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The Brilliant, 72 Western Road, Southall Middlesex

The Brilliant, 72 Western Road, Southall Middlesex

72 Western Road, Southall Middlesex

The Brilliant has been a Southall fixture for over 30 years, and I have been coming here regularly for fifteen of these. It aims to do traditional, family style Punjabi cooking in a restaurant setting. Recently the influence of the owner's daughter has added a number of "healthy options", where there is less use made of ghee.

The strengths are in the main course curries and in several of the starters. For example Methi chicken has tender chicken in a rich, spicy sauce with fenugreek. On the starters, aloo tikki is a dish you only seem to see n Southall: chickpeas, tamarind, yogurt and coriander, which work well as a combination. The chicken starter dishes are excellent e.g. methi chicken (cumin) or malai chicken tikka, or butter chicken if you don't mind the calories. The naans are OK but no more that than, but the romali roti is excellent. Vegetable dishes could do with a being cooked a fraction less to retain more texture, though aloo chollay (mainly chickpeas with a few pieces of potato) works well. They actually make the desserts here, including excellent kulfi and halwa. It is very much a family atmosphere, with groups of ten or more commonplace.

By wyahaw at 20/08/2007 - 11:01 | 2007 | Families | Indian | London | Middlesex | OK | Outskirts | Review | West | ££/$$ | add new comment | read more | 155 reads

Friends Restaurant, 11, High Street Pinner Middx. HA5 5ND


11, High Street Pinner Middx. HA5 5ND

What a pleasure to have a decent ''modern British'' place around the corner so to speak. Pinner High St is one of those little Metroland gems off the main road and close to the Underground Met. Line. Friends is housed in a genuine 16th Century Tudor cottage, and has been refurbed inside with black leather chairs and crisp white tablecloths and fresh flowers and a log fire.They also have an upmarket deli next door. The owner oversees the unhurried service and kitchens. The waiters are young but not the usual gormless spotty oiks you often encounter. They offer all sorts of a la carte, bistro, lunch, dinner and prix fixe menus with a vegetarian option on every one. We went for a Sunday lunch and it was welcoming, with a pleasant family atmosphere. Nice bread selections and for starters we both opted for the Smoked Salmon Parfait. Other choices were Roast Parsnip Soup, Game Terrine, Monkfish and Crab pate. Mains for both of us were traditional Roast Beef Sirloin cooked pinkish but nice and crusty outside, proper crunchy roast spuds and a nice selection of al dente veg. Options included Sea Bream fillet and Jugged Hare. And to finish Chocolate panna Cotta with Raspberries. Also on that days menu were Caramel Choux buns, Orange bread and Butter Pudding and Lemon Tarte. We had a nice lightish red wine(can't remember which) espressos and petit fours. The basic Menu for three courses is an excellent value £21.50. Treat yourself to a Sunday in Pinner. Farmers Market in the morning, a pint in the (Tudor) Queens Head and lunch in Friends. A further advantage was that we walked home,and collapsed for the rest of the day. Approved fully. Al Imentada

By m at 11/09/2006 - 11:26 | 2005 | Approved | Middlesex | Modern British | Review | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 145 reads

Chiquitos, Unit E,Feltham Leisure Park Browells Lane Feltham Middlesex TW13 7LW


Unit E,Feltham Leisure Park Browells Lane Feltham Middlesex TW13 7LW

Before i start i must say that this place does do reasonable food and it has a very good cocktail menu, perhaps if i had gone on another day, my comments would be glowing! But i didn't go on another day, and my comments are certainly not glowing!!! I have had bad waitresses before but it has to be said that this girl was the worst waitress ever! Now i took in account all possibilites first, was she new, was she just having a really bad day, but it appeared to me that she was just rude and slow! It took 20 minutes to place a drinks order, another 20 to place a food order, still without our drinks, food arrived in 10 but still no drinks!! The food was satisfactory, not amazing but still it was ok.
By m at 07/04/2006 - 12:30 | 2001 | England | Mexican/North American | Middlesex | Rejected | Review | UK | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 177 reads

Red Peppers, Teddington High Street, Teddington, Middlesex


Teddington High Street, Teddington, Middlesex

Where do i start? This is my favourite restaurant! When you first look at Red Peppers it looks like any other small restaurant but when you get inside it opens out into a old fashioned rustique style restaurant! It reminds me of the small bistros in Italy only with more class! Service is normally first class although on one occasion we were kept waiting for 20 minutes but it was extremely busy, and is the only fault i have ever experienced there.

By m at 07/04/2006 - 12:30 | 2002 | Approved | England | Middlesex | Review | UK | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 161 reads

Edwinns, Harefield, Middx


Harefield Middx

The Business Card shows 5 Edwinns - Shepperton, Englefield Green, Bramley Nr Guildford, Fareham & Harefield. The reverse of the card advertises 'Bluebeckers' eating houses. The Harefield restaurant occupies an imposing hillside site overlooking a surprisingly rural scene of reservoir and Grand Union Canal at Black Jack's lock. It is set in imposing grounds down a country lane and could be in deepest countryside if it wasn't a couple of miles from Rickmansworth & Watford.

By m at 07/04/2006 - 12:30 | 2002 | Approved | England | Middlesex | Review | UK | £££/$$$ | add new comment | read more | 245 reads

The George, 32, King St Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3SN


32, King St Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3SN

The George is one of those ultra modern places that everyone wants to go to a Friday night. The atmosphere is lively and its a great place to have a drink, although get there early if you want a table. Food is served from 12-7 i believe and the best time to go is at about 2pm. The food is actually really good, with a wide choice of tapas style starters, and lots of nice traditonal main courses. I of course, went for the steak! The food was well presented, but perhaps a little on the small side but that happens almost everywhere!!The steak was good, a little stringy but it had a nice flavour and was cooked well.
By m at 07/04/2006 - 12:30 | 2002 | Approved | England | Middlesex | Pub | Review | UK | ££££/$$$$ | add new comment | read more | 37 reads
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