cuisine: indian
location: 45 london wall
ate: so much food. lets start with the starters. we had a lovely mixture of tandoori grill, bahjis, kebab… all the all time favourites – very tasty! and some spicy whitebait (interesting but not really worth it). they have some very interesting specialities as mains including gardommony duck (a must try), and squab (that is pigeon basically but just not picked up from the street) amongst many others. the dishes are not ponced up they are just simply original and tasty. there are also all the classic curry dishes and these are lovely. the madras was smooth and every flavour detectable. the jalfrezi was dissapointing not because of its sauce, that was succulent, but because of the cut. I am a fan of the shredding overcooked lamb texture. instead we were offered what looked like slices off the kebab maker… had they run out of lamb perhaps???? but all in all, this was a delicious meal.
drank: cobra of course
rating: this is good food at a very reasonable price (£30ish per person with all that food, beer and even a selection of digestifs on the house). the venue is nice but the lighting looks like they might have something to hide, a shame as they do not. and the service, albeit with a few minor delays and an appreance of dopiness, was on the whole very good!
i highly recommend going to mehek. if you do go as a big group though – it is a big restaurant and easily feels deserted! plus there is also the bonus of getting to try more dishes
