30/03/10 - latest visit
The seekh and bread were pretty good this time. The meat was not overcooked, and the bread was as good as you can expect without a tandoor (we had chapatti and naan). The £2 'offer' for a small seekh is still on, so perhaps this is just the standard price.
Spice kitchens is on the site formerly occupied by Kashmiri Spice – however there’s been a major refurbishment and there is now a semi-open kitchen. It is very light and modern, with large glass walls, which make the place rather cold in November. A result of the refurb is the attraction to youngsters form the local college, a few groups of whom were the other diners. The menu is standard North Indian/Pakistani kebab house – (ie including curries and pizzas). The staff were nice and helpful, however there was a certain amount of confusion about a few things. The starters (a shami and a samosa) were excellent. The kebabs were tasty but not faultless – the bread was excellent but the meat overcooked. It is often the case with lamb kebabs – it was on far too long and cut too many times to speed up cooking. Perhaps a chicken kebab on another day would be better, though the overcooked seekh didn’t do anything to strengthen that case. However, £2 for a small seekh is good by any standards – that was, possibly, an ‘introductory’ type offer. Unless you really like the décor there’s no particular reason to go here rather than any other half decent place nearby – Saajan, Al Madina, Lal Quila Express etc. It’s not a terrible place but dry, overcooked meat is a pretty basic error - luckily one that's easily fixed.
Scores out of 10
Meat 6.0
Bread 9.0
Salad/Sauces 7.0
Service/Setting 7.0
Average 7.25
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