Spices, Chapel Market

Overall: 6/10

Poppadoms: 7/10

• Not quite crunchy enough
• Generous portion of lime pickle. Might have been a little bit hotter, but otherwise excellent
• The rest basically as usual

Starter: Gosht lazeez 5/10

• Little bits of lamb apparently in a thick, sour gingery sauce.
• Not at all hot
• Overcooked

Chicken Naga Masala: 5/10

• "The traditional ingredient from Bangle Desh. The fresh exciting taste prapared with special hot bengal chillies to satisfy everyone from madras to extremely hot"
• Confirmed all my prejudices about the pointlessness of chicken curry
• Chicken was overcooked and dry
• Was asked if I wanted it madras-hot or hotter. Chose the former and it might as well not have had any chilli in at all. What a waste

Pilau rice: 7/10

• Nice and buttery, but not very spiced and a bit too al-dente for my taste

Rose Lassi: 8/10

• Delicious, like yoghurty turkish delight, but not cold enough

Venue: 7/10

• Bog standard curry house. Just what the doctor ordered

Service: 7/10

• Good. A little over-attentive but then I was the only customer in there at 6.30pm.
• Bloke who seemed to be the proprietor was a good lad. Had a wee chat about running a curry house. Had to lie and tell him the food was really good.

Value for money: 7/10

• Under 17 quid (ex. tip) for the lot seems reasonable