Kukanganwa uye Kusarudzwa - UK's Oldest North Indian Restaurant ndiyo Real Find
Punjab Restaurant in Covent Garden ndiyo iyo nzvimbo inofarira nzvimbo yako iyo munhu wese anofanira kunge ane paanoratidzira. Zvakanaka, zviri munzvimbo yakarurama yeguta uye, zvakanakisisa zvezvose, zvokudya zvinotyisa.
Punjab iri kutora kona imwechete, paShaftsbury Avenue kuguma kweNeal Street, kwemakore anopfuura 60. Ndiyo yekare kuUnited States Indian restaurant.
Mhuri yeMaan yakamhanya sezvo yakatanga kuvhura muAldgate muna 1946 kuti ishandise purajabi kumba kubika kuVarcar vafambisi vanobva kuEast London docks.
Izvozvo zvakanga zvisati zvaitika kare Brits akanga atoedzawo kudya kweIndia. Kunyange zvazvo pasina nguva yakatamira kuCovent Garden (inofanirwa kuona nzvimbo, inotenderera inharaunda uye West End shopping), varidzi vakaramba vakatendeka kumidzi yavo, vachivaka vakavimbika vachitevera zvakanaka, vasingateereri uye zvokudya zvechokwadi.
Serendipity Pamvura Inonaya Masikati
Ndakatenderera kuPunjab uye ndakaedza yakawanda yekare yekuNorth Indian zvokudya zvinenge pangozi. Ndingangodaro ndave ndichifamba mberi kwemakore ndisingafungi. Zvadaro musangano wakakanganiswa, wakandiwana ndakananga kunze kwaro sezvo mamiriro ekunze akachinja.
VaPunjabi vanamwari vanofanira kunge vakatarisa nokuti pandakafamba nepamba yePunjab, mhepo yakasimba yakashanduka ikava dutu remvura. Ndakadzivirira pasi pechitoro chepasitoro chakasvibirira bluu uye ndakarongedzerwa pakudya mumhepo inotonhora, inopenya. Chinhu chinotevera iwe unoziva, ndakazviwana ini ndakagara mukati, mharidzo iri muruoko.
Old Fashioned Asi Haasi Kuchinja
Chimiro chekare chekujairika nekubata kwemazuva ano - mifananidzo uye inonyora pamvura yakadzika kana kuti yakagadzirwa nemasitadhi masvingo machena - pamwe chete nekugara kwakanaka.
Mifananidzo yakakura yemahwindo inozarura pane imwe yenharaunda dzakasununguka dzenzvimbo iyi - kona yeNeal Street, Shaftbury Avenue uye Monmouth Street - ichipa maonero anofadza evashanyi vanofambisa, vashandi vehofisi, vanhu vomunharaunda uye nzvimbo yemigwagwa. Iyo yokuravira inopararira pamusoro pemakamuri akawanda muimba yekare yemakore mazana matatu.
Matafura ari pedyo pedyo pamwe chete akaita kuti mhere-mhere yevarume mushure mangu kurwadziwa, asi neCovent Garden dzimba yepamusoro painotangira, iri duku quibble.
Kunyaradza Kushamwaridzana
Vafambi vekuNorth kubika vachabva vawana menu yePunjab yakafanana. Mhando yehuku, gwayana, hove, prawn uye zvinomera zvemidziyo zvinosanganisira kusarudzwa kweTandoori kune avo vanofarira zvokudya zvavo zveIndia. Asi zvakasiyana-siyana - Korma, Madras, Jalfrezi, - dzakasununguka zvakanyanya, zvinonhuwira zvisingaverengeki moto.
Ndakasarudza Butter Chicken, chikafu chinonzi Punjabi dish chekuku, chakashambidzwa mu yogurt yakasvibiswa uye yakanyungudutswa pamapfupa mumupu wetamate, borosi nekamuki, yakagadzirwa nemuminini uye mbeu yekorianderi, pepereine yepayenne uye yakapwanyika makamera. Iyo ndiro yakanga ine upfumi uye inogutsa, yakakodzera chete zuva rinotyisa, zuva remvura. Uye chikamu, uye zvikamu zviviri zvakasanganiswa zvehuku, zvaive nyore nyore zviviri. Muchu mutsva waiva wakanaka kwazvo kuti usiye patafura saka ini ndakaiunganidza neine chingwa.
Punjab yakagadzira kamukira yeButter Chicken pane webhusaiti yayo - zvechokwadi inofanira kuedza.
Uye Go-Withs
Ndichifambidzana nehuku, ndakaedza Gobi Aloo, kubatana kwakanaka kwemazamu neholiflower. Ichi chinyoro, chidya chezvirimwa chakanga chiri muenzaniso wakanaka wekuti vafudzi vechiIndia vachisanganise zvinonhuwira zvakasiyana-siyana - garlic, kumini, ginger, turmeric, paprika, garam masala uye coriander - kugadzira zvakanakira uye zvisingabatsiri.
Uye zvakare, chikamu chechipo, chakakwana zviviri.
Yakanyatsogadzirwa, zviri pachena bhasika remupunga, an indulgent butter naan uye Coke akapedza kudya kwangu kwemasikati (uye kudya kwangu nemasara akazara kutora kumba). Neine 10% yebhadharo yebasa , yakasvika kusvika pa £ 25 - kwete yakaipa muLondon West End paunofunga kuti ndingadai ndakagovana nayo.
Ndiri kutarisira kudzoka kuzoedza zvimwe zveimwe nzvimbo dzimba dzakadai seAkayari Gosht, anonyanya kuzivikanwa nePunjabi diners, naGadad's Kali Dall, ruvara rutsvuku rwakaumbwa nakurukuru wemuridzi iye zvino. Uye kana zvose izvo zviGiriki kwauri, usanetseka. Izvo zvakadzama mhuka tsanangudzo yezvokudya zvose zvinokurudzira.
Nyaya dzakawanda dzedzidzo dzepamusoro dziri pamusoro pe £ 10 (zvigungwa zvegungwa zvinodhura zvishoma), pamwe chete nemakwikwi anenge ane £ 5 kusvika ku £ 7. Zvinyorwa (raitas uye salads) uye chingwa kubva pakusarudzwa kwakakura (naan, paratha, roti uye chapati, yakazadza uye yakajeka, inotapira uye inonaka) inobva pa £ 2 kusvika pa3,550.
(Mitengo yakarurama muna 2016)
Punjab Essentials
- Kutaura: Punjab, 80 Neal Street, London WC2H 9PA
- Nhare: +44 (0) 207 836 9787
- Website
- Maawa: Zuva rimwe nerimwe kwemasikati uye kudya kwemanheru. Muvhuro-Mugovera masikati kusvika 11:30 masikati, Svondo kusvika 10pm
- Takeaway menyu iripo
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