The waiters gave them free drinks and sides!
Bengal Brasserie was jam-packed with diners for a Sunday evening, the well-known Burley restaurant was full of the sound of chatter and bustling waiters.
I had been tempted to order from the buffet special myself but when I looked over at the platter, the buffet table looked quite sad as if the silver globular metal containers were drooping rather pitifully. There wasn’t much activity around the buffet table, it looked rather lonely in the corner. After we’d had our poppadoms which came with a generous platter of sauces, we were each served our starters. My chicken liver tikka was really delicate and rich with flavour as it was marinated in herbs and spices, plus I was given an ample portion. My dinner guest also had nothing but good words to say about the salmon tikka.
The menu says it is cooked with a special tamarind sauce with green chillies. It certainly was sweet and very tasty, it went down very easily. However it was too mild for my liking, it needed a slight boost of spice to really elevate the dish. I regret not being braver and going for the Jalfrezi dish. The portion was massive, lots of prawns in there.