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I've had my eye on Indian Village for a while. As of this writing it has 24 smilies and 0 frowny faces, which is to me very impressive. You can't even cheat to get such a rating. If you pay a bunch of people to say it's good, you can't stop the people you didn't pay from saying it's bad. Well, I can say I won't be the first to give it a frowny face.We started with the samosas. For six people, we got two orders of 4 pcs. One of the orders was vegetable samosa, and then we decided to change it up and get lamb as well. I was not a fan of the lamb samosas. I had imagined that it would be lamb chunks in addition to potatoes and peas, but instead it was just ground lamb, and it was just OK. The pastry it comes in is excellently flaky, but not as crisp as I like. The vegetable samosas were better, but their interior was on the mushy side. I would rate the lamb ones C+ and the veggie ones B+ (great). The mint chutney was standard and slightly disappointing.Here follows three pictures. The dishes are: Lamb Roganjosh; Chicken Kadai; and Fish Masala. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to puzzle out from the pictures which is which! Descriptions and ratings after the photos...The general thing I'll say about this restaurant is that they have all the northern classics on the menu, and they're all good-to-great. Not fantastic, but solid. Better than Chungking Mansions, better than Gaylord and Jashan in my opinion, but not quite as good as Bombay Dreams/ Tandoorie Nights-- though I haven't been to those restaurants in ages, so maybe things have changed.The Lamb Roganjosh was good. The curry sauce was flavorful and the lamb was tender. Not mystifyingly tender, where you wonder how meat can't melt, but y'know, tender. B or B+. The Kadai Chicken, a favorite of mine, was also good. It was a little bit spicy. It's tough for me to really say what I thought about it. I fell in love with this dish at this Punjabi restaurant I used to frequent and so I order it a lot. It's wok-style stir fried onions and peppers in a tomato-y gravy. But I'm rarely wowed by it. I think it's the spice and the fat. The stuff at my Punjabi place was greasy as all get out and firey hot. I can't really blame a restaurant for not taking that direction, ah, but I do miss it. B or B+.The Fish Masala: originally someone wanted the Goan Fish Curry-- and I do like Goan food, though we were already getting Vindaloo-- but somehow the picture on the menu of the Fish Masala just convinced me to convince everyone else to get it. And I wasn't disappointed. There's this psychological phenomenon where you like the things you choose better than those same things if you didn't choose them, but I think there was something beyond that effect here. Again, I ate a lot of things with a lot of complex flavors while conversing with 5 other people, so the details are hazy, but I was impressed and do recommend this dish. Excellent, A-The Dahl Makhni was just as you'd expect. Creamy and delicious in the way you'd never make yourself at home because you don't have the guts to put in all that cream. It takes a lot to stand out, however, so I'm giving this a B+The Prawn Vindaloo: I don't know, I feel as though somebody sapped all the character out of Vindaloo (probably the British). I cook it relatively regularly from a handful of recipes I've acquired over the years and it's always a bevy of textures and aromas and spices and chili heat with tart undertones. But somehow at every restaurant here it's just some featureless puree, maybe hot, maybe not, but just kind of boring. This was medium-ish spicy. Alright. CHere is an image of my plate with all the goodies.Oddly enough, the Aloo Gobi arrived long after we'd finished everything else. This was a saucier version than my favorite dry-fried kind, and it was a little on the mushy side. C as well.After dinner at the bar, one of my friends correctly pointed out that I don't give out many "A's" in my reviews, and this is true. "A" I have reserved for "excellent" and by that I mean that it really hits the spot, it deserves to be in the city guide book, it's like-- if I want that, this is where I'll get it. And it's tought to rise to that level. So B and B+ are "good" and "great" for me. That means, since I'm giving this place a B-to-B+, it is good-to-great to me. You won't go wrong going here. I'll probably even come back. It's not one for the ages. It's not the alpha and the omega. But it is good-to-great.
