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Fairly flat and ordinary meal from Ely Spice tonight.  I remember when Ely Spice was one of the best places which delivered to my area but after this rather anemic experience it has put me off. The saag aloo was basically potatoes with a few specs of spinach. This is something which is very easy to prepare and very cheap. So, why scrimp on it?  The chicken tikka masala was the first I've tried which I've not liked. This is quite a sweet dish normally and hard to get wrong but they somehow managed it. For the sake of balance, my wife (whose dish it belonged too) thought it was fine. I couldn't quite put my finger on it but it was just too sour.  I had chicken vindaloo. This was ok. Quite mild.  My boy had a chicken jalfreizi. He's only 11 but found it a little too spicy for him. 😂 He thought he could handle it but he's not quite there yet. This is no comment on Ely Spice just a minor set back on my boys journey to be the ultimate hot head 😂 The rice was great. The ...

Once in a while, there is a dish that comes around which completely blows you out of the water.  The Dishooms famous black daal, the Lalbagh's Rhubarb Seabass, and The Taj Tandooris Bengal Tiger are to name just a few.  Tonight, after being lucky enough to win a competition for a gift voucher, I was finally able to try the last Indian restaurant left in St Ives I've yet to try and discovered an absolute gem of a dish which is up there with some of the best curries I've ever had in my entire life.  We ordered a variety of dishes to cheer us up on a bleak winter's evening, including lamb chops, Peshwari naan, Carolina Reaper vindaloo, saag aloo, and onion Bhajis...but it was The Chicken Ruby which completely stole the show! Chicken Ruby in all its glory!  Described as "a dish which has everything: spice, sweet, savoury, and utterly addictive". All I can say is, I concur! This dish is similar to a chicken tikka masala or butter chicken but with numerous dimension...