Week 8 - Nirankar

This week I chose and because we were having withdrawal symptoms from the lack of Indian food we'd had recently, I thought we'd give Nirankar a go.
It is in Queen St, Melbourne and very easy to get to as we just caught a tram up Bourke St and walked half a block to the restaurant. Good thing as well was that we could book it for 5.30pm meaning we'd be home nice and early.
Once again, booking at this time meant we were the only people there, but that was good as we had our pick of tables. Apparantly having this choice isn't easy for some people and after some serious thinking and rethinking, Pete decided we should sit near a window and enjoy the view.
We decided we wouldn't have a bottle of wine here, so Pete ordered a beer and I had a bourban and coke, and also a bottle of water.
For our entrees we chose Onion Bhajis and Aloo Tikki, which is mashed potato cakes, lightly spiced and deep fried. These came out quite quickly and were very nice and crispy, just how we like them.
Our mains, Pete went with Chicken Butter Cream, which is always mild enough for him and I thought I'd try the Garlic Chilli Prawns. I asked how hot they were and was told they could make them as hot or as mild as I want. Now, at this point I have to add that Pete normally asks me to do all the ordering, so imagine my surprise when I was discussing the amount of heat I wanted in my prawns, my darling husband decides that is a good time to speak and tells the guy to add a few extra chillis in there, because "she likes it hot" I'm not sure if the kick to his ankle helped but it made me feel good as I then said I just want it mildly hot, I didnt want my head to blow off. We also ordered some garlic roti and aloo paratha, which is stuffed with spicy potatoes.
It sounds like a lot, but we never order dessert in an Indian Restaurant because Pete thinks they are just way too sweet and sugary..so we thought we'd grab a Krispy Kreme donut on the way home (hmmmmm makes sense doesnt it?)
Once again, we weren't waiting very long and my dish was really delicious. It was fresh prawns and snowpeas with tawa sauce. I had asked what that sauce was, and was told that it was a creamy sauce made from garlic and wine. It wasn't too hot as the waiter obviously ignored the rantings of Pete and I enjoyed it very much.
Pete's was tandoori roasted chicken in a mild tomato, butter cream sauce, and he also enjoyed his very much.

The tables around us starting filling up more as we were almost finished, so we had the place basically to our self which is always nice as we get all the attention from the waiters. The service was very good and as I said we didn't have to wait long for any of the food to come out.

I would definately go there again. We were finished before 7pm and even after dropping into Krispy Kreme and grabbing some donuts, we were able to catch the 7.25pm train home and walked in the door just before 8.30pm

Total cost for the night, including our drinks was $95.50