eating out: November 2007 Archives

Curry queen is a good, solid, old fashioned, cramped, wall-to-wall carpeted curry house. There are two floors and more often than not they are full, which says something about the place. The poppadom and condiments have always been excellent and the main dishes very good indeed, with enough bite in the jalfrezi without an indecent amount of chilli peppers. The only disappointment was the paratha, which were overdone last time I went there. Not burnt, and still totally edible, but a high quality paratha is light and pulls apart into flaky, stringy pieces (the Kerala restaurant on Castle Street does cracking ones, btw). The dhal has always been good, not shying on the essential salt needed to make it tasty.

A good middle of the road choice.