If you’re a regular reader of my blog, you’ll already know how much I love curry. This love of curry has become stronger as I have lived in Birmingham and I’m always finding new curry houses and restaurants to try.
Regards is situated in Edgbaston, just outside Birmingham
city centre, and markets itself as a luxury Asian cuisine restaurant.
On entry, we were warmly greeted and shown to our table. The
restaurant has just been refurbished so the décor was nice, and given it was a
Thursday evening the atmosphere was great with the restaurant being about a
third full.
We started things off with a beer, dry January had broken,
but I mean come on a curry without beer just isn’t the same. It also started
off with me being cross at Chris because he forgot it was our 4 year
anniversary, even though I had reminded him the Monday before we went. Men are
great aren’t they…
Looking through the menu I was overwhelmed by choice. To be
honest, I didn’t recognise the names of a lot of the dishes, which I actually
quite like, you know the food will be more authentic this way and it wasn’t a
typical curry house catering to the Brits. Our server explained they were all
from Bangladesh and so the food was dishes from there. We asked for some
recommendations, as we were stuck on to what to have!
To start things off we had the usual poppadoms and chutney. I
have to say the poppadoms were great and not greasy at all, the chutneys were
also nice but would have liked a spicier chilli sauce.
For starters we had Tikka Salmon and Kodi Vepudu. The Kodi
Vepudu (pictured above) was basically sliced chicken in a sort of light batter and then
cooked in a spicy curry sauce. I’d not heard of this before, but the server
said it was his favourite, and gosh it was delicious! I would absolutely definitely
order it again. The tikka salmon was also lovely, and the salmon was cooked to
perfection.
For mains we had three curries served with pilau rice and a
garlic naan. SO MUCH FOOD. I was absolutely stuffed afterwards, but they were
all so good. Curry number one was a House Lamb Special. This was a tomato based
curry of medium spice, with chunks of lamb meat. The meat was lovely and tender
and the curry sauce was full of flavour, and great if you like a little bit of
spice but not too much heat!
Curry number two was Jhinga Amritsari. It was king prawns
cooked with onions, garlic, mild spices and in a creamy sauce. The prawns were
massive and really meaty, the sauce was nice but we both found it quite rich
and we were glad that we had the other two curries to balance it out.
The final curry was a Regards Tawa. They call these dishes
their speciality. We went for the Chicken Jalfrezi version which was marked as
hot. It did have a kick, but I didn’t find it unbearable and I’m not the best
with spice! It came out on a big sizzling dish, and is spiced meat cooked with
onion, peppers and lots of spices. It was both of our favourite, packed full of
flavour.
Whilst we were eating, our server mentioned how on Tuesday’s
they are starting a new deal soon where you can go and try new dishes. You pay a set amount (around £12 I think he said) and the chefs cook new dishes that aren’t necessarily on the menu. You then can
try everything they cook. This sounds amazing and definitely something that Chris
and I are going to go and try! It’s a great way to try some authentic cooking
and new dishes you wouldn’t necessarily usually try! They were also mentioning about introducing a movie & curry night. You can follow them on social media, or sign up to their newsletter to be the first to hear when it launches.
Regards
27 Chad Square, Hawthorne Road, Edgbaston,
Birmingham, B15 3TQ
Disclosure: I was invited to review the new menu and relaunch of Regards by Captivate Hospitality, our meal was free of charge, but all opinions are my own and I was not pressured to do a positive review, I just genuinely loved the food.
The food looks amazing!! Makes me want curry now haha
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