A larger group than we’ve had for some time, 6 club members and 3 guests! We started at Captain
Ridley’s Shooting Stick in Bletchley which we all know is code breakers jargon for let’s go to
Wetherspoons and drink beer, walk on a sticky carpet and go for a curry. We then made the short
journey round the corner to the Himalaya restaurant – an old favourite.
We were greeted with the warm welcome from the manager and we also noticed the place was very
busy which is always great to see. Nothing else had changed with the same décor and the glassed
area where you can watch the chefs in action. Unfortunately, the busyness of the restaurant made it
a long wait from ordering starters to receiving them (an hour) and even munching on popadums
(nice pickle try selection) didn’t make the wait any quicker! However, the wait was made up for but
the plentiful size of starters which all agreed were very good. The mains were also excellent and the
rice, breads and veggie sides were of good quality and size.
There was cobra on draft and other bottled beers including Gurkha.
I always find it interesting that for a largish restaurant there is only one men’s toilet meaning there
was queuing on quite a few occasions as the night (and beer) wore on.
All in all, everyone agreed that the food, service, ambience were very good and all had an enjoyable
evening.

Graeme

Also, check out the scores and the common curry.

Common Curry – Expensive, largely due to side orders, but very good
Certificate –  Just falling short of a 4 star certificate
Web site – https://himalayafinedining.co.uk/

Positive	Negative
Chilli lamb, flavoursome and delicious	Slow service, took an hour to get the starters
Lamb puri – big and tasty	Asked for a dish to be hotter, not sure this was delivered
King prawn puri, nicely hot	Dips were a bit short for 9 people
Huge chicken tikka starter	Onion bhajee average but ok, big portion
Tasty chicken dumpling, also large portion	Not enough lamb in the korma
Garlic chilli Chicken Patiala very good
Lamb Kathmandu, always a pleasure
Lamb Saagwala	Tender lamb slices. Huge portion
All naan, rice and veggies good