Telefono: +33142710773,+33144593776
Indirizzo: 75 rue Saint Martin, 75004 Paris, France
Città: Paris
Piatti: 10
Recensioni: 244
Sito Web: http://www.sommethimalaya.fr
"Summary, for those averse to reading long essays:Good: Central location, clean, good service.Bad: Tasteless, low quality food.Recommended: No.Now the details:This restaurant, situated just off Centre Pompidou, is a prime suspect for being a tourist trap. Well, it isn’t, but it is not a very good Indian restaurant either.The place is small but pleasant, with a couple of tables outside and a few more inside. Folded napkins and crisp tablecloths contribute to an overall neat and clean appearance. Service is polite and reasonably fast. A complimentary pappadom (lentil flour wafer) and four different condiments are offered off the start.Unfortunately, the food, abundant as it may be, does not do it justice. I had a starter of sheikh kebab (two skewers of spiced, grilled ground meat) and a main of chicken Punjabi (chicken in a stew of tomato and spices) served with basmati rice. Neither of the dishes were any good. The kebab was of very low quality meat, indifferently spiced and overall rather tiresome. The chicken was even worse: undercooked and with “mystery” chewy pieces, it was genuinely off-putting. The sauce was underspiced and incredibly tasteless: I found myself adding pepper (in an Indian restaurant, that was a first!). Even drowned in the (mediocre) condiments, this dish left me wondering why I was eating it. The only good part was the rice: fragrant and well-prepared, it was really crying for better food. A wooden box of anise seeds and tiny mint candy (meant to clean the palate), presented with the bill, left me with a bitter aftertaste of what this place might have been but wasn’t.This restaurant has the potential and the aspiration to be an inexpensive little Indian haven in the center of Paris. Unfortunately, inability (or lack of interest) to prepare a decent plate of food pushes it beyond the margins of acceptability. If you are hungry after a day at the Pompidou, opt for the nearby cheap falafel and doner kebabs instead."
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