Curry Blog

After a busy day at work sometimes nothing hits the spot quite like a takeaway and beer. And let’s be honest, an Indian takeaway has to rank as one of the best.

Keen to try somewhere new I logged on with anticipation to the Bombay Bicycle Club (BBC) website for the first time eager to place my order and get stuck in. The website was easy to use and there was a good amount on offer, not so much I spent ages faffing around but enough that there could be something for everyone.

So what did we order? Well, there were two of us and we were keen to try a selection of dishes so aside from the normal sides (Naan, rice etc) we ordered the below:
Shish Kebab Kabli, “Tender fillets of lamb mildly marinated, cooked in the tandoor”
Murgh Jaisalmar, “A light chicken dish cooked in the dopiaza style, not too hot but with plenty of spices and herbs”
Bhuna Gosht Khybari “Tender lamb tempered with a touch of ginger and coriander cooked in tomato, garlic and onion sauce”
Pasanda Khybari, “Tender lamb fillets marinated in yoghurt and spices, cooked in the tandoor and served in a rich sauce with cashew nuts”
Royal Bhenta “Fresh baby aubergines cooked in a rich tomato and onion sauce”
Selection of Sides “Naan bread, Rice”

I hope you’ll agree we had a good variety of dishes, well, except the two Lamb dishes… First impressions of the dishes were very good, the smell filled my flat in seconds and the packaging was soon cast aside. The dishes looked great, the meat to sauce ratio was excellent (something that always bothers me about takeaway) and none of the dishes were swimming in grease, in fact there was not a drop of grease to be seen anywhere.

The food was very good, subtly spiced with fantastic balance of flavours. The Murgh Jaisalmar in particular was excellent – the chicken was cooked to perfection, wonderfully moist and succulent, the sauce was creamy and the spices well rounded. Needless to say it was finished first and in not a lot of time! The lamb dishes were also good however I am pleased that we dialled up on the spice as otherwise they may have lacked some of the punch that you want with a curry.

The side dishes were also good, the Royal Bhenta provided some of our 5-a-day and the Naan bread was terrific, nicely doughy but with plenty of crispy bits. The only real let-down was the meagre couple of (well broken) poppadoms – it would have been nice to have a couple more then we were given.

I must admit though there were some great touches throughout the entire experience. As usual I’d forgotten to go to the off license to pick up some beer so it was great we could add Cobra to the order – let’s face it, a curry just isn’t curry without a nice cold Cobra!

So – was it worth it? It’s not the cheapest takeaway in south London but the food was good, it was very easy to order online and delivery was far quicker than expected. Overall a good service. I recommend you give them a try.