BOMBAY SPICES: NORTH INDIAN CUISINE

Previously on The Makan Post, we made a visit to Lyn's Thandoori to try out some delicious North Indian cuisine. This week, we're about to have a take on the same type of cuisine at a different place.

Bombay Spices has opened 2 of its branches in the city of Kuching, one at Rubber Road and the other at King Centre both of which are air-conditioned and have a pretty good ambience with a reasonable price, nothing too fancy. Today we're headed to the branch at King Centre to taste more North Indian cuisine and delicious naans.

The mango lassi, which was always a definite must to try in Indian restaurants, was fresh and smooth, though I found it was a bit lacking of sweetness. It had more of a tangy taste to it.

The naan and roti was delicious, served hot and fresh from the thandoor. It was stretchy but still soft and fluffy on the inside. It had a fragrant aroma when eaten and had nothing too overpowering, making it great as a compliment for masalas and curries.

One interesting and common masala dish is the spinach cheese masala. Basically it's made with shredded spinach leaves, cooked together with indian cheese known as Paneer, a type of cheese in which will not melt and will remain in its form when cooked. Usually, this colour of this dish would be dark green due to the spinach, but this dish here had a curry red colour to it.

U could taste the fluffy chewy cheese cooked perfectly, and the spinach was soft, and not too much to the point where everything becomes mushy. I like that it had more of a curry flavour to it so the flavour of the spinach did not overpower the whole dish. In most cases, this dish in which is usually dark green, would tend to have more of an overpowering spinach taste to it. In such cases if the spinach was not done right, it would have been a total disaster. This was just right.

The kaju gobi, known as the cauliflower and cashew nut masala was wonderful as well. The flavour of the gravy was delicious and had a nutty taste to it. The cauliflower still retained its crisp and freshness.

Next was the fish curry. The gravy had more of a sour taste to it along with the spices and a good amount of heat used. Fish fillets were used in this dish. I am suspecting it was dory fish used, but I think it was alright as this fish curry came with a low price. Overall, not a bad fish curry.

A side of freshly chopped cucumbers, carrots, onions and radish was also served as a compliment for our meal. The flavours were very light, it was only dressed with basic seasoning and a squeeze of lemon. A great refreshment for the meal.



Bombay Spices is a great place to try North Indian Cuisine when you're not looking for something too fancy. Decent food with decent, reasonable price and a pretty good ambience.




Bombay Spices

Lot 7894, Sublot 73,
Block B, Queen's Court,
Jalan Wan Alwi,
93350 Kuching,
Sarawak.


(Rubber Road Branch)
Lot 6 No. 10G, 
Lorong 4,
Jalan Nanas,
93400 Kuching,
Sarawak.

For exact opening hours and reservations, contact 016 8563142









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