The sign outside is of the same design as "Curry Paradise" in Hampstead (which q.v.) and the menu seemed quite similar - maybe they have the same owner. The restaurant was quite pleasant inside for a bog-standard curry house, except for the slightly bilious yellow colour of the walls.
I opened with a couple of poppadoms about which there is not much to say, except perhaps that the lime pickle was made with fine shreds of lime peel rather than big lumps and had big bits of chilli too. It was slightly too salty for my taste, though.
Next the "mixed starter": three little bits of chicken tikka, three of lamb tikka and a small samosa. Meat was under-spiced and just a tiny bit undercooked (I like my tandoori quite dry). It came with minty yoghurt which was about the same colour as the aforementioned walls. Samosa was pretty good - dense and meaty - though also a bit under-spiced.
Main course just lamb dhansak and pilau rice. Dhansak looked good - appealingly dark colour, with still-separate chana dall rather than lentil-y sludge, slightly glossy with ghee but not oily - but it was a big disappointment. The sauce was bland, with none of the promised sourness, and the lamb was so fatty as to be quite unpleasant.
To drink, just a sweet lassi. This was excellent - sour, yoghurty, just a little bit sweet. My only complaint is that it was lukewarm rather than cold as usual.
At a shade under 16 quid, it was pretty good value, but I don't expect to return. Fortunately there are two more curry shops just over the road to try next.
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