Comic Con and a huge meal at Dosa n Chunty!!

In May, Sammi and I went to Comic Con at the Excel Centre with our friend Ara. As we were going to be buying tickets at the door we tried to get there as early as possible. Getting there for around 10am we got distracted at the entrance by taking pictures. When we finally got to the hall, the queue for buying tickets was so long we couldn't see where it began!! There began our 2 hour wait with little or no food. As we waited the three of us got hungrier and hungrier and we decided to go for a really big meal after the convention!

The only time I had been to Dosa n Chutny was a couple of years ago so I couldn't for the life of me remember what the food was like. However, Sammi and I were prepared and a week earlier had been looking at the menu online (that's what we do).

At the restaurant, the waitress bought us the menus, gave us sufficient time to decide and then was back to take our order.

Vegetable Samosa - £1.00

The vegetable samosa was Sammi's starter which she remembers as being the perfect samosa: crisp on the outside, soft on the inside, with just enough spices to add flavour to the vegetables. She loved it!

Curd Vada (2 pieces) - "Lentil doughnut immersed in mild yoghurt garnished with carrots and coriander" - £2.25

I've eaten Vadus (lentil doughnuts) before and this starter didn't dissapoint. The yogurt was fresh, the pieces of vada soft and delicious, and the dish itself was quite big for a starter. The three of us shared this starter.

Special Masala Dosa - "Crepe with seasoned potatoes, onions, mixed vegetables and cashew nuts" - £3.50

Sammi and I had both decided that we had to try a Dosa as that is what Dosa n Chunty are famous for. The Special Masala Dosa was Sammi's choice. 

She remembers the dosa as being plain, with the contents of the dosa not having enough flavour. However, she liked the 3 sauces which accompanied the dosa but in the future would go for a meat dosa.

Masala Dosa - "Crepe with seasoned potatoes and onions" - £2.95

I chose the Masala Dosa and when it arrived I was surprised by how big it was. With the dosa I was given a daal curry sauce, and two other sauces, one of which was a yogurt sauce. My dosa had a generous helping of potatoes and onions in it but I agree with Sammi, they could have had more flavour. The three sauces saved the dish as the dosa dipped in the lentil curry sauce or the yogurt sauce was delicious.

Lamb Rogan Josh - "A classic Kashmiri dish; tender pieces of spring lamb cooked in an onion tomato gravy with selected spices" - £5.50

No visit to an Indian Restaurant or in this case a South Indian Restaurant is complete without a curry! 

Our friend Ara is a vegetarian so she ordered a seperate dish, a Vegetable Kothu (Indian fluffy bread shredded on a hot Tawa, mixed with vegetables and Indian spices).

Sammi and I shared the Lamb Rogan Josh. Now we have eaten many lamb curries in our time but this was seriously the tastiest lamb curry I have had in a restaurant. It wasn't too spicy, the lamb pieces were so soft they almost melted in my mouth! If I came back to Dosa n Chunty and there was only one dish I could have this would be it!!

Garlic Naan

"Indian bread freshly cooked with garlic in tandoor"

£1.95.

The peshwari naan was our original choice of naan but they had finished their batch of peshwari that day so we ordered a garlic naan instead, which was the second best option. The naan was freshly cooked and tasty, perfect for eating with our lamb curry.

Faluda - £3.50

Now I remind you how hungry we were that day after all that walking we had done at Comic Con so we felt we deserved a dessert...who doesn't?! I have had the traditional faluda before which I love and I wanted to try Dosa n Chunty's take on it. The faluda started well, with fresh cream at the top, refereshing mango ice cream and pieces of fruit but it went downhill from there. The basil seeds at the bottom, of which there was unfortunately a very generous helping, were very bitter and the watery jelly at the bottom left a bad aftertaste in the mouth. We would not get this dessert again!

Atmosphere  8/10

Food               9/10

Service           8/10

Chocolatesushi Rating 8/10