Namaasté Kitchen, Camden – restaurant review
Namaasté Kitchen is the new restaurant concept from The Salaam Namaste Group. This latest venture is just a few yards from Camden Town Underground station...
Café Spice Namasté: Cookbook by Cyrus Todiwala – review
There is an Indian restaurant just a stone’s throw from Tower Bridge. A red brick building, imposing steps to self-important doors, stained glass, high ceilings...
Vatch’s Thai Street Food by Vatcharin Bhumichitr – review
Vatch’s Thai Street Food is a lovely large-format volume with brilliant food and travelogue photography by Martin Brigdale and Somachi Phongphaisarnkit. Vatch is in fact...
Thali, Old Brompton Road – restaurant review
This should, in all honesty, be the shortest restaurant review you will ever read. Unbeatable for its genre. Go before the tables need to be...
Cinnamon Kitchen – The Cookbook by Vivek Singh – review
Cinnamon Kitchen is another of the restaurants in chef Vivek Singh’s empire. Cinnamon Club in Westminster has long been the classy and dark-polished-wood Indian restaurant...
Masala Zone Fulham – restaurant review
The very first Masala Zone restaurant was the Soho branch which opened in 2000. There are now 7 Masala Zones in London with more to...
Mango Lounge – Windsor – restaurant review
Windsor isn’t the first place one might think to visit when one is struck by an overpowering urge to eat Indian food, not just any...
Indian Zing, Hammersmith – restaurant review
We might be wooed into the misconception that all the finest restaurants are to be found uniquely in central London. This particular gem is in...
Tandav Indian Restaurant, Sutton – review
The Kerala Group was started by Mr. Haridas, more than 30 years ago. Often described as impresario, restaurateur and philanthropist, he started his career at...
Indian Superfood by Gurpareet Bains – review
Gurpareet Bains shot to fame with international press coverage in September of 2009 when he unveiled ‘The World’s Healthiest Meal’. Now he has turned his...
Massala Indian Dining, Surrey – restaurant review
Cobham, Surrey: a new magnet for those seeking a fine Indian dining experience. One looks at this green and leafy corner of the Home Counties...
Zan Zi Bar Pub and Restaurant – review
[This venue is now closed] There are plenty of good restaurants in Central London. Easy transport links and familiar territory, but there are sometimes gems...
La Porte des Indes – restaurant review
[This venue is now closed] Some restaurants are good, there are a few that are noteworthy, there are others that have memorable food and more...
Seasoning Restaurant 2010 – review
My advice would be to book your table now! Seasoning will very soon be busting at the seams with discerning customers who are looking for...
Thailand – A World of Flavours by Christine Watson – review
The author of Thailand – A World of Flavours is Christine Watson. The name doesn’t sound very Thai or even Asian but, in fact, Christine...
Thai Street Food by David Thompson – review
Street food is comfort. We in the UK might be drawn to the smell of fried onions wafting from a burger cart outside the local...
Cocum – Keralan Hampton Court – restaurant review
This amazing newcomer stands just by Hampton Court Bridge on a quiet but classy side road away from the buzzing traffic and hordes of tourists....
Vegetarian Cooking of India by Mridula Baljekar – review
Mridula Baljekar presents us with another superb example of her skill as a food writer. Vegetarian Cooking of India is the latest in a string...
Curry Easy by Madhur Jaffrey – review
Too many years ago, Madhur Jaffrey graced our screens. For anyone with a litre or more of Indian genetic material it was a revelation. Yes,...
Paneer Snacks by Tarla Dalal – review
Hasn’t food in the UK come a long way? We now know what an aubergine is. Most of us enjoy trying new dishes, and Indian...