Al-Badar Fried Chicken and Curry Restaurant

In my almost daily search for a cheap lunchtime curry I came across this place while walking down Brick Lane.
It seems to sell all manner of fast food, but that’s not what I was there for. I needed a curry fix and this place seemed to be the cheapest on Brick Lane.
It is all formica table tops, fixed chairs and bright lights. It would have had the atmosphere of a grubby yet sterile take-​away, except that it was packed with locals and a few suits.
I had some truly great pilau rice (there is a difference), a tongue-​tastically flavoursom saag chicken and a tarka dahl. If I don’t have tarka dahl every so often, I become morose and feel not only physically hollow but a little emotionally bereft. This dahl here was not inspirational, not the sort of dahl to order as a last meal, nor sell a kidney for, it wasn’t mouth-​orgasmic, but it was OK and the rice and saag chicken made up for it. At just a shade over a fiver, this place may see my bot on one of their chairs again very soon.
I noticed a few locals having lamb biriani with what looked like rather crunchy and pleasant fried chicken, but I can’t vouch for it. I accidentally had a KFC once, it was the second worst thing I have ever put in my mouth.