Feeds goes international! After two years of COVID lockdowns preventing travel, we’re happy to bring you some content from recent travels overseas. It felt great to be overseas again, exploring the world and leaving the past two years of restrictions and isolation behind. I definitely had a renewed sense of gratitude for the privilege to be able to travel to so many different places and experience the local cuisines and restaurants they had to offer.

First up, possibly one of the most recommended places to me in London, Dishoom.

Location: 12 Upper St Martin’s Lane, London WC2H9FB
Price: Lunch AUD$113.45 for two people, including drinks. Breakfast AUD$38.97 for two people.
Social: https://www.instagram.com/dishoom/?hl=en

For entrees we ordered the pau bhaji which was mashed veggies in a curry paste served with two warm buttered buns. The red onion and lime cut through the rich mashed curried veggies. It was a touch too salty but still very delicious. The Dishroom tikka roll was a modern, western take using their chicken tikka. The mix of herbs was refreshing but the chicken was quite spicy for my non spicy tolerant tastebuds. It was served with a sweet tomato sauce. Whilst this was good I don’t think I would reorder this again and focus on some of the other more traditional dishes on offer.

The main dishes we ordered was the paneer tikka and the chicken ruby. Palak paneer is one of my go-to dishes to order at Indian restaurants and the grilled version was pretty good. The slices of cottage cheese were marinated with a light green spice and served with charred capsicum. Upon reflection, not exactly the best value for money considered we only have 3-4 slices of cheese, but still a nice light dish. The chicken ruby was delicious. Soft, tender chicken served in a makhani sauce (cashew, tomato, butter, cream sauce). Not spicy at all, very rich and indulgent and went perfectly with the garlic naan bread we ordered.

For drinks we ordered the mango and fennel lassi and the kokum milk punch. The mango lassi was more yoghurt flavoured than mango flavoured and I couldn’t really taste the fennel addition. The kokum milk punch was an interesting cocktail made from a sour Indian plum and whisky. It was served with a coconut milk cream which counteracted with the sour plum taste. Not to my palette but an interesting and unique dish. Overall both drinks were pretty average, would recommend trying something else instead.

On a different day we also sampled the breakfast menu at Dishoom, which had been recommended to us. To start off we ordered the bun maska, a soft buttered bun with the signature hot chai at Dishoom. The chai was rich, spicy and honestly unlike any Chai that I have ever had before. Definitely a must-order from the Dishoom menu.

Kejriwal was a dish with fried eggs on chilli toast. It was salty, cheesy and only a touch spicy. A pretty heavy dish overall but very nice and well balanced. The small details like the spring onions and chilli flakes helped elevate the dish. Last but not least we ordered the sausage naan roll. This was a fairly ordinary affair but still pretty good. 

Melissa: 4/5 You can certainly see why it is so popular – the dishes are well thought out, the service is excellent and they mix authenticity and creativity perfectly.

Overall, a delicious Indian restaurant offering some high quality dishes in London. I would definitely be back when next in London, there’s still a lot of other dishes on the menu that I am wanting to try (masala prawns, chole puri and keema pau to name a few).