NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:53:13 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.02-S (<jE$KyAHRO04wQzh6RrhWjsGR0T>) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:18407 In article , Elaine Jones Someone wrote: >Quoting from message > posted on 31 Oct 2004 by Gareth > I would like to add: >> Does anyone know of good but relatively inexpensive (or reasonably priced) >> south Indian restaurants near/in London - Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, >> Hampshire, outer London? (snip) >mention has been made in the >past of Ghurka/Nepalese in Hampshire I ate at the Gurkha Square in Fleet, Hants. about 2.5 years ago when a friend of mine lived there; it was excellent. If it's still there and still as good I'd recommend it. Regards, Andrew.
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South Indian restaurants in/near London?
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 17:18:12 +0000 (UTC) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:18417 Gareth wrote in message news:... > Does anyone know of good but relatively inexpensive (or reasonably priced) > south Indian restaurants near/in London - Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, > Hampshire, outer London? > > I would like to try something other than the very enjoyable UK Bangladeshi > cuisine but I'm having a problem identifying somewhere affordable (the > Bombay Brasserie is an interesting but over priced and actually quite > limited choice). Tooting's Radha Krishna Bhavan is astonishingly good value, and there are plenty of other places to try round there too. I'd say most of Tooting's restaurant's are vegetarian, about half south indian or sri lankan (Jaffna House, Amma), and half Gujarati (Milan, Kastoori). There are a few 'non-veg' places in the north indian Punjabi or Pakistani stles. Interestingly what I *don't* think you can find in Tooting is Bangladeshis cooking UK-Punjabi cuisine, which is typically the *only* thing you find on most high streets :)
LarryLard wrote: >Gareth wrote in message news:... >> Does anyone know of good but relatively inexpensive (or reasonably priced) >> south Indian restaurants near/in London - Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, >> Hampshire, outer London? >> >> I would like to try something other than the very enjoyable UK Bangladeshi >> cuisine but I'm having a problem identifying somewhere affordable (the >> Bombay Brasserie is an interesting but over priced and actually quite >> limited choice). > >Tooting's Radha Krishna Bhavan is astonishingly good value, and there >are plenty of other places to try round there too. I'd say most of >Tooting's restaurant's are vegetarian, about half south indian or sri >lankan (Jaffna House, Amma), and half Gujarati (Milan, Kastoori). I'll second that. Radha Krishna Bavan, IIRC, is related to another, more expensive restaurant in Great Russell Street, WC?. Not vegetarian, either. The Jaffna House (Sri Lankan) does great crab curry, very cheap, in the downstairs cafe. >There are a few 'non-veg' places in the north indian Punjabi or >Pakistani stles. Interestingly what I *don't* think you can find in >Tooting is Bangladeshis cooking UK-Punjabi cuisine, which is typically >the *only* thing you find on most high streets :) I thought I had seen a place like that in amongst the South Indian ones, but I may be mistaken. Someone in here (Steven Grace?) recently recommended a South Indian restaurant called Kerala, near Oxford Circus. Can't remember how expensive it was though. A Google search should bring up the reference. If you want to try genuine South Indian vegetarian food, the number 1 place in my London list is the Dhiwana Bhel Puri House in Drummond Street, by Euston station.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 19:23:14 +0000 Message-ID: Lines: 16 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:18459 Gareth wrote: > Does anyone know of good but relatively inexpensive (or reasonably priced) > south Indian restaurants near/in London - Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, > Hampshire, outer London? > > I would like to try something other than the very enjoyable UK Bangladeshi > cuisine but I'm having a problem identifying somewhere affordable (the > Bombay Brasserie is an interesting but over priced and actually quite > limited choice). > > Gareth. > Try Palm Palace in Southall, Middlesex. I have a Goan friend who's been and has said it's very good. There are also many other smaller restaurants in Southall that would do South Indian food... Article 5841 of uk.food+drink.restaurants:
NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 14:25:33 EST Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:24:39 +0000 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu uk.food+drink.indian:18419 John H. wrote: > Andrew M. wrote: >>In article , Elaine Jones >>Someone wrote: >>>Quoting from message >>> posted on 31 Oct 2004 by Gareth >>> I would like to add: >>>> Does anyone know of good but relatively inexpensive (or reasonably priced) >>>> south Indian restaurants near/in London - Surrey, Middlesex, Berkshire, >>>> Hampshire, outer London? >>(snip) >> >>>mention has been made in the >>>past of Ghurka/Nepalese in Hampshire > >I think these are mostly within a few miles of Aldershot. Presumably >they were mostly started by Gurkhas leaving the army who had been based >there. >> >>I ate at the Gurkha Square in Fleet, Hants. about 2.5 years ago when a >>friend of mine lived there; it was excellent. If it's still there and >>still as good I'd recommend it. > >There's also a very good one in Farnborough called, IIRC, the Gurkha >Palace. And having tried both I preferred the one in Farnborough. The black lentils are especially wonderful. My opinion may be biased because the Gurkha Palace had rather more vegetarian dishes on the menu. They are both good restaurants.