Narborough_fox Posted 12 October 2010 Posted 12 October 2010 Spice 45, very very nice. The heritage, avoid. decent food (at best) but it doesn't feel like an indian, poor service as well. Both Narborough, also Monsoon but never been. One in Cosby as well (Bangla Lodge, i think.) which is very very nice.
iBleedLeicesterColours Posted 12 October 2010 Posted 12 October 2010 Spice 45, very very nice. The heritage, avoid. decent food (at best) but it doesn't feel like an indian, poor service as well. Both Narborough, also Monsoon but never been. One in Cosby as well (Bangla Lodge, i think.) which is very very nice. Spice 45 agreed! Also Aspects at The Plough in Enderby. Aspects in enderby. Bit pricey, but top nosh Just realized you beat me to posting this.
bluefox9er Posted 12 October 2010 Author Posted 12 October 2010 Shit then? The Taraj in Syston is as good as anywhere. ..well i was hoping to not say publicly that the spice of india in syston is shit..ooops!
Samilktray Posted 12 October 2010 Posted 12 October 2010 Shit then? The Taraj in Syston is as good as anywhere. Taraj is awful, Spice is the only 1 in Syston worth eating at.
stix Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Spice of india-Wigston Meadows Little india-arnesby(the same people own spice of india too, never had a bad meal in either) Grand Durbar-melton road(not been for a good while but always good) Leeja Palace-Oadby Poppadoms-Welford Road Ruchita's-uppingham Road I love me some indian food!! As you can probably tell!
Tommy G Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Bangla Pride in Hinckley TK Balti House on Greenlane Road - WORLD CLASS & CHEAP! Shimla Pinks if you've just been paid, brilliant.
Master Fox Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 It has to be the Cyprus Kebab shop. By far the best
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Bangla Pride in Hinckley TK Balti House on Greenlane Road - WORLD CLASS & CHEAP! Shimla Pinks if you've just been paid, brilliant. I haven't been to many indian restuarants, most in leicester I have found quite ordinary, luckily the mrs likes cooking!! Best Veggie food is the Sikh Temples, even with just daal and roti, the food is equisite BUT interm of restaurants, i've been to sakonis, jaal, indigo, vashnu dabha, sharmilees, amritsar. |the best out of that lot is probably amritsar! Vashnu dabha is very cheap but has recently changed owners Non veg, been to most in leicester, my mates got share in Shimla Pinks so been quite a few time, tiffin is another good one, paprika on it's day can be very good, harmony is bollocks, curry fever is also good on its day, namaste is average, grand durbur can be good on it's day!!
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 It has to be the Cyprus Kebab shop. By far the best Yep, you get a surprise with every meal, it's like buying a happy meal for Mcdonalds and realising that you got something shit with your meal!!
Tommy G Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I haven't been to many indian restuarants, most in leicester I have found quite ordinary, luckily the mrs likes cooking!! Best Veggie food is the Sikh Temples, even with just daal and roti, the food is equisite BUT interm of restaurants, i've been to sakonis, jaal, indigo, vashnu dabha, sharmilees, amritsar. |the best out of that lot is probably amritsar! Vashnu dabha is very cheap but has recently changed owners Non veg, been to most in leicester, my mates got share in Shimla Pinks so been quite a few time, tiffin is another good one, paprika on it's day can be very good, harmony is bollocks, curry fever is also good on its day, namaste is average, grand durbur can be good on it's day!! ''Good on it's day'' Interesting review of a restaurant. If something is good then it will be good everyday, otherwise it's not classed as good surely?!
Master Fox Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Yep, you get a surprise with every meal, it's like buying a happy meal for Mcdonalds and realising that you got something shit with your meal!! 'something shit' You dont know what you're talking about.
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 ''Good on it's day'' Interesting review of a restaurant. If something is good then it will be good everyday, otherwise it's not classed as good surely?! Very true, but you can imagine how many chefs etc cook your meal and depending on which day you go, you may not even get a chef thats cooking your food, like Shimla Pinks only use to have one proper chef, whenever we use to go we use to ask if the chef was in, if he wasn't we stuck to tandooried food. Like I said most places are fairly ordinary, and on occassions sometimes there really good and on other occassions fairly ordinary!! It's just my opinion, I haven't found a place that offers the same quality for all there dishes, all the time, in Leicester!!
Alexikokopops Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Drive to Lincolnshire and go to Mowgli's in Metheringham. SORTED
Tommy G Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I think that if any ''white british'' people went to india they probably wouldn't recognise, or have even tried anything off a menu there, especially in the non tourist areas. I'm sure an Indian guy might be able to clear this one up. I highly doubt you could go in and order a Tikka Masala with Pilau Rice and a Garlic Naan. Would be interesting to see the different slant an indian restaurant in the UK has on ''traditional'' indian food back in India. Do they have a chain of Toby's Carvery's in India so the reseacrh can be done from both perspectives!
