NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 20:45:05 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.00-U (<kEaebBmCMBA6BwlBYb4WQugcz7>) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10735 In article , Andrew Someone wrote: >I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick >Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a restaurant >that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. My favourite is Cafe Naz, which offers mostly authentic Bangladeshi dishes. It's also bright and modern and has some wines that go well with spicy food. I've reviewed it on congokid.com. Some of the other more traditional restaurants on the lane can do 'over 300 different dishes' - but I wonder if they can do any of them well.
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Good Restaurant in Brick Lane?
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 22:41:46 +0100 Lines: 13 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10723 On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 11:56:48 +0100, "Andrew" opined: >I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick >Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a restaurant >that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. > I had an excellent meal in the DAWAAT, 60-62 Brick Lane, a couple of weeks ago.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 22 Oct 2002 08:25:54 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10741 Andrew wrote in message news:... > Dear All, > > > I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick > Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a restaurant > that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. > > Many thanks > Andrew without doubt gram bangla for authentic bangladeshi food (especially fish dishes). I have had some of the best food I've ever eaten in there - they will probably gently try and steer you away from from some of the bony varieties of fish because they assume you won't like them but just ignore that (unless you don't like bones, of course). You can see the food before you choose. Sweet and spicy is also very good - unpretentious pakistani food. If I'm in the area i will always make the effort to walk the short distance to tayyaab's in fieldgate street (near the hospital) - gorgeous pakistani food. The place is permanently backed with pakistani families. (check out the red brick victorian doss house next door, where stalin used to stay when he lived in london). martin Article 10803 of uk.food+drink.indian:
NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Oct 2002 18:20:38 GMT X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10803 Andrew wrote: > Dear All, > > > I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick > Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a restaurant > that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. > > Many thanks > Andrew > > Sweet and Spicy is our haunt every Friday lunch time, unless it is packed out and then it is usually the Shalimar or Saliques. Steve Article 10816 of uk.food+drink.indian:
On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:15:28 +0100, "Steven Grace" Someone wrote: > >Andrew wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> >> I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick >> Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a >restaurant >> that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. >> >> Many thanks >> Andrew >> >> > >Sweet and Spicy is our haunt every Friday lunch time, unless it is packed >out and then it is usually the Shalimar or Saliques. > Now that is interesting. 5 or 6 years ago, we ate at Salique's regularly. The last time we were there, about 2 years ago, the quality seemed to have diminished strongly, so we stopped going. Has it changed again, for the better? I ask, because my better half loved the CTM there. The tikka had definitely been cooked in the tandoor, and the sauce was a smoky, creamy heaven. Regards Mike
NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Oct 2002 08:25:15 GMT X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10861 Andrew wrote: > Dear All, > > > I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick > Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a restaurant > that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. > > Many thanks > Andrew There are some good restautants in Brick Lane but mostly they are of the "Friday night" type. If it has to be Brick Lane then The Famous Curry Bazaar 77 Brick Lane These two are not in Brick Lane but they are not "Friday night" type either. The Bombay Brasserie http://www.bombaybrasserielondon.com/ Les Portes des Indes restaurant, in Marble Arch, London Look half way down this page http://www.tvu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/news_mar3.html
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 10:14:33 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.00-U (<kEaebBmCMBA6BwlBYb4WQugcz7>) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10863 In article , Steven Grace Someone wrote: > >Andrew wrote: >> I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick >> Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a >restaurant >> that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. >Sweet and Spicy is our haunt every Friday lunch time, unless it is packed >out and then it is usually the Shalimar or Saliques. If no one's mentioned it yet (can't remember if I have either), Cafe Spice Namaste on Prescott Street near Tower Hill is a notch above your average curry house. I've reviewed it on congokid.com
NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Oct 2002 07:01:16 GMT X-Complaints-To: [email removed] X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:10896 Mike R. wrote: > On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 19:15:28 +0100, "Steven Grace" > Someone wrote: > > > > >Andrew wrote: > >> Dear All, > >> > >> > >> I would be grateful if anyone could recommend a good restaurant in Brick > >> Lane London, I love to cook Indian food and would like to find a > >restaurant > >> that does some unusual food, not the "Friday night" type of restaurant. > >> > >> Many thanks > >> Andrew > >> > >> > > > >Sweet and Spicy is our haunt every Friday lunch time, unless it is packed > >out and then it is usually the Shalimar or Saliques. > > > > Now that is interesting. 5 or 6 years ago, we ate at Salique's > regularly. The last time we were there, about 2 years ago, the > quality seemed to have diminished strongly, so we stopped going. Has > it changed again, for the better? > We may be getting our Saliques mixed up. There used to be a very good Saliques on the corner of Hanbury Street which I used quite frequently for entertaining, it was very much in the mould of the high street curry house although the food was usually of a higher standard than generally found. This Saliques had a stage or dais and was marketed towards the western consumer. The Saliques that I use now is on the opposite side of Brick Lane, a few doors down from The Bengal Gram and The Shalimar. The food and decor is very much more adapted to the ethnic community. Although it is good, I still think that the Sweet and Spicy is tops. I was there on Friday and the Karahi Ghosht was as excellent as usual though the chilli quantity did seem a little higher than usual. > I ask, because my better half loved the CTM there. The tikka had > definitely been cooked in the tandoor, and the sauce was a smoky, > creamy heaven. I don't recall the current Saliques having CTM on the menu but I will have a gander next time I am there. Steve Article 10863 of uk.food+drink.indian: