30.4.17 Gurkha Chef

Service better than last time but still a little slow.

1.4.17 Spice Thatcham

11.3.17 Spice Valley Lambourne

Out with Chrissie and John.
Nice bright restaurant under new management. Friendly  staff, traditional music.Nice poppadums, warm and crisp.
Samoa starters then Alan had the house special chicken chetinad .The other three had chicken tikka. I felt the chicken was a little bland
Alan challenged John to eat a chili, which he did! 
  Complimentary drink. After eights :)
8/10

Called in the Five bells on the way home. wher e Alan enjoyed sampling the beers.

11.3.17 memories of Bengal

Travelled to Chosley to the Memories of Bengal. Car park full so parking quite tricky, hopefully a good sign.
Authentic music and a pleasant restaurant. Table booked for 7:45. Poppadums  were served warm but a little soft.
8:50 still waiting for starter!
9:00 Alan's meal- Fiery Korai flamed with Sambucca.
9:03 my special tikka- special a sit was flamed in brandy
Both dishes impressively lit on delivery at the table
Still no starter!
When we were asked if all was OK we had the bajji starters delivered, complimentary but a little greasy.
Service left a lot to  be desired.
The slightly different dishes were interesting but did not make up for the poor and slow service
6 1/2 out of 10

4.3.17 Masala Zone London

A weekend away in London and a new experience for us of Indian street food at The Masala Zone.

 The decor was interesting with hundreds pf puppets hanging from the ceiling. the atmosphere was nice enough and the menu was definitely interesting. As there was nothing very familiar on the main meal section I decided to have a peshwari naan as a starter. I had Chicken kottu roti  and Alan had Sheek kebab. We ordered a bottle of merolt but got a Malbec.
Not very impressed with the meal 6/10

19.2.17 Everest Tandoori

Visited Everest Tandoori in Tilehurst with our neighbours John and Chrissie. Evening started well.Crispy poppadums, delicious dips- mint, chutney, spicy carrot and onions. Warm ambiance.

Alan and John had chicken mom mo starters which although didn't look very appetising, I was assured they were quite nice.

Then the service became extremely slow. When the main meal came the plates were cold. the salad was disappointing but the portions were big. We had mints and complementary drinks to finish.

 7/10

5.2.17 Blue Ginger

Decided to return to Blue Ginger for the first time for a long time following our disappointing last visit. the photo is of Alan checking the booking. he had booked online to the correct restaurant with the correct address and phone number but there is a glitch in the system that sends all the online bookings on to a similarly named restaurant in Bristol!
Thankfully, the food was a lot better than last time but not quite up to the previously consistent standard of 9. I gave an 8 and Alan a 7 1/2