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Friday, November 17, 2006

Tandoori Raj, Red Lion Street, Holborn

Poppadoms: 6/10
  • Arrived without prompting, but only one and it was on the bill
  • Slightly tired looking onion thing (and with cucumber, so I left it alone)
  • Mango chutney tasted OK - not too sugary and nice and sour - but a bit runny so hard too eat on brittle poppadoms
  • Lime and aubergine pickle - dry, salty, nice and spicy but a bit hard to eat due to saltiness and general lack of appeal of aubergine
Starter: "Raj Mix" 3/10
  • Tiny onion bhaji
  • Tiny little bit of lamb tikka
  • Tiny little bit of chicken tikka
  • Small, clearly from-a-packet, vegetable samosa
Main course: 7/10
  • Balti lamb tikka bhuna - at 11.95 tied for the most expensive item on the menu. Taste good, meat very tender. Not a lot of balti (couple of little bits of onion and green pepper, small sprinkling of coriander)
  • Came with really excellent naan - light, soft, brushed with butter
Sundry: 7/10
  • Tarka dall - nice and sloppy (and a bit buttery, as advertised on the menu) with a bit of hotness, but a bit starchy, garlic raw rather than fried and no onion or mustard seeds
Liquid:
  • Big bottle of kingfisher - hard to go wrong
  • Noticed bottles of wine behind the bar with custom labels - classy or what?
Value for money: 3/10
  • The above was passable enough but not worth 27 GBP exc service. Better food and more generous portions are available not far away at Euston.

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