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Norwich Evening New Going Out - 05/08/2005 by David Bale

Food: *****
Service: *****
Waiting Time: *****
Choice: *****
Venue *****

The passage to India is like a second home to me, and I sometimes wish I could take it with me whenever I go on holiday.

Some of you may remember French President Jacques Chirac making some cutting remarks about British food earlier this year, when the venue for the 2012 Olympic Games was still in doubt.

I thought then and I still do now that he was living in the past and did not know what he was talking about.

The Passage to India opened in 1992 and must be one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the country.

I'm sure that outside the Indian subcontinent there cannot be many places in the whole world that do curry better than in Norwich.

The quality there probably shades the Passage at present, but the Passage has been around 13 years and has kept up its high standards for all that time.

One of the nice things about eating there is the quick service and the large portions.

I tend to know what I want. I always say, if you know what you like, why change it? I do like to try new things, but it's always a risk.

Connoisseurs of Indian food tend to go for the hottest dishes. They say the hotter it is, the better the quality.

Chicken chilli massala is a hot dish served to perfection at the passage.

Not quite as hot as Chicken bangalore phal, which at times can be too hot, its hotter than vindaloo, and comes with hot peppers and onions.

For a starter, I go for seekh or sami kebab, with, maybe, a couple of papudums with pickles before, if we're hungry.

You can always get a nice pint of Indian lager to wash it down as well.

if you want a lovely meal in Norwich you can always rely on the Passage.