Shaheen Tandoori Indian

January is a lean and depressing month so rather than go out for dinner we have opted for a couple of beers and a take away at home. We really fancied Indian so decided to try here. We weren’t disappointed, their portions are big with plenty left over for another night. We opted for their chilli and garlic chicken tikka masala, and a korma (don’t under estimate a korma and say they are dull, they can be so tasty and satisfying if done right). We had a side of chips and rice and peshwari nann, and 2 tins. It was all cooked well with lots of flavour, and no random bits of veg thrown in, I hate it when they throw a bit of cauliflower or a load of broccoli into it. It all came to about £20 which was certainly cheaper than going out for an Indian. This may well be our regular, everyone needs a regular Indian!

After a long weekend and a hard Monday, I was in no mood for cooking so there was only one option — takeaway curry!
This was my time trying Shaheen, it had been recommended by a mate.
It was good but and a bit costly at £25 for 2 meals, 2 rice and a naan.
We ordered 2 meals that looked suspiciously similar on the menu but couldn’t have been more different. Tikka chilli masala was sweet, mild and full of flavour —
The chilli garlic tikka was hotter than a set of twin babies when the temp goes up to the mid 80’s!
They did throw in some free pakora type chicken which was a nice touch but we couldn’t finish the stuff we actually ordered.
Delivery was quick and food was hot. Just a bit pricey.

I’ve said before about how much I LOVE Indian food, so when I discovered *shock horror* that The Sahara had closed down, and unfortunately my favourite Kinara don’t deliver I resorted to the advice of my fellow Unilocalers and decided to try out the Shaheen Tandoori Indian. Well, well, well, I wasn’t let down (Thanks guys!) and I was delivered one of the nicest Indian meals I’ve had in a long time. I opted for the chilli, garlic masala, onion bahjee, and a cauliflower dish (I don’t eat rice or bread so I get to be greedy!) and everything was just delicious. As one dish was particularly spicy I was glad the other provided a creamy, mild taste so I could alternate if the spice was too much for me! Definitely somewhere I’ll be trying again. Goes to prove Unilocal does work! I wouldn’t have heard of this gorgeous place any other way.