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今次由狼仔执笔写食评, 又我带大家去中环试D新菜式， 猪女突然想试D重口味的野， 于是乎选了食印度夜。不过，行到结志街附近，忽然弹出一只老鼠， 吓到猪女花容失色，所以大家夜晚到中环食饭都系小心D啦！Ok都系讲番D夜食先，呢间印度菜既卖点系其食物较为传统， 总括来说味道较为辣，更用了不少既香草来调味， 如果平时肚子食惯清D既食物既话，呢间餐厅就不太合适啦!我地总共叫了四道菜： Chicken Tikka (6pcs), Chicken Saagwala, Garlic Naan， Chick Biryani。先来了个Chicken Tikka， 用铁板既方式来载， 食落去既质感少少香脆，略带点辣。 建议铁板其实可以不用烧得咁热， 因为如果D鸡块不是即时攞起， 就会烧焦!Chicken Saagwala其实不可以话系咖哩，因为个presentation系将D波菜煮到糜烂， 再伴上鸡块而已！不过其实味道算系清新特别，连狼仔去过印度， 食尽地道野都未试过!个Garlic Naan其实几普通， 但是价钱就$28， 仲要得四块添！建议咖哩可以再rich同juicy D。最后是个Chick Biryani， 系一道好典型既印度菜， 材料都好多， 加上花生，鸡块， 不同的香草去丰富口感。不过略嫌辣左少少，D辣感在我的舌上维持左好一阵子！想起在印度backpack时食过$10炒饭，望见呢个价钱($85) 实在太伤心了！
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在中上环闲逛，想找一间宁静的餐厅食饭，在open rice search后，找到它。食物的味道不错，整体的味道都中上水平，上菜速度亦很快,做到served hot虽然在皇后大道往卑利街要行上一段上斜路，但环璄很舒服，不太吵，不太静。侍应的服务不俗，会因应需要加水。
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卑利街食店多的是，论特色/味道/环境/价钱，Indian Village 性价比一定高。餐厅天花挂了一系列印度色彩的吊灯，光线柔和又有气氛。尽头位置有间以帐帘间隔的房间，透出蓝色的光，感觉神秘。刚到步时，人不多，7时才只有一枱客。我选了舒适的沙发位置坐下，先 order 杯人人都赞不绝口的 Mango Lassi。听说是传统印度特饮，芒果蓉和原味乳酪的混合，果味丰富，不太甜，很 rich 很 refreshing。待应随后奉上 crispy 胡椒薄饼，伴3种酱汁，分别是带酸的香草乳酪，酱油 feel 的带甜酱汁，有腌菜的辣茄蓉东西。由于前来时做过资料搜集，想吃的都 plan 好了。先来是芝士烤鸡腿，整体其实不错，鉄板上，火候够，仲好香好惹味，只是奇怪完全吃不出芝士的味道，好遗憾。。。玛沙拉大虾，我觉得这个玛沙拉汁用来点薄饼食最好，印度风味十足，好像是用姜和一堆香料，再混和蕃茄一起煮成蓉。唯一败笔是用雪藏虾，虾味口感皆欠奉。埋单时，待应奉上七彩香草糖果粒粒，色彩缤纷，见到就开心。以前也吃过印度菜，今次却是第一次尝到这可爱的东西，咬落阵阵香草味在口腔中，甜甜地，很有趣呢！
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Zoe其实挺爱吃印度菜的，可是有水准又正宗的印度菜在香港买少见少。复活节假期中，Zoe就跟好友觅食到中环，终于找到一家正宗又有水准的印度餐馆了！说的就是这家位于中环卑利街的Indian Village。虽然位于中环，但位置有点隐蔽。可是这也有点好处，就是旺中带静，可以静静享用一顿美味的晚餐。Indian Village的面积不算大，大约只容纳到25-30人左右。餐厅的尽头有一间用布廉遮掩的小房间，适合三五知已共聚谈心用。全家餐厅的布置充满印度色彩，亦很雅致。坐下来后，便有这个薄饼跟酱汁奉上。Zoe一直都很喜欢香脆的食物，这个薄饼尤其喜欢，但就不知道它正确的名字。一般的正宗印度餐厅都会以这个作为餐前小食。薄饼香脆，本身有点咸味及胡椒味。奉上的酱汁分别有带咸的香草味、酸甜味与辣味。Zoe个人比较喜欢香草味，能令薄饼更醒胃呢！香烧春鸡 $90/半只 $156/全只朋友听说这儿的香烧春鸡好吃，所以第一道她便点半只。老实说，Zoe对鸡一向没有偏好，但这烧鸡调味很入味，洒上柠檬汁，令烧鸡更醒胃。鸡肉烧得外脆内软，火喉适中。说是半只，竟是两只鸡腿，这点很赞！玛沙拉大虾 $101这是店主的推介！玛沙拉是用酸奶、番茄酱和香料作的酱汁，还加入了一些番茄。味道酸酸辣辣的，单吃的话，对怕辣的Zoe来说有点吃不消，但伴饭或烤饼的话，反而非常醒胃。别小看这盘子小小的，原来入面也有很多只虾。虽然吃得出是雪藏虾，但因为玛沙拉的味道浓郁，可以盖过虾大部份的雪藏味，所以味道也不错，虾肉也不觉得靭。菠菜芝士 $78这个又是店主推介的菜色！是款很有特色的蔬菜菜色。卖相实是不太讨好，令人想起给婴儿吃的菜茸。里面有一粒一粒的芝士，但芝士味道不算浓。Zoe本身对菠菜有点抗拒，但这道菜茸加了芝士后，倒易入口了，味道层次丰富，只是多吃会有点腻。特色虾炒饭 $105总要点些面饭来饱肚。这个炒饭用上的当然是米身尖幼细长的印度米，米饭的口感较干爽，炒饭上面舖满小虾干，十分惹味。炒饭跟上酸乳酪奉上，加入酸乳酪后，炒饭带酸味，更是醒胃，可是Zoe还是比较喜欢以玛沙拉来伴炒饭，味道更浓郁，带辣的味道，更能刺激味蕾！蒜茸烤饼 Garlic Naan $28别小看以上的各款菜色size小小的，其实已经足以令我们2个女生吃得饱饱的，只是到了印度餐馆，不点一个印度烤饼，总觉得有点美中不足，于是我们又点了这个印度烤饼。松软的烤饼加上清淡的蒜茸味，沾上玛沙拉来吃，又是一大赞的美食！Mango Lassi 及冻柠茶本想点印度甜品，可是真的太饱了，所以便点饮品算吧！冻柠茶没甚么特别，反是Mango Lassi 很有印度特色！浓浓的芒果配微酸乳酪，容易入口之余，也有消滞及帮助消化的作用。
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