662052 Sun Oct 25 01:25:15 -0700 2009 6 37 Australia/New Zealand 0 5128911 In response to Terry Durrack’s comments that there are no good Indian curry houses in Sydney I thought it was time to embark on some intensive research. First off “Curry at the Rocks” which is quite close to “The Lord Nelson” pub at the end of Kent Street in the upper Rocks area, and what could be better than a few pints of “Three Sheets” followed by a Friday night curry. It is a fairly basic restaurant in a small row of shops, and it has a fairly short menu. On our first visit it was empty which was an ominous sign, on the next visit it was packed. The difference: torrential rain on the first visit keeping most sensible people at home. Both meals were good, the breads were fresh and the flavours of each of the curries stood out, especially in the milder dishes. Service is friendly rather than slick and there can be a few gaps. But for a local curry house it is perfectly good. If I had had this standard of Indian food at my City when I lived in the UK I would have bee very happy: a good start to my research. Where else is good? Sun Oct 25 01:25:16 -0700 2009 64584 PhilD 1 5128926 Not really my area of expertise, but there is what appears to be a large paan house near spice i am that usually is quite busy... but I'm stabbing in the dark really. Ask an Indian taxi driver where he goes. Sun Oct 25 02:31:05 -0700 2009 5128911 236726 mr_gimlet 2 5129852 PhilD, Suggest "Faheem Fast Food" 196 Enmore road, Enmore (I think). Pakistani/Indian food. Basic canteen-like set up, with little service. $ 9 to $ 12 for most serves. Flavour and taste is pretty close to authentic. Naan and the lamb birayni excellent. Try the butter chicken, it is not what you expect, being hot and tomato/spice laden. Has its own tandoori oven, which churns out naan and chickens by the platefuls. Not a place to bring your first date, but if you crave for food like Leicester/Bradford, head there hungry. The taxi drivers head there in droves. Cheers. PS No BYO of alcohol as Halal. Sun Oct 25 14:58:42 -0700 2009 5128926 1119139 Hapydiner 1 5129965 I love Surjit's in Annandale. It's where the Indian nat'l cricket team goes when they're here, apparently : ) If you try it, make sure to order the seekh rampuri! Sun Oct 25 15:55:09 -0700 2009 5128911 1118931 m3i 1 5130180 I think I am finally ready to eat Indian food again. After living there I have a much better idea what I like - my favorite is Indian food from Kerala - a lot of fish and coconut and paratha which are like roti. Also love food from Goa and also dosa and filter coffee. A lot of Indian restaurants are North Indian food, which generally is more meat and different spicing. I also miss lime soda sweet. Sun Oct 25 17:28:54 -0700 2009 5128911 17626 debbieann 1 5162017 The Malabar: when we lived in Darlinhurst there was always an Indian restaurant on Victoria Street, but I don’t recall it being called Malabar, and it definitely didn’t look as crowded. Friday night and the next installment of our curry quest, another good meal, and again far better than 99% of the curry’s we had in the UK. So far we are finding Sydney does have good Indian food. We skipped the Dosai, although every other table seemed to order them, they did look very good. Instead we ploughed straight into the mains. A Goan Fish Curry was great with a good spice level and a creamy sauce, the Goat Mappas was very well flavoured, although I would have preferred more meat and less bone, but the gravy was wonderful, and the Dal was very good, with an almost homemade quality, it was especially good to see one with kidney beans in addition to the lentils. All three dishes had very individual, quite fresh tastes. A few quibbles, the Pappadums are $2.50 for four, that is OK, but then each pickle is a further $2.50, this seems excessive, even more so when they arrive and they are obviously stale and had been sitting around pre-cooked for a long time. Maybe they don’t sell many at this price? The Naans are OK, but also far from fresh, with curries of this quality it is a shame that the basic accompaniments are quite poor. At $75 all in including a couple of beers we would go back, as we like the buzz of Darlo and it is easy to get to from where we live. But next time I will return naans and pappadums that don’t measure up. Hopefully we get transport soon so will check out Faheems's and Surjit's. Fri Nov 06 14:42:06 -0800 2009 5128911 64584 PhilD 1 5187327 Interestingly Terry seems to be changing his tune, does he read Chowhound? http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/good-living/restaurant-reviews/nilgiris/2009/11/16/1258219794393.html Mon Nov 16 19:14:40 -0800 2009 5128911 64584 PhilD