Last month, Marco and I celebrated our anniversary by going out to eat at Mad’Ras, an Indian restaurant. It was our first time. When we first arrived we were one of the first guests, although every table had a ‘reserved’ card on it and it was packed by the time we left. If you go, definitely make a reservation ahead of time. Perhaps it was also because the weather was outstanding that day. One of those ‘last gasp of summer days’ when it is suddenly warmer than it has been in the last few weeks.
This was the first thing we received (on the house). I enjoyed the presentation of the rolled up cracker/wafer. It came with red onions as well as three sauces (sweet, minty and spicy). As usual, Marco and I both gravitated towards the minty and spicy ones.
We then had a set of appetizers. Next to the sauces you have fried onions (I forget the name. I don’t think it was onion bhaji, but if it wasn’t, it was quite similar). Below that you have two samosas. Did I mention I love samosas? Although we mostly paired it with the mint sauce from the initial appetizer. On the right we had the star of the evening – tandoori prawns. Zó lekker! Definitely order those if you go.
For our main, we split a mutton curry with some naan and rice (below).
At that point we were full, in a nice way. It was great food and we will definitely go back again.
Of course, even when you’re full (ish), you can always make room for ice cream. We stopped at Piet for some ice cream. I had a scoop of lime, ginger and mint and Marco had two scoops (tahini and sticky rice). They were all awesome but Marco said the sticky rice was a bit subtle. I liked mine a lot, but it was quite intense so I found myself stealing a bit from Marco’s ice cream to counteract the flavor. I would order it again, though. Just maybe with a second scoop of something else…
All in all, I can definitely recommend Mad’Ras. (Although I will also recommend Himalayan restaurant as well. The owner is great and we definitely don’t visit enough.)
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