De Orchid takeaway, then I gave them a telephone telephone every bit Michael walked home. Unfortunately their telephone went unanswered, eventually returning a message that they were closed due to unforeseen circumstances for a calendar week or two. Darn. It seems that individual else was having the really same conundrum, finding our spider web log via a google search for indian delivery carlton melbourne but 8 minutes afterward they searched for "de orchid" carlton! I wonder if they tried the Balti Indian Cafe every bit google recommended? Instead I took a facial expression at our fridge, papered alongside takeaway leaflets every bit it is, too chose the Classic Curry Company.
Michael too I showtime sampled the Classic's curries fifty-fifty earlier nosotros moved to Melbourne. We were lodging nearby acre assist a conference too had somehow heard of it every bit a local purveyor of inexpensive too cheerful Indian food. Like Red Pepper, it was an unadorned fit-out filled alongside members of the local Indian community, too big pots of curry going at really inexpensive rates. If retention serves, I intend nosotros paid entirely $6-6.50 for a vegetarian curry too rice! The prices are higher now, though $7.50 all the same seems a reasonable bespeak price.
With orders over $25 scoring costless delivery, nosotros were virtually obliged to purchase upwardly big - a serve of pakora (2 for $2), vegetable kofta, palak paneer, vegetable korma too 2 garlic naans ($1.50 each). The pakoras, rather than existence the battered whole chunks of vegetable that I expected, were deep-fried balls of vege mush. They didn't print me much, though the tamarind dipping sauce brought out the best inwards them. The naans looked pretty apartment too lifeless, but did truly bring out unopen to flakiness ane time I started trigger-happy in. The palak paneer had a mild, salty season alongside the spinach served nigh its natural texture rater than pureed. The kofta were quite expert too the tangy sauce had a petty kick. I expected petty of the korma, but its sweetness sauce won me over at showtime bite.
This is non nuanced cooking, too I had wondered if the Classic Curry Company's meals would alive upwardly to the slightly higher prices they're straight off charging. These curries definitely did, good exceeding my (fairly low) expectations too making our Mon nighttime inwards a cozy one.
Address: 597 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD
Ph: 93294040
Unlicensed
Price: vege curries alongside rice $7.50
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