Sun 30/12 - Mr Singh's

Address - 149 Elderslie Street
Website - www.harlequinrestaurants.com/restaurants/mister_singhs.php

Something a bit different, not your traditional brunch but they do have a weekend brunch menu and i'm not one for restricting myself in terms of food types.

Again this was a late one, we arrived about 330 but according to their website weekend brunch runs from 2.30-5pm on a Sunday (from 12pm on a Sat) so we were in pretty good time for it. The reason for our visit was that K had been craving Chicken Malaidar for about a week and was beginning to annoy me by talking about it all the time.

So we arrived and the kilted waiters (their trademark) took us to a table away from the door, a good start. They also took our drink order pretty quickly and were generally really friendly. As I said on the website there is a brunch menu at £6.95 which we had perused before coming and which included the previously mentioned Chicken Tikka Malaidar. However, when we arrived we were given the a la carte menu with a lunch menu at the back, we asked about the brunch menu and the waiter said that this is what they were doing that day (it was cheaper than the brunch menu and a super cheap £5.95 for 2 courses). This menu had lamb malaidar on it but no chicken option, K asked if she could have the 2 courses substituting the lamb for chicken but was told that she couldn't and that she would have to get a la carte if she wanted this, she did that but chicken tikka malidar and boiled rice came to £10.70 pretty much double what i paid for 2 courses. I ordered the Lamb Seekh Kebab followed by chicken tikka chasni with naan.

My starter came pretty quickly and K and I both agreed that it was delicious! The accompanying yogurt sauce set off the nicely spiced lamb wonderfully. K was starting to regret her decision. The main courses arrived (both portions were the same size despite the difference in price) and my chasni was great, the chicken wasn't fatty and tasted wonderful and the naan was fluffy and just the way I like it. Top Marks for the food that I had, especially at such low prices. K had obviously a lot of expectation for her Malaidar seeing as she was paying top whack for it, she said that it was good but not as good as the one from our local take away Alis on Hyndland Street and not as good as the Ashoka Ashton Lane's, she was a little disappointed to say the least, but that is the pressure of expectation. She said she wishes she had just got the lamb in the 2 course lunch.

So from my side a good meal but the experience was definitely affected by the bad customer service of not substituting lamb for chicken. No doubt i'll be back though.