Sunday, February 10, 2008

Taste of India


We were planning to eat at the pie and mash shop, but when we got there, found it had been replaced by a new and shiny GBK. Never fear, the sign next door claimed to have an All you can Eat buffet with 12 different items, all for £4.95.

Food

The food is definitely British Indian. As expected, the 12 “items” weren’t really all that grand, with chutney and rice counted as 2 items. Here’s what was on offer:

  • salad - boring lettuce.
  • tandoori chicken - best meat dish of the day. Tender chicken pieces with a slight tinge of tandoori.
  • peas and potatoes - slightly gravy like.
  • curried chicken - very sweet, chicken was hard
  • chickpea stew - stock standard, not much taste
  • vegetable curry - best overall dish. This actually had real spicing and was very tasty.
  • fried pumpkin parcel - if this was fresh it would be quite wonderful, but this was bain-marie fried stuff, so not nice at all.
  • naan - again, very hard due to spending time in the bain-marie.
  • rice - at least they got this right.

I also ordered a sweet lassi, which was pale, watery and didn’t taste like it had any spicing added to it at all.

Rating - 4.5

Atmosphere

This was situated in Greenwich afterall, but it actually got quite busy. It’s quite a small, intimate space, with tablecloth and cutlery. It’s certainly not your rough and ready Indian joint.

Rating - 1.5

Service

The wait staff were not very helpful. They were probably surprised that such a large group of people actually wanted to eat there on a Monday lunch. They couldn’t put a table together for us, so we had to do it ourselves. Our drinks were slow, and they didn’t really explain anything to us at all.

Rating - 2

C-factor

£4.95 buffet lunch, we ended up footing £8 p.p. and really didn’t eat that much. Most people had one full plate and I had 2 half plates, that was the extent. You can’t really pile up on Indian anyhow.

Rating - 1

Brownie Points - 9

Info

43 Greenwich Church St
London
SE10 9BL
Phone +44 (0) 20 8858 2668

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