If you are ever in search of authentic Indian food, look no further than Harris Park, where a litany of restaurants line the streets serving all forms of delicious Indian and sub continent cuisines. Probably most famous of them all is Billu’s, located in a single storey house on Wigram Street in Harris Park. Inside it was well lit and packed to the brim with diners looking for the perfect feed to satisfy their cravings.

Location: 62 Wigram Street, Harris Park, NSW 2150
Price: $50 per person
Website: https://billu.com.au

Melissa: 4 out of 5, a delicious sharing feast full of flavour, carbs and mango lassi, what more could you ask for?

We ordered a range of curries to share: going from the top clockwise, lamb rogan josh, butter chicken (of course we did), chicken korma, chicken tikki masala and finally one of my all time favourites the palak paneer (middle). All went well with a large portion of the garlic cheese naan ($5.90 each).

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The lamb rogan josh was delicious but unfortunately too spicy for my weak taste buds. The butter chicken was stock standard, admittedly ordered it for its familiarity and was slightly more on the sweet side. The chicken korma was one of my favourites of the night, more creamy than the butter chicken and only had a mild dosing of spice. The chicken tikka masala was again one of the spicier curries and I only had limited amounts of this, washed down with a large helping of mango lassi. Finally, the palak paneer which is one of my favourites to order – spinach curry with cubes of cottage cheese. It isn’t spicy at all and something about the spinach combined with the soft texture of cottage cheese just hits the spot for me.

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The garlic cheese naan was served fresh and so delicious I had to dedicate a full size image to celebrating how good it tasted. I could have eaten this on its own, but it was delicious heaped with curry.

One of the more polarising dishes of the night was the pani puri, a deep fried shell filled with potatoes, chickpea and onions, tamarind chutney and served with a coriander and mint spiced water. When eaten all in one go, including the spiced water, this was delicious. An interesting mix of sour acidity of the water, combined with the richer spiced potato and chickpea. Individually the ingredients didn’t seem to work but somehow together it all paired perfectly.

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I forgot which dish this was, but it was a sizzling chicken dish topped with herbs, onions and served with a refreshing yoghurt sauce. A nice light entree dish that was lovely to eat but nothing memorable when compared to some of the other dishes.

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Next up we ordered the masala dosa and the chicken dosa. These were both delicious, the masala dosa was spiced potato inside a rice flour pancake and served with a spicy (but not too spicy) chutney (served in the metal cup in the above pictures), an even spicier sauce (which I avoided) and a nice light yoghurt to balance the flavours. My preference leant towards the chicken masala but they were both super delicious. Would definitely recommend ordering at least one dosa to try.

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Chicken biryani was a spiced fried rice dish – this was again nothing special and I don’t think i’d order it again. The rice was definitely overshadowed by all the other delicious carbs on offer, from the garlic cheese naan to the puffed fried bread served in the channa bhatura. This was so good – spicy chickpea curry served with freshly fried puffed bread.

Overall the food was delicious, with several key highlight dishes being the palak paneer, chicken korma curry, the channa bhatura, and the garlic cheese naan bread. This was not my first visit to Billu’s and definitely won’t be my last, there were still plenty more delicious curries and dosas to try! While it wasn’t the most affordable meal ever at ~$50 a head, it was a delicious and enjoyable feast.