Address: 6 Malvern Road, Powick, Worcester WR2 4QP

Telephone number: 01905 830 750

Website: www.cromwelklstandoori.co.uk (not working, under maintenance?)

Date of visit: 13 March 2010

Approximate cost per head for 2 courses: under £15 for starter, main plus rice

Comments on wine list/beer: cobra and a very cheap wine list

Summary:

Let’s get the wine out of the way. On the night we went, the place was full and most people were drinking cheap wine (£12 a bottle). I don’t think that spice and wine works together, so I never have wine with an “Indian” meal. Champagne just about works.

This is an interesting restaurant as it’s the first and only building on the way to Malvern as you enter Powick. The car park is often used by the Police (day time) for their mobile speed guns. This is one place that I would not recommend that you drink and drive as the car park is often also used by the police when they are having a break!

The place is called Cromwell for obvious historical reasons. The interesting fact is that this is the first “Asian” restaurant I have come across that does not use an “indianish” name. To make sure that the customers are not fooled, there is also a huge sign with the word “Indian” on it. But then, the people who operate its are Bangladeshis not Indians. They also do steak, scampi etc just in case you do not eat “spicy” food.

The menu has all the usual Indian restaurant favourites but it also has a section on fish and Bangladeshi dishes.

We ordered  chicken karahi and chicken chashi (on the menu, it said that it’s a Bangladeshi dish cooked in special sauce), pilaw rice, sag and bindi bajees.

The chicken dishes tasted quite nice but I am not sure of the “differences”. The bindi was chopped up finely and was excellent – in fact this is one of the best I have had for sometime.

All this was washed down with 3 pints of cobra and the total bill came to £33.

The fish dishes look very interesting and there were 2 fishes – roop and ayre – that I have never heard of. Must try it next time.

By the way, they are only open from 5.30 to 11.30. They do not serve lunch.

Eddie