Tuesday 28 July 2015

.            Dal          matter paneer     panchmishali

When we came to Aberdeen together for the first time nearly three years ago, our flight from Gatwick had been considerably delayed which meant that we did not arrive in the city centre until after 11pm.

Desperate for something to eat, we tramped the length of Union Street to be told by restaurant after restaurant that they were closed or had passed last orders until we came to one called Bollywood Tandoori, a lovely tandoori restaurant.  Not only were they open but the meal was memorable, so good in fact that we were very keen to go back last night.

We got there, went downstairs into the dining room to find it nearly empty with only one table occupied.  We asked for a table to be told we could indeed have one but they could not serve wine or beer as their licence had ‘expired’.

Tough choice as we loved the food but did fancy a glass of wine with it so left.  We had however noticed a huge ‘Tandoori’ sign not far down the street so went there to find a new restaurant called ‘Cumin Tandoori’.  It looked very nice with a very modern décor and when we asked, yes it was indeed quite new, having opened about a year and a half ago.

Food was excellent, service solicitous, and prices reasonable so well worth a visit.  Particularly nice was the Panchmishali, a dish made with lamb, chicken, prawns, tomatoes and mushrooms (pretty sure ‘panch’ means 5)