I have sold my soul to jai krishna. I can never go anywhere else.

Great recommendations. Anyone got views on Dhonia on Tollington Park? I'm no expert, but I quite like it.

However, I am mostly swayed by its proximity to my flat.

Hi, I'm with Matt -- curry is a weakness. Do you think they put heroin in it to get us addicted?... Also, Poxy, I thought the same. I'm from the north, me, too; I was spoilt for choice, so when I moved to London/Stroud Green 7 years ago I had similar problems. To be fair locally (until last year or so at least) there was only that dreadful Exotic of India place on Crouch Hill, but Mosoum (now The Oriental but same curry) did a good delivery service.

Then Mela opened and finally we had a curry house that served food with actual meat in it, rather than the liquid and rice other "sit-down" places seemed to serve. Dunno if you all agree, but Mela has some authentic dishes which are closer to the food I've eaten in India (the management are Bangladeshi, but it's a well-researched menu, all the same), but I've heard mixed reviews. I think mostly people don't like the ambience -- the lighting is a bit "full-on" -- but if you like floodlit tables it's the place to go, I expect.

I've tried Dhonia, which was alreet. Jai Krishna was alright, too, except for the up-his-arse "I've-been-to-India-and-I've-got-a-spice-rack-at-home" twat next to me who kept moaning orgasmically about the bleeding spices, "Oh the Tamarind!" he wailed, prodding around in his friend's dishes like the scavenging gourmet. Tosser. Not tried Indian Ocean, but it sounds fab.

On a side note, is it me or are curries hotter the further north you go? Not that it's a standard for judging good curry, but I mention it out interest, and it's a peculialy English obsession. I regularly try the odd vindaloo down here but when I visited Manchester recently I realised that what makes for a vindaloo in London would be considered a Madras in Rusholme, wonder why this is.

Funny how we're all experts on curry in England -- Just say no, kids.

What on God's green earth is an "authority" on curry? That tosser in Jai Krishna -- bet he was one. :)

I think now would be a good time to mention Rasa. Not N4, but Stokie's not that far away. Mind you, I struggle to see beyond Jai Krishna. That may have something to do with the fact that it is at the end of my street. Literally.

Well, veggie probably. It's cheaper, and it's so good that I don't really miss the meat. Plus, as a purist, the veggie one was the original one.

And veggie being more traditionally iIndian, too.

All this curry talk ... I had to go to Mela last night, and the chicken Mojader was bloody great. And the lighting was fine ... As for the vegetarian thing, it's also a Hindu thing so it's certainly not restricted to the south. Vegetarianism or "pure veg" is common all over India. In fact in places like Pushkar, which is very far north, you can't eat meat at all because it's a sacred place to Brahma. Always curry -- after all, one billion Indians can't be wrong.

Got a new non-N4 #1.

Olives, just off Goodge/Mortimer Street. Their Lamb Dhansak almost had me in tears (of joy, not overheating). It helped that I was on my own waiting for the girlfriend so could concentrate 110% on every mouthful. Amazing.

I ate at Jai Krishna tonight for the first time since living in SG and I have to say it was some of the worst food I've ever had. I decided to overlook the dirty carpet and shabby decor, thinking I shouldn't judge a book by its cover but alarm bells started to ring when I had to write my own order down and take it up to the counter. I thought 'well the place is always packed, so that many people can't be wrong, surely?' The next alarm bell to ring was the 'ping' of the microwave in the back room sounding the arrival of our food. What did arrive was 'green bean curry', I think fresh from the tin via microwave - tasteless, mushy, greasy, just plain awful. I don't want to think about it as it's still inside me. Dreadful, dreadful, will never go back again :(
Only thing in its favour is that it was dirt cheap, but then doesn't take cards so I had to treck down to the cashpoint at Tesco and head back to pay them in cash. I should have done a runner.

I'm going to take this opportunity to ask Colette what that dish is I always ask her the name of...

...and to say that Four Eyes, you must have had an off night.

Sabji baha?

T.H.E. I.N.D.I.A.N. O.C.E.A.N.

It beats Jai Krishna into a cocked poppadom.

Anybody tried the one opposite The Shaftesbury on Hornsey Road?

Oh no, and I've never even been!

It looks as if el Khyber (?) has closed too - it was never going to do very well. Being two doors down from Petek, it was just never worth the risk of disappointment.

I hate this thread. Every time i read it i think "i want a curry".

We had a Bengal Spice delivery the other day - very disappointing I'm afraid. Quite bland, heavy and got some of the order wrong. It was a weekend, so you can give a discount for a busy night, but all the same...

New curry house Spice Zone due to open soon next to the entrance to Paradise Walk. I'll give it a go.

How narrow minded and/or short sighted. :(

How do you not know this new place isn't run by the same people? or perhaps even a new startup by the chef from the Indian Ocean?

I'm always up for trying something new.

You should try The Taste of Nawab on Colney Hatch Lane (Muswell Hill). Everybody owes it to themselves to do so!

However, I can report that The Tiffin Tin delivers fantastic food. There are two branches, one in Tuffers and another on High Street, Hornsey. Be warned though, the last time we ordered the delivery time was nearly two hours. Well worth the wait, mind.

How weird. We got a curry from Tiffin Tin last night based on Poxy's recommendation too. Very good indeed, Petra's prawns and spinach were fantastic. Definitely a good alternative to Jai Krishna when you're too lazy to leave the house or craving something non-veggie.

Poxy, I don't think you should judge a book by it's cover. The Mezbaan also looks dodgy but does a curprisingly good curry and stuff.

Anyway, I'll get down off my high horse tonight and try the Tiffin Tin!

Colette: typo on their website - Hornesy

edit: ordered, should be 45 minutes, will report back. Hornsey branch told me to call the Tuffnell park branch given that my postcode is N19 (I know!) and their delivery zones overlap there.

It was a pretty good curry. Roti was excellent. All very well packaged.

I reckon, and its only my reckon like, Jai Krishna is better for strictly veggie. Tiffin's role is to fill the void around here for similarly decent meat dishes.

Poxy, I don't think you should judge a book by it's cover. The Mezbaan also looks dodgy but does a surprisingly good curry and stuff.

Odd, that. I don't think Mezbaan looks dodgy at all. I kinda like the 'all our goods on display' approach. I've had some very good food from Mezbaan.

The Spice Zone may look a bit dodgy and the name is a bit tacky BUT the food is fantastic. The staff are super friendly and efficient. Lots of interesting fish dishes. Nice big servings. Highly recomended- but only as a take-away. The staff can be a bit too efficient and they have a large TV tuned to a Bhangladeshi station.

I've added it, with as much information from their flyer as possible. Though they do get their own location wrong on their map, so I've added it in the correct place.

I'm afraid that's a responsibility I do not want! Thanks for the offer, though

Jashan is getting a huge 9.5 on london eating...! http://www.london-eating.co.uk/5880.htm

welcome agaton - good recommendation

We our first Indian Ocean curry last night. A huge thanks to everyone who recommended it. It was delicious! The service was a bit slow, though. Actually, very slow. And it wasn't even busy. Next time we'll get takeaway.

Mmmm - we went to Rasa last week, and had the veggie feast. Lovely food, efficient, professional and friendly service. Maybe they could open a SG branch.

Rasa rocks. It makes me even happier than Jai Krishna, and that's saying something.

You see I do like a good balti. I have fond memories of Sparkhill in Birmingham - menus under glass tabletops and naan breads the size of the table. Blimey - I'm beginning to sound like Busby ; )

What did I do, spell it definately? I did that for years and thought I'd stamped it out. Damn.