The Ultimate Nepalese Cook Book by Pemba Lama – review
“Bravest of the brave, most generous of generous, never had a country more faithful friends than you.” – Sir Ralph Turner, quoted on the Gurkha...
Complete Indian Cooking by Mridula Baljekar – review
No complaints from this cookbook reviewer. This is just the kind of book that I seek out and enjoy. Practical, that’s the word. Colourful and...
Seasoning Indian Restaurant – Fulham, 2012 – review
It’s rare that I visit restaurants more that once for reviews. If I do it’s because they have food festivals to cover, an event to...
Mr. Todiwala’s Kitchen – Terminal 5 Hilton – restaurant review
There are many Mr. Todiwalas strewn around the world but there is also “THE” Mr. Todiwala. It’s a familiar name to those who know anything...
My Indian Kitchen by Hari Nayak – review
Even the title holds out great hope for the oft-confused home cook – My Indian Kitchen. We are looking for books written with us in...
Reza’s Indian Spice – restaurant review
There are a few chefs in Britain who are icons of the industry and recognised by just their first name. There is the forceful “Gordon”,...
Zenna Bar, Soho – review
Dean Street is a famed Soho thoroughfare. It runs between the retail hub of Oxford Street to the north and Shaftesbury Avenue to the south....
Café Spice Namasté: Khaadras Club Night – review
In the seventh century, Arab armies conquered Persia (now Iran). Some Zoroastrians were converted to Islam whilst others fled to India. They settled in the...
The Yellow Chilli Cookbook by Sanjeev Kapoor – review
It’s a cookbook by the celebrated Indian TV chef Sanjeev Kapoor, so it’s bound to be full of delicious innovation and temptation. But my dear...
Kebabs and Tikkis by Tarla Dalal – review
I can understand why Tarla Dalal is such a very popular writer in India. She sells more books than any other author of any genre....
Triphal Indian Restaurant – Southfields – review
Sarkhel’s was a celebrated Indian restaurant in Southfields, between Wandsworth and Wimbledon. That restaurant has now closed but it’s a strange irony that some of...
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...
Chor Bizarre, Mayfair – restaurant review
(This restaurant is now closed). Chor Bizarre – Mayfair’s most striking Indian dining spot – is a legend, at least with those who have crossed...
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...
Dishoom for breakfast butties and a cuppa – review
For breakfast North Indians usually like to have Paratha which is a type of flatbread, stuffed with vegetables and spices and dry-fried, eaten with fresh...
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...