Friday, April 04, 2008

Out with new friends


We went to the The Polash on Friday night.
When I first moved to the area, this place was the pits. Uninteresting bland food that was a poor example of what India cuisine could be. However since their re-vamp a couple of years ago, everyone who goes has been happy with it.
I've prefer to cook my curries at home but I have been a few times and loved the food and the atmosphere every time.

We booked our table for 8:30pm (Always best to book, its gets very busy) A handsome expensively dressed waiter in a D & G belt showed us to our table and took our drinks order. Before he was back to take our order, they had been delivered. In many other restaurants I'd have taken this as a sign that they expect to be using the table again on the same night. Not in this one, nothing was rushed but everything came to the table promptly. Food was hot, freshly cooked and delicious. We had poppadoms and the chutney tray, onion bajhees, chicken tikka marsala, prawn korma and a prawn madras, sides were Peshawari naan. Everything was perfect, no cause to complain, no ifs or butts. We all had a great time.

The bill was a reasonable £66 for 4 of us. Now that's what I call good value for money.

The Royal William, Cranham

Oh what a shame!
Before you read this post you should read my last one on this venue. It was great.
We decided to re-visit this place because our local pub was so crowded and yet again minimal bar staff so we couldn't get served.

The Good

Friendly staff
Good choice of menu
Homemade Faggots
Fantastic local cheeses
Ample car parking

The Bad

The lack of imagination of the chef...stir fried vegetables turned out to be circles of carrots and broccoli...carrots circles in a stir fry...how strange is that??
The small child who was being encouraged by her family to get louder and louder (it was after 8pm)
Member of staff back to employing students who was either over the top efficient or down right rude when blatantly talking about us, facing us and making eye contact while doing so ( I am very very good at lip reading!)

The Food

Chicken & Chorizo with stir fried vegetables
Homemade Faggots with new potatoes carrot cirlces and broccoli
Local produced cheese 'n' biscuits served with grapes
Sticky toffee and pecan pudding served with ice cream

Note to self....find new places to eat out!