New Tayyabs – authentic curry
You’ll know when you’ve found New Tayyabs by the queue. Getting into this restaurant is like getting into Harrods sale – you want to be there good and early, though you don’t need to bring a sleeping bag.
This is not one of those chi-chi Indian restaurants that’s been redesigned by a minimalist architect, with bijou little dishes featuring light spicing and gold leaf. No, it’s a rough and ready curry shop, with robust dishes – seekh kebab, tandoori chicken, lamb chops, saag bhaji. Robust cooking and lots of it, too – good size portions, great for sharing.
I always like the curries here because they’re good and thick. None of the watery, thin slop some Indian restaurants get away with. And the flavour really penetrates the meat – they haven’t just dunked cubes of meat in a sauce and brought it out.
The kebabs and chops are done properly, too, to judge from the scorching; nice crisp, slightly charred outside, and spicy, tender insides.
It’s pretty inexpensive too. You can have a real pig-out here for about fifteen quid each. You might not even spend that much!
With this restaurant, and the Lahore Kebab House, why bother going to Brick Lane? These are exceptional restaurants, and well worth a visit if you like your spicy food.
Where: 83- 9 Fieldgate Street, E1 (Whitechapel tube)
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