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The Palm 102 Palmerston Road, Walthamstow 0208
520 7465 Restaurant closed January 2011
When we returned about a month later it was obvious that there had been some changes. The heavy drapes had gone and the restaurant was lit with bright fluorescent tubes. We entered and quickly realised that the Palm had changed ownership (our first visit was their closing party - what timing!). Not only was the interior very bright and, as mentioned in the review below, a bit shabby, it was also very quiet and with no background music this made us all feel a little self-conscious and we resorted to speaking in hushed tones - a bit like one does in a church. Service (no pun intended) was very laid-back, friendly, helpful and slow – but, hey, there was no hurry (yet), and I got the impression that the waiter was helping out in the kitchen. There were five of us and we did order far too much food which arrived in dribs and drabs. We chose a combination of samosas, curries (both meat and vegetable), rice and dhosa. The first dish to arrive was a devilled fish curry which was very nice but with nothing a accompany it we were in a quandary - eat it, or wait and let it get cold. We kind of did both. When
the dishes we ordered finally stopped coming the conclusion was that it
was very good, flavoursome and freshly cooked South Indian food. If the
ambience had been a bit more relaxing the timing of the food would have
been less important.
Editor
We visited this restaurant on a Wednesday evening after looking for something different and authentic. The
decor, whilst a bit shabby gave the impression of an unpretentious
family run restaurant.
The waiter was very helpful and friendly,
explaining the menu to us as a lot of the dishes are unfamiliar.
We started with a lamb samosa and some
'deviled chicken' both of which were excellent - the devilled chicken
being a fusion of Chinese stir fry with fresh curry leaves. Yum.
We then had a masala dhosa, chicken
biryani and dhal .All were lovely, but what struck us was the intense
flavours and the freshness of everything. We
are definitely going back.
We had a good chat with the owner and he
said he has plans for redecorating the place and investing a bit in
the restaurant as he has recently taken it over. We
said thats great but keep up the quality of the food ! Marvellous.
Posted January 28th
2010
Posted 14th October 2009 Philip
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