Authentic Restaurants

NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 23:25:19 GMT
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There are a couple of terrific vegetarian Indian restaurants in Edinburgh - The Kalpna and The Annpurna - curiously enough within a hundred yards of each other. The Annpurna is a Gujerati restaurant, while The Kalpna is Gujerati/South Indian. The menus of both restaurants are full of dishes which are not found in any other Indian restaurant in Scotland, and I could happily eat at either place 7 nights a week.

Someone wrote:
> Hi
>
> I've been 'lurking' for a week or so, checking out the recipes and
> comments.
>
> Maybe this is somethig thats been discussed time and time again, in
> which case you won't mind posting some quick answers ;)
>
> Havig come from an indian [well, anglo-indian] family, and having spent
> time in india, I can only say that about 99% of 'indian' restaurants
> I've been to in the UK are shams, and wondered if the group had a list
> of 'Authentic Restaurants' that I could check out.
>
> For my part I would like to add the following to the list:
>
> "Sayonara" in Belgrave Street, Leicester - Pure Veg, mostly South Indian
> recipes.
>
> They do an excellent range of thalis and all the favorites such as
> dosa... and not a Chicke Tikka Masala in sight!  LOL!
>
> Anyway, any recommendations? Especially for the Bedfordshire and London
> areas :)
>
> cheers
>
> [ Oh, and I hereby commit to posting my hyderabadi aunt's recipe for
> chilli prawns :) ]
>
> Paul