Last week brought us to Cardiff in Wales. It was long drive of over 250 miles. and we enjoyed the night stay en route in Newport ,another beautiful city of Wales.
Both the cities just stole away my heart. We landed up in Cardiff around 11am and were ready to visit the famous Cardiff Castle. The castle trip ended up with huge satisfaction and engagement for me and my wife both.
The atmosphere was lively ,bright sunny day with people around with full energies after the long lockdowns every where .
By the end of the day after scrubbing through the full history of the castle since its beginning, we including my little Yorkshire were hungry, tired and exhausted..
This meant for me to look out for some good Indian food in the town.…
On the quick search we found 3 Indian Restaurants right on the high street outside of the Castle within a proximity of 500 meters.
On further scanning the Indian Restaurant Chai Street won the race. It sold typical Indian fusion street food and just took my heart at the first instance.
The Restaurant was spacious with having outside terrace and sitting arrangement in place. The staff including our waitress, Liza, a welsh lady were so welcoming.
Our Dog was given cold water to drink as we ordered for our Mango Lassi.
The interior of the restaurant was so exciting and interesting .There were signboards and painted wall in Hindi with old Bollywood actors .The music running inside the restaurant was so lively that it immediately brought down all our tiredness and exhaustion.
While we sipped and enjoyed the cold Mango Lassi served …..
I was already getting ready for my appetizing Indian food experience in Cardiff. I ordered for their Vegan Thali as I happen to be vegetarian last 2 months now (New Resolution for me).The Thali included a combination of vegetarian curry dish, some spiced potatoes, multi legume Dal, vegetable salad, Poppadum, Pickle and Basmati Rice.
My wife ordered for herself their signature dish Railway Lamb Curry with some hot Naan. This is the same very dish as were told that were first served to aristocrats in first class cabins on the iconic Indian mail. Slow cooked lamb with potatoes, whole spices, onion ,garlic and tomatoes.
The food came in absolutely on time ,hot and well prepared. Liza told us some exciting facts of the town and the tourist season that was about to take off soon after the long lockdowns in the town.
As we enjoyed the mouth watering Indian food in Cardiff, I could see my dog, Sandy, already lying sleeping luxuriously.
The time spent at the restaurant was just marvelous with the excellent service and food.
This would definitely be a choice to come back to in Cardiff on next visit.
Cheers and love to you all from Wales !!!!
I looooove indian railway mutton, and so happy to hear it has some aristocratic history behind it 😁 great choice Tanya!!!!! Great post!
It was good 🙂
Hi Darpan,
Brilliant article, I had the pleasure of serving you in Cardiff (chai street).
Thanks for the review.
All the best
“Liza”
Hi Liza,
Thank you so much for your service. It was a wonderful experience. I look forward to see you again. Best, Darpan