Food and cockroaches

No, so far no creepy-crawlies or terrifying spiders!:) but huge amounts of dust. So every time I opened my eyes at night (of course I couldn't sleep properly because of the jet-lag) I thought I could feel someone creeping over me. At one point I woke up in terror as something swept across my back.......it was J's hand nervously moving in sleep:)!

Anyway what else did you expect me to start blogging about?!:)). Now to the more important topic - food, or more specific - curry (I can just see your, people, months start salivating no;). First curry was consumed on the plane (not bad actually if a bit too late - almost midnight by the time they served it!- generally, Jetairways wasn't bad actually. This comes from the person who’ve never really flown on a non-budget airline). The second curry was served at the restaurant that Jonny wrote below - it's called United Coffee House. Nothing to do with coffee (or being particularly united either!:D), but it was a splendid, old fashion, colonial looking restaurant with lots of we-feel-like-at-home westerners and wealthy Indians.

I have to say the best thing out of the whole meal was the very first course - samosas. These were not your usual saggy and often too spicy corner shop versions. No, these ones were very plump with crispy dough and lots of big chunks of potatoes, peas and fresh herbs.

Then (and yes! I actually jotted all of this down to re-lay it to you my friends:) we had Aloo Chat (J's favorite by then) - very spicy Indian style cold potato salad - lots of flavour, not just hot. I suppose my Russian heart sang at that point – po-ta-to salad hehe.

For main course we had the tenderest tandoori pieces of lamb, chicken and fish that both of us ever remember tasting in London, Careez Handi Gosht (melting-in-your-mouth pieces of mutton in rich tomato sauce) and a lovely quirky Dewani Handi – mini sweet corn, cauliflower, curd cheese etc). Of course all the above was wiped off with thick and oily roti breads (slightly burnt, but even more 'real' somehow)

I was going to have a chocolate brownie (yes, they do even those, non-Indian version though:)! but thankfully J dissuaded me. I almost toppled over when I stood up from the table anyway hehehehe (here's for all the weightwatching efforts of the last few weeks girls;)...

I leave you at this point, another helping of curry dinner is awaiting (I promise to report on other things later as well:) ..maybe...as at the moment I'm just following J everywhere like a good Hindu wife!;) it's a lot and a lot of fun though, especially when it's about 25 Celsius.....