Cinnamon Soho , 5 Kingley Street , London W1B 5PF
05/05/12
http://www.cinnamon-kitchen.com/soho-home
She said…I was craving some Indian food and
had been looking forward to the Cinnamon experience since reading the menu
online. Having read a review I knew beforehand that the plates would be small
so to order a good mix of dishes. We arrived via the Kingley Street
entrance though later realised there is another ‘main’ entrance which is
prettier from Kingley Court . We didn’t pay much attention to the setting as we were both
starving and so got stuck in ordering a mix of 5 small dishes which consisted
of crab and vegetable balls, tandoori salmon, mushroom on toast and mathri with
a roasted aubergine dip. Except for the mathri (which were essentially
corn-like fatty snacks with a mis-matched sweet and rather chunky dip) and the
vegetable balls which were ok, the other plates were fantastic: soft crab in a
crispy batter with a perfect sauce, succulent salmon which melts in the mouth
and a sort of curried mushroom that was over too soon. For ‘mains’ I went for a
pea and cauliflower kichri but they got the order wrong and brought me a fish
one instead. I didn’t want to wait for the correct order so took the fish one
which was lovely – and was pleasantly surprised when they did not charge me for
this on the bill for getting it wrong, exemplifying their already excellent
customer service. I recommend the sweet lassi to drink which complimented the
whole meal. It was only when we had digested our food that I took a proper look
around the room and did wonder why a bit more effort didn’t go into the design.
The dining room is fairly stark and lacks personality with dark wooden
furniture and generic art in frames; a little more style would have been the
icing on an already delicious, Anglo-Indian cake. Prices? Mmm, bit steep given
the size of the dishes but worth it.
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