Shikara,
65 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 7PS
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25/10/2014
She said: It’s 2014 but power cuts still remind us we’re at the mercy of the fat cat energy companies…After digging around for torches and finally convincing him it was not at all romantic to cook and eat dinner in our dark home, we hit this local Indian. I had noticed Shikara whilst waiting for my nails to dry across the road and thought it would be great to find a good local Indian so was keen to test it out. Short answer, it failed. On entering, it has all the qualities of a reliable classic: dated décor, Bollywood tunes from the last century, mafia-types having brow-raised conversations over buckets of curry and a long menu. Unfortunately when the food arrived it was clearly tailored to those of you who like your more bland flavours. It’s not that the food was bad; it just lacked any spice or authenticity of the east. Plain Jane, such a shame.
She said: It’s 2014 but power cuts still remind us we’re at the mercy of the fat cat energy companies…After digging around for torches and finally convincing him it was not at all romantic to cook and eat dinner in our dark home, we hit this local Indian. I had noticed Shikara whilst waiting for my nails to dry across the road and thought it would be great to find a good local Indian so was keen to test it out. Short answer, it failed. On entering, it has all the qualities of a reliable classic: dated décor, Bollywood tunes from the last century, mafia-types having brow-raised conversations over buckets of curry and a long menu. Unfortunately when the food arrived it was clearly tailored to those of you who like your more bland flavours. It’s not that the food was bad; it just lacked any spice or authenticity of the east. Plain Jane, such a shame.
He
said: we checked-out Shikara on impulse, having been locked out of our kitchen
by a power cut literally as I was about to start dinner. This Indian restaurant
is a short walk away from our place, and we were lured-in by its
shabby-but-clean appearance and menu of classics: it looked like Shikara had
been in business a while, and that it might do the home style version of Indian
cuisine which really is the best. Unfortunately our bubble burst pretty
quickly. Shikara evidently advertises in local hotels, or the Eurostar
magazine, because most tables were filled by continentals, and the kitchen has
very regrettably adjust the spicing to suit our European cousins' timid palates.
Bummer. In my book there is no bigger let down than disappointing indian food.
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