Gourmet Indian

I really enjoyed the chicken madras! fast service and speedy takeaway ‘I like’

Fancied a curry so thought I’d give this place a go having had a menu drop through my door a couple of weeks back. I ordered over the phone as I have a Chicken Pathia fetish — having to have that dish whenever I have a curry from somewhere new, and as it wasn’t on the menu I couldn’t order it online due to not knowing how much it would cost!
The chap on the end of the phone was very pleasant, and went to ask the chef how much my curry love would cost. They have a minimum £10 order so I chose my standard plain rice and plain naan which with 2 complimentary poppadums and complimentary chutney weighed in at just over £11. Not the cheapest I’ve ever had (and not the most expensive either!) but this is about what I’d expect to pay for a good meal delivered.
Delivery took exactly 20 minutes, though I do live remarkably close to this place it turns out. The food came with the curry in a heat-​sealed package, which I like, I think it looks very neat and clean and stops the curry spilling everywhere in transit. The rest was in plastic tubs, except naan and poppadums of course, which were still intact! It was piping hot and smelt delicious with not a hint of grease or oil floating around the top.
Tender and moist chicken, a good thick sauce and a good chilli kick which didn’t detract from the taste made for a great Pathia, possibly one of the better ones I’ve tasted. It was very coriandery though, which I myself am not fond of, but that didn’t put me off as the quality was good.
Naan was possibly a little undercooked and so fairly rubbery and stodgy, and I’ve never seen sesame seeds on a plain naan before, but it was still acceptable, and the poppadums very good, though the condiments (mango chutney and an onion salad) were in plastic pots which got hot during the journey and so the mango smelt, and tasted slightly of, plastic. Rice very good, and the small portion I got was easily a 2-​person portion (I must point out I did only eat half!) and so I can only imagine how big a «Large» portion would be!
Good solid curry, with a few things that just let it down a tad. And I’m thankful I spotted the cardamom seed before it spotted me!