Fosse Boy Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Swatlands in Glenfield is lovely. I also like The Curry House on London Road. Used to be a regular haunt a couple of years back. Not been out for a good curry in ages.
Alexikokopops Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I think that if any ''white british'' people went to india they probably wouldn't recognise, or have even tried anything off a menu there, especially in the non tourist areas. I'm sure an Indian guy might be able to clear this one up. I highly doubt you could go in and order a Tikka Masala with Pilau Rice and a Garlic Naan. Would be interesting to see the different slant an indian restaurant in the UK has on ''traditional'' indian food back in India. Do they have a chain of Toby's Carvery's in India so the reseacrh can be done from both perspectives! As if to prove your point, Tikka Masala is a gloriously British invention Also, if I'm not mistaken, a lot of Indian restaurants are own my Bangladeshi people. Well, the one in my parents village and the few on my street in Twickenham.
Chairman of the Bored Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Swatlands. There's one in Glenfield and Oadby. The one in Glenfield is better but both very nice. The Swatlands in Glenfield has changed its name to Sands. Food just as good.
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I think that if any ''white british'' people went to india they probably wouldn't recognise, or have even tried anything off a menu there, especially in the non tourist areas. I'm sure an Indian guy might be able to clear this one up. I highly doubt you could go in and order a Tikka Masala with Pilau Rice and a Garlic Naan. Would be interesting to see the different slant an indian restaurant in the UK has on ''traditional'' indian food back in India. Do they have a chain of Toby's Carvery's in India so the reseacrh can be done from both perspectives! Tikka masala is a british product, the last time I went to the punjab only the posh touristy restaurants did it. Tikka is a dry dish and the way it's cooked shouldn't really be added to a curry, because the dry tandooried meat or veg's taste will be overshadowed by the sauce of the curry. Pilau rice and garlic naan is standard. The dishes vary from all states in india, each has its own twang on things in the indian subcontinent. It's fair to say the british indian cuisine is customised for here, and the over there they customize there cuisine for there people. There are loads of restaurant in birmingham that offer cuisine that covers various regions of the indian subcontinent that is not unique to that region but unique in comparison to the UK!!
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 As if to prove your point, Tikka Masala is a gloriously British invention Also, if I'm not mistaken, a lot of Indian restaurants are own my Bangladeshi people. Well, the one in my parents village and the few on my street in Twickenham. Most restauranteurs in the UK are from Bangladesh, being a restaurantuer or a chef isn't considered a high level of calibre or work in many regions of the indian subcontinent, but Bangladeshi's certainly have thrived in the UK with there restuarant business!!
Tommy G Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 Tikka masala is a british product, the last time I went to the punjab only the posh touristy restaurants did it. Tikka is a dry dish and the way it's cooked shouldn't really be added to a curry, because the dry tandooried meat or veg's taste will be overshadowed by the sauce of the curry. Pilau rice and garlic naan is standard. The dishes vary from all states in india, each has its own twang on things in the indian subcontinent. It's fair to say the british indian cuisine is customised for here, and the over there they customize there cuisine for there people. There are loads of restaurant in birmingham that offer cuisine that covers various regions of the indian subcontinent that is not unique to that region but unique in comparison to the UK!! I actually find that quite facinating, i'm not being sarcastic either! I can see why Indian people complain about why the restaurants serve''plain'' food whereas a lot of ''white british'' people see Indian food as a treat and a type of cuisine like Italian or Chinese is a type. Might demolish a dirty curry tonight now,
Webbo Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I've worked in loads of Asians' peoples houses. If I ever talk about rogan josh or jalfrezi they say they've never heard of it. On the occasions I've eaten in their houses the food they serve is nothing like what you get in a restaurant. Having said that my missus never cooks most of the stuff Gordon Ramsey cooks.
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I actually find that quite facinating, i'm not being sarcastic either! I can see why Indian people complain about why the restaurants serve''plain'' food whereas a lot of ''white british'' people see Indian food as a treat and a type of cuisine like Italian or Chinese is a type. Might demolish a dirty curry tonight now, Ordinary is the right word, for us punjabi's going and seeing the same dishes or similar dishes to ones cooked at home and not really much better makes it abit boring. Where as, I would prefer going to a steak restaurant and having a steak, or beef wellington etc, which isn't something that we used to have really cooked. At the end of the day, it's what ever get's your taste buds going, and what you consider good food and value!!
Dr The Singh Posted 13 October 2010 Posted 13 October 2010 I've worked in loads of Asians' peoples houses. If I ever talk about rogan josh or jalfrezi they say they've never heard of it. On the occasions I've eaten in their houses the food they serve is nothing like what you get in a restaurant. Having said that my missus never cooks most of the stuff Gordon Ramsey cooks. There just names, it's the same curry base, with added twist. Either way at home we would never bother with the twists, and rather make an additional curry!!
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