Wow! I'm glad you liked it!! Enjoy eat at Indians foods. Its delicious! You gonna loves it alots.

I ate at Salloo's this evening (in the Knightsbridge/Belgravia area of London at 62 Kinnerton Street). I have been going there for about 20+ years now, but this evening marked the end of a six year dry spell. It was just as I remembered it and I had the same dish I have always eaten here - the Kofta and Karahi Gosht with a single buttered naan. Heavenly, and interestingly their recipe hasn't changed in two decades!

BTW, this is a Pakistani restaurant, but I included it here since I consider Indian and Pakistani cuisine to be somewhat similar.

Yes, in the UK the term "Indian" will usually cover Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi restaurants - I read somewhere that the latter 2 far out number the first in the UK.

Yes, most Indian restaurants in the UK are actually Bangali restaurants from the standpoint that they are run by individuals of Bangladeshi origin.

I tend to class Indian restaurants in the UK into four groups - First, your typical high street, post-pub crawl tandoori or balti place - standard, unremarkable food but does what it's supposed to - makes you sweat and reminds you of itself six hours later.

Next, the acceptable suburban tandoori restaurants where you will get a decent meal in a fairly clean environment and where the service will be ok, but not great.

This is followed by your authentic regional holes in the wall with absolutely delicious food that might be open late, located in places like Tooting, Brick Lane, Southall, etc. At these joints, salmonella, Clostridium perfringens and E. coli ride up and down the aisles on Harley's and vie for control of various parts of the restaurant while prostituting Campylobacter to Listeria monocytogenes.

Finally, at the top of the pyramid, you have your consummate classic Indian restaurants like Salloos, Bombay Brasserie, Zaika, Kundan, Rasoi, Gaslight (now Bombay Palace), etc. which will always be amongst the best eateries in the world.

I'm sorry Northants, but my analysis is very London-centric.

In the UK, it does naturally vary according to both regional taste and where groups from particular parts of the subcontinent have clustered.

For example, you will get some great Kashmiri food in Bradford, Birmingham is the UK's spiritual home of the Balti, Tooting will get you some great Keralan dosai and ghee roast masala, and look out for the bhelpuri houses near Euston. Meanwhile, a Scottish curry would be incomplete without a selection of deep-fried pakora... Within England, you'll find it getting spicier the further north you go.

And, of course, there's the famous Tikka Masala, a British Indian dish, allegedly invented when a man complained about the lack of sauce with his chicken tikka, and the harassed chef spotted a tin of tomato soup in the kitchen... This dish has proven so popular, it's been exported to Mumbai...

Any indian restaurants near or within walking distance of Park Lane?

Are you at the Marble Arch end of Park Lane or closer to Hyde Park Corner?

Le Porte De Indes off Old Quebec Street (right next door to the Old Mount Royal Hotel) is a very nice place and is close to Marble Arch.

Tamarind, on Queen Street (off Curzon Street) at the other end of Park Lane is is also very nice, but if you like spicy food, it seems you have to ask for extra extra spicy just to get what would ordinarily be considered a "medium" spicy elsewhere.

Merci.

We are near Hamilton Place.