – Hankies. Romali roti, the ultra-thin Indian bread, is, apparently the inspiration for the curiously named ‘Hankies’ Indian restaurant a few minutes from Marble Arch. In the corner of the glamorous restaurant is a counter where, if you are lucky, you’ll be able to watch the ‘hankies’ being made […]
Shola Karachi Kitchen
An authentic South Asian restaurant in White City Shola (‘spark’ in Urdu) is a casual South Asian restaurant with a fresh contemporary take, helmed by chef Aida Khan. Housed in the exciting new creative development at White City Place Shola Karachi Kitchen is on the site where the original BBC headquarters were once based. The […]
Vivek Singh’s Indian Festival Feasts
Vivek Singh’s Indian Festival Feasts Book Launch Vivek Singh, Executive Chef of The Cinnamon Club has just launched his latest cookbook, Vivek Singh’s Indian Festival Feasts and I was lucky enough to be invited to the launch party at Cinnamon Bazaar, his Covent Garden Indian Street Food outpost. The cookbook is a gastronomic guide to the most famous […]
Little Kolkata Supper Club – Monk and Fish
A special kind of Supper Club – Little Kolkata: Some nights out are good and some are really, really good. You know those evenings when the food is excellent, the company fun, you drink great cocktails, laugh a lot and go to bed happy? Usually, these nights are spent with old friends in your local […]
Cinnamon Bazaar Review
Cinnamon Bazaar – The Most Fun! I have a soft spot for the Cinnamon group of Indian restaurants So I was delighted when I was invited along to a press event for the latest addition to the family – Cinnamon Bazaar. Much of my enthusiasm comes down to the fact that I’ve loitered for several […]
Patri – Indian Train Journey Inspired Dining
Patri – Street Food Inspired by India’s Railway Food – Northfields, Ealing: Northfields in Ealing is a bit off my beaten track, but well worth the visit now that exciting new Indian restaurant Patri has opened its doors. Patri – meaning ‘train track’, and ‘furnace’ – recreates food served on North India’s iconic rail network. […]