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Blah vegeterian restaurant
For a lunch time treat, two of us decided to visit Blah
x 3. It must be said that we were influenced in our choice by the Indian bent
of this recently established vegetarian restaurant.
The restaurant was empty save for the two of us. We
were initially served by an Italian waitress but the boss lady, an Indian
woman then took over when we tried to go off piste with our meal choices. The
menu is limited and it must be said relatively pricey - £10.95 the standard
charge for a main course. However, they are licensed and we chose bottled
Cobra at £4.75 a pint.
The menu was limited to a choice of four starters plus soup;
and five main courses and we had hoped that previous blackboard specials, such as
samosas and dosai would be available. They were not on the formal menu but we
sweet talked the manageress into rustling up some samosas for us. From the
menu I had vegetarian kebabs with strips of pitta and a delicious fresh
salad. The kebabs were in the Indian style and were accompanied by a yoghourt
sauce and a sweet chilli sauce - excellent.
My companion had as his starter, Savoury Lentil Rice Cake, a scrumptious
flavoursome cake made with rice and lentil flour, peas, marrow, carrots,
sweet potatoes and green chilli. finished with roasted sesame seeds mustard
seeds and curry leaves, served with spicy green chutney and tomato sauce.
We then had some delicious fresh samosas, made especially for us. Piping hot
and served with a mango chutney these were well worth the wait. These were
followed by the Kashmiri vegetable curry made with coconut sauce and served
with rice and mango chutney and mini papadoms. Again, the quality of the food was first rate.
Overall, this was a pleasant experience - the food was of very good quality,
if on the pricey side. The ambiance was as one would expect it for a
restaurant with just one table occupied at lunch-time. I wonder what the
Friday jazz evenings are like.
Our assessment is, out of 5 stars:
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1st May 2013
