Summary
I was reminded of Robert Louis Stevenson's observation that "to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive" while I sat drumming my fingers at the Banana Leaf - Glasgow's south-side, South Indian restaurant. I was mightily looking forward to eating there seeing as it is from the same stable as the eponymous takeaway in the west end, a place that makes food which honours its mother country. It takes some time to change your mindset when you expect a place to be good, but after an hour and a quarter, and still no sign of main courses, it did.
This Banana Leaf seems to have structural problems. It wants to be a restaurant as well as a takeaway, but running the two side by side isn't working. We started off promisingly with an almost instant beaker of warm tamarind soup, but then it was difficult to give our order because the front-of-house man was constantly interrupted by his mobile phone. This may sound like rudeness, but then we realised he was speaking to the kitchen down below every minute or two. The Banana Leaf doesn't appear to have any other method of communication.See the full content of this document
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Indian Bummer
After 25 minutes, three starters arrived. One was good, vadai - crunchy lentil rissoles. They came with an under-seasoned, diluted coconut pickle t...
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