Delhi Streets in Melbourne is a small Indian restaurant offering simple, quality and affordable cuisine.
After a somewhat mixed experience at Daughter in Law in Adelaide my cravings for Indian cuisine were still intact, if not reinforced by disappointment. And that’s how I found Delhi Streets, a simple restaurant mentioned in articles about the city’s gastronomic scene. As this is supposed to be a simple, unpretentious property, I wasn’t expecting anything special, but at least I was almost certain that it would be finer and less crude than my previous experience.
You’ll find a summary of the articles about this vacation in Australia at the bottom of the page.
The concept
Delhi Streets is an Indian street food restaurant that promises an authentic experience in terms of dishes and flavors.
The setting
This is a small restaurant located on the first floor of a modern building in the city center.
You might have expected a kind of greasy spoon, but the place is modern and clean, with only its decorations – mainly movie posters – reminiscent of the theme. The room is very small.
The menu
Made up of the star dishes of Indian street food, it is much less extensive than the Indian restaurants you may be used to.
The meal
As soon as I arrived, I was taken care of and installed at my table, or rather at a stool in front of a shelf, as tables are rare in this small room.
The menu is brought to me and, after some hesitation, I ask the waitress for advice.
In the end, I’ll have the Royal Thali with butter chicken, beef vindaloo and chicken masala. A thali is actually an assortment of dishes served on a large metal plate, which she says is more than enough for a meal.
The dishes will be very tasty, the meat good and the sauces appropriately spicy for a European palate.
Not much more to say: it was tasty, hearty and cheap, costing me 14 euros.
Exactly that simple, authentic feel I’d missed in Adelaide, and with dishes that were much more authentic and less crude.
The atmosphere
The room wasn’t noisy despite being full, and the muted electro music wasn’t disturbing at all.
The service
Of course, you can’t expect too much in the way of service, but it was fast and the staff were friendly and available, and that’s all I could ask for.
Bottom line
A good Indian meal for less than 20 euros, what more could you ask for?
The articles about this trip to Australia
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