London’s Best Indian Restaurants for Eastern Indian Cuisine | Eater London
"A fat pundit may be any rotund scholar, from Buddha to Birbal — but here combining the common Chinese surname Fatt with the Indian word pundit offers a clue to what the restaurant is about: yes, it’s Indian-Chinese. More specifically, it’s Kolkata-Chinese — different from Mumbai-Chinese in that the food is less masala-fied and chilli-fied than the latter. The narrow room makes the place look smaller than it is (there’s more seating in the basement), with a massive steamer in the bar heating up momos continuously. They’re pretty as jewels and beautifully pleated; and the rest of the menu also impresses with no ready-made ‘Chinese’ sauces clinging to everything like in some inferior Indian-Chinese restaurants. There’s soft chilli paneer on lettuce leaves, hakka noodles crunchy with white cabbage, wok-fried crab meat with sweetcorn, and two chicken classics: manchurian and lollipop, all of it aglow with the gentlest of chilli heats, and a garden full of spring onions." - Sejal Sukhadwala
