LKH Indian Restaurant

Lunch at LHK Indian Restaurant, upstairs on the first floor of the Precinct (or, as it has been re-named W12 Centre), next to Wetherspoons large but invariably crowded pub.

The site now occupied by LKH has had other tenants in the past, but the new owners seem to be making a real effort to build up their number of diners, with a special offer, valid until 14th. January, of a meat or vegetable curry, with either rice or naan bread, for £2.99.   It seemed unbelievably good value, so I decided to try it.

The restaurant was virtually empty when we arrived at one o'clock, so we had an almost unlimited choice of seats, and decided to sit next to the wall so that we could watch the latest news on large high up television screen being broadcast by Al Jazeera - in English, obviously, though it seemed strange to see their weather reports of what was expected to happen in India and China.   The sound was turned down, so it wasn't intrusive, but the headlines could easily be read.

There was quite a wide choice of both meat and vegetarian dishes, and they were accompanied by a reasonably sized plate of very tasty rice.   We were also presented with poppadoms, a plate of salad, and little bowls of sour cream (ideal for tasking away the slightly hot curry) and mango sauce (absolutely delicious with the poppadoms).   We also had a glas of water included in the deal.

The waiters were very attentive and everything was beautifully served.   The quantities of curry and rice were sufficient for a reasonably sized meal - about the same amount that you often get in rather expensive places with pretentions, who seem to think no-one is actually hungry (No names mentioned!)   My lentil curry was just very slightly hot for my very delicate taste, but some water and sour cream soon sorted that out.

To go with the meal we also had coffee, and a sweet - we fancied gulab jaman, but as neither of us really knew what it tasted like, the waiter brought along a sample for us to try before ordering.   It was delicious, so we had it with icecream; there should have been a choice of cream or icecream, but for some reason there was no cream available.

Altogether an excellent meal, coming to approximately £16 for two altogether, and definitely a place worth a second visit.