Drove up to Manchester for dinner at the Curry Mile (basically a long road with plenty Indian restaurants on both sides) and then off to the airport to pick his parents. I was well impressed with the number of South Asian restaurants located along both sides of the street. The Curry Mile is a nickname for the part of Wilmslow Road running through Rusholme. But the largest concentration would be the Indian curry houses. I saw quite a lot of take-aways and kebab houses too.
I like the restaurants here, particularly this one where we dined at. Friendly waiter got us a table almost immediately as we walked in, unlike the one we went in Notts where the waiter was quite arrogant and gave us THE look when we said we didn't make any reservations. Try telling my friends and family back at home, whoever needs to book for a curry ever? Ridiculous. Anyway, we were browsing through the menu and minute later we got our drinks and the papadum, even before ordering them. I like it because I was really starving from the journey from Notts that took 3,123 hours (maybe not that long, did take longer than usual due to the road works and heavy Friday traffic). Check out the stuff that came with our papadum. I love the mango chutneys! Papadum was crispy and not oily, unlike the ones covered with grease at the curry place in Notts.
Pulau rice was really good and I enjoyed it a lot along with my curries.
We had the chicken Jalfrezi and this was easily the best I have ever had. Very original and had some thick sauce. A bit spicy too.
Next up was the lamb Madras, very good and quite spicy too. Proper curry should taste some spiciness if they should be spicy. Not like some curry houses where they claim its spicy but I really find them bland. I had a "token one drop sweat" that night, acknowledging that the curries were a little spicy and it's good.
I took a picture of this for Belle to show her how they serve the naan bread here. Haha I found them ridiculous and super funny, reminded me of a restaurant in the Gordon Ramsay- Kitchen Nightmares programme on a curry house in Notts sometime back. He hated the naan bread stand. I still can't accept this stand, why??? Anyway, the bread didn't taste good, still miles away from Pak Putra in Melaka. Good value for money, bill came just under 20quid including drinks (no alcohol).
Happy pleased face with a proper curry for dinner. I was tempted to order a chicken Vindaloo for dessert. :P
