The best restaurants serving Indian food in Bellingham Lewisham London

Tasty hot food! Perfect. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Received a leaflet through my door today and looked appetizing with the benefit of a ringing endorsement from the Evening Standard. So; I thought let's give it a try. I ordered onion Bhaji cos they can be so crispily tastily satisfying with a little mint sauce when done perfectly. I also ordered King Prawn Puree, butter chicken and garlic naan. The delivery time was fantastic, approx 20 mins and the food was all piping hot. I was excited to delve into my bag of delights. The onion bhajis were first out, gold and crisp. A nice loose ball of crunchy and soft. Not the most flavoursome I've ever had, but satisfying nonetheless. The mint sauce was OK but a little sweet for my liking. The bhaji piqued my intrerest for the rest; so, slowly I opened and and unfolded the King Prawn Puree. This I have to admit was a little disappointing. There was some flavour but it was very mildly spiced, the deep fried bread was soggy and unevenly cooked. Slightly more worrying was the fishy flavour emanating from the prawns. Generally I have quite a robust constitution (acid reflux kills 99.9% of all known germs) so not too worried about tomorrow. Definitely needs to be fresher, more flavoursome with a bit of a kick and a bit of crunch to the bread. Having munched through a mixed pleasure of starters i was keen to get into the main course. I dream of the perfect butter chicken, succulent bite size offerings of breast or leg, especially if tandoored first, in a rich creamy beautifully spiced tomato sauce to which a heart attack of butter and cream has been lovingly combined with just a tiny kick of heat that opens the oppulence to the garlic, cinammon and cumin that then roll over your tongue. A sumptuous balance of creamy garlic butter with a slightly sweet and spicey compliment. When I tried this oh wow.... was I disapointed. My heart sank as I bit into a lump of over-cooked chicken breast, steeped in a sickly sweet cocount sauce that makes a distinction between very bad butter chicken and disgusting chicken Korma impossible. It was a typically bad butter chicken that so many "indian" restaurants seem to think that "us brits" that can't take heat crave. So disappointing. The lesson, don't order butter chicken from here unless you want a sweet yellow sauce of desiccated coconut smothering the life out of a dry piece of chicken. The Garlic Naan was good!!! - I won't give up and will try again. It seems that so many restaurants have a menu that contains their gems and also a load of other stuff they feel they have to offer. I think next time I will phone, describe the flavours that hit my tasting g-spot and see what the recommend. I really hope they deliver and the butter chicken is just someting they buy in as a boil in the bag lol.