Written February 2, 2010

Before I came to London so many people told me that the Indian food would be fabulous. Unfortunately, up until last week, my only experience was with Kwality Indian, and Quality with a k kind of loses its meaning, because this place was, well lets just call it sub-par. So! On Monday night! Fred brought us to Haandi! And it was absolutely delicious, and well worth the wait, although I wish we could have experienced it sooner. We had Chicken Tikka Masala, and spicy lamb curry, and okra like I had never experienced it in the South, but I’ll admit I preferred it. I would probably say that my favorite part of the meal would have to be the desert. The only time I had ever had an Indian dessert before was at my school during International week, and that had been a very watery rice pudding. But Monday night at Haandi we did not have watery rice pudding for dessert. No, we had Galap Jamin, and I can’t be certain that I’m spelling that right, but I do know that it was delicious. Before it came to the table, Sonya hadn’t been sure how to describe the deliciousness that is Galap Jamin. She kept saying that they were like “Cheese balls” which, I will admit, does not sound very good. Gross. I would describe it as a sort of bread pudding instead. It came with ice cream and was an absolutely fabulous end to the night.

In fact, it was so fabulous that two days later when Natalie, Sonya, Hannah, and I passed by Haandi on our way to get lunch at Harrod’s 102, we were lulled to the amazing Galap Jamin we knew resided inside. A plan was fashioned: After lunch at Harrod’s 102 (where we get bagels which are also very good) we would head over to Haandi and partake of the Galap Jamin. We did this, and were very content with ourselves and the unfolding of said plan. It was just as delicious as I expected. The only difference was that we each got a Galap Jamin to ourselves. So here’s to fine London/Indian cuisine!