A gastro-restaurant spent a lot on a modern refurbishment of this village inn but it failed after a sell-off. It has just been taken over by an Indian Restaurant and Take-Away service, free delivery within 5 miles.
With high hopes we ordered four take-away dishes that we thought would showcase their skills. They arrived quarter an hour before the agreed time, piping hot, each container labelled and filled to over-brimming with generous good sized portions.
Unfortunately from then on it was down hill. The three meat dishes were swimming in the same colour and flavour sauce. The meat itself was differently flavoured and textured, the spices flavourings were indistinct and muddled and the other ingredients over cooked pulp without shape or texture. The lamb in the Bahari Murgh was evenly sliced and cut into strips that suggested it was a pre-cooked joint re-heated for the dish. The Duck Mirchi had a marinated texture but was indistinct. The fish in the Bongo Shagor was on the bone, had a good strong dried fish flavour, but was impossible to take off without taking bone with it. The main flat fish was indeterminate. The Vegetable Dansak was an utter disgrace, just odd chunks of left-over vegetable and oh yes two chunks of pineapple but no discernable lentil dall.
Compared to the rank oil gloup that other Indian Restaurants serve up, their sauce had a pleasant flavour.
The fore-warnings of an overly large menu trying to include every possible dish known to the English proved correct. Unfortunately despite a very posh setting this is more of the same and fails to deliver distinct dishes, freshly cooked to order and reflecting their particular regional style of cooking. Sad.
