England 9/2025: London, then Cornwall or the Lake District? Not sure...

ZivBnd · September 23, 2025, 8:02am

I posted this on the biryani thread but will post it here too, since it is still on my UK trip.

BIRYANI — the real deal, travesties, and other tales

I got the Awadhi Jackfruit Biryani at Dishoom Coventry Garden yesterday and it was rather good! I did not miss the “protein” the way i thought i would.
I got there right at noon as the lunch line was just forming. I told my waitress i wanted to biryani and the mango lassi but would follow her advice on an app or sides. She gave me an “ow”? Chaat. Maybe she said aloo? I asked her to spell it and she spelled chaat, instead. I smiled so she thought she had gotten the right info to me.
Anyway it was sweet and rich and really good.

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The biryani came sealed in its pot w dough, which is kind of cool.

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Delicious! Layered flavors and spices, plenty of sultanas, not hot but definitely some chilis mixed in there. I would definitely go back.

Waitress was very nice, recommended her favorite park for walking. Surprisingly i knew it (Holland Park) and had stayed at the hostel there 30 years back. I watched one act of The Pirates of Penzance through a small hole the theatre cut in the shrubs to allow 2 hostel guests to watch the plays there. “I am the very model of a modern major general!” Long ago.

Line was down the block when i left.