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Aaaaand I am back A place I had been longing to try for quite some time now is the Rice Boat on Newnham Road. Described by their website as "Indian food, but not as you know it". The Rice Boat is not like the usual standard of British Indian cuisine you find in Cambridge, but more of a traditional Keralan style of Indian food.  Popular for its king fish and craft beer selection, you can see why this place is often spoken so highly of when reading any Indian cooking review or blog. Sadly for me I have never been on this side of town to give it a go, so tonight, i thought I would finally change that!  Located right next to the Mill Pond and the beautiful Granta pub, this area can be a night out in itself. Also sitting next door is one of my favourite Indians in the area, India House, which always gets high marks every time I visit. Luckily they arent rivals as they take two very different approaches to Indian cuisine.  The first...

The Maghna down Victoria Road has always been a place I haven't looked at with the most fondness over the years. The last time I visited I felt like I was sitting in a cheap conservatory eating less than average food. It also has the rotten luck of being incredibly close to Castle Street, which for me, is  the best place in Cambridge for Indian cuisine That was quite a few years ago though and the place has had a make over since. The place may look the same on the outside but has had a lot of work done on its interior, which for me was really needed. I decided to treat my dad to a curry a few weeks back so decided to give the Meghna a bash. He lives in Bar Hill so it was a choice between some of the restaurants on the west side of Cambridge for travel purposes. I had already done a lot of the gems on Castle Street recently and I was invited to the Meghna by some of the staff on the Cambridge Curry Crew Facebook group a few weeks back. It had been a long time since I ...

The Cambridge Curry Crew had the pleasure of Lalbagh in Bourn a few months back. It was the first CCC event in a while so we thought we would go with a place which has had a lot of buzz and positive praise from nearly everyone I talk too.  Its quite a pain to find if you aren't aware of the villages in the area. Coming off the A428 was disorientating and a real pain to find in the dark. That being said, driving through the village the place is incredibly hard to miss. There is a decent amount free parking around the side.  The restaurant is a traditional old English building on the outside which could be mistaken for a pub, though once you get inside you are greeted by a very modern restaurant.  The first thing you notice about the modern interior is the fountain sign behind the bar. Similar to the one you see in the Curry Palace in Cottenham. Not only that but they have a damn fine selection of on tap Indian beer including Kingfisher, Cobra and Mongoose....

Aaaaaand i'm back! After a short hiatus I have decided to get back on the horse and carry on blogging. Life is a little more settled now and things are much more structured again. I have been to many Indians in the local Cambridge area lately and I cant wait to share it all with you. Sadly my phone's camera is currently broken so I am struggling to take photos for the sake of the blog, though with a little help from friends and family who eat with me I have managed to scrape a few pictures for your pleasure.  A place I have been eating at a lot lately is the Taj Tandoori  on Cherry Hinton Road, Its also a place I have an incredibly soft spot for as I have been eating here for years. Sometimes I get annoyed as its a place which can be missed quite easily walking down the street and is often over looked by a lot of people I talk to because of Moza across the road at Cineworld.  The staff brag that its the oldest Indian restaurant in Cambridge and th...