Jewel in the Crown: Crown Street, Aberdeen
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WHAT is it about kitchens, that at least one drawer must contain semi-dead batteries, pegs, Christmas cracker gifts and dog-eared takeaway menus?
As a result, when the craving for a lazy evening meal takes hold, we only need look one place.
Two somewhat stodgy onion bhajis (£2.85) were a slightly disappointing start to our Jewel in the Crown experience, but things got much better with the next course.
I went for a dish cooked in a traditional tandoor oven – a technique that obviously pays dividends because my kastoori lamb kebab (£9.95) became so tender it could easily be cut with the side of a fork. It tasted wonderful – especially when sandwiched in a bit of naan bread and shoved haphazardly into my mouth.
My fiancee’s chicken murg lajawab (£10.75) lived up to its spicy billing on the menu, delivering a nose-runningly potent chilli hit. We still finished the lot though.
