So it’s Friday night, you’re in the centre of Oxford and looking for a great curry.
If you ask me for my opinion, then I would certainly recommend 4500 Miles from Delhi, every day of the way. It’s a fantastic central venue with absolutely awesome food.
Nav Kandola and his team have created a modern and fresh restaurant which serves tasty food with fantastic service.
The menu has a range of traditional Indian dishes, all freshly cooked by a team of chefs who seem to take the utmost care with each dish served from the kitchen.
After the customary starter of poppadoms and chutneys, I, together with five friends, chose the Gourmet Banquet so that we could enjoy a range of the different options and meals.
The starter was a delicious platter with the Chicken Malai Tikka and the Amritsari Machchi (a lovely fried fish) being the favourites from a platter of five enticing options.
The main course was a range of different curries and side dishes with the Lamb Rogan Josh and Tarka Dal winning lots of ‘mmmm’s’ from around the table. I personally enjoyed the specialist Dhaba Murgh dish which was spicy but had a beautiful flavour.
For curry veterans such as me, they say that the best way to judge an Indian restaurant is through the quality of their naan breads. In over fifteen years of enjoying Indian food all over the world, the keema naan served at 4500 miles from Delhi was one of the best I have ever tasted.
It was piping hot, full of sumptuous meat and cooked to perfection! The first one was devoured quickly by the guys around the table, but when I asked for another, it was served within just a few minutes - perfect for mopping up the remnants of the curry sauce on our plates!
With full stomachs there was no room left for desert, but we slipped in a few of the complimentary chocolates and finished off our Cobra’s and Merlot (well we had to experience the quality of the wines didn’t we!) and thanked the team as we left.
So, in summary, I would give the restaurant 9 out of 10. Awesome food, great service and all at a reasonable price! 4500 Miles from Delhi is certainly going to prove popular if it continues to deliver quality at the high levels we experienced! Well worth a visit!
