Tayyabs with Jacob and Daniella

Backing up from a weekend full of visitors, Jacob and Daniella landed in London to polish off what sounded like a fairly amazing honeymoon, only one week later! We arranged to meet up with them for dinner last Thursday (1st July), and I figured that for something fairly iconically London, we’d head down to Brick Lane for a curry. When I mentioned this to young Amjad (who I work with), he strongly recommended we go to Tayyabs instead. I’m always happy to take a recommendation, and given that it was only a touch further to walk, we booked ourselves in, and along we popped.

And holy moly, am I glad that we did! Easily, this was the best curry that I’ve had in London. Amjad was nice enough to print off their menu beforehand, and then highlight the dishes that he recommended we order. I’m not sure if he meant for us to take his advice literally, but the dude at the restaurant was well impressed when I handed him our pre-selected list of meals! “Oh, this makes my job very easy!” he said (or at least I think he said; his accent was well strong).

I think Jacob and Daniella thought we were a little crazy, given the quantity of food that came out (and seemed to just keep on coming); but no-one was arguing with the taste. And even though there was more than we could eat, including a jug of mango lassi, plus other drinks – the whole bill rang in cheaper than £60, for all four of us! That’s unbelievable. Take that, Brick Lane!