North India Flavour – Street Food (537 George St., Sydney NSW 2000 Australia) was spotted on Monday evening when we did our recce round Sydney’s city centre. A Curry Cafe with the fayre on display in kettles, a la Manchester, inviting. Instead of Curry on Monday, we had the Spiciest food ever embraced at Spice Paradise – Hunan in Chinatown.
We returned this evening at 19.30 on one of the wettest days ever experienced. Sydney, a place of extremes? Stools along the shelf at the window were the only seating. Takeaway was the main focus of the business, and people most certainly did. The stream of customers was constant, so either the food was good, or this was proof that – location – is all. 
Rice and Three (A$14.98), again very Manchester, felt the way ahead, especially after Doris showed me the containers. The Daal Makhani looked so inviting, but if I was having only one Vegetable option, it had to be Aloo Gobi. Marg chose Aloo Gobi (A$8.90) as her solitary pot, no Rice. The Goat Curry was on-the-bone, not to be missed. Lamb Rogan Josh brought up the rear, the reddish colour suggested the traditional interpretation, not the Creamy nonsense which is popping up everywhere.
A sensible Rice portion
A Masala Tea (A$2.97) completed the Order.
The Mixed Vegetables was never going to be ordered.
The Bill
A$27.18 (£14.33) OK, dearer than Manchester’s equivalent.
The wooden cutlery was not used. Hector has acquired a plastic set, much better.
Aloo Gobi
As – Dry – as a Curry can be, some of the Cauliflower had turned to Mash and was making the Masala even thicker.
There was a – Wow – moment when the Seasoning hit. Three portions of this would not have gone amiss. Well Spiced, Seasoned and the Potatoes had absorbed the Flavour from the Masala, this was as good as Aloo Gobi gets. Marg has more to say:
I would have liked it to be hotter. Warm and tasty vegetables, smothered in a spice flavour which was prominent in both the potato and the cauliflower. Had it been hotter, it would have been more of a meal.
Indeed, we both like our food to be served – hot.
Lamb Rogan Josh
The Masala was standard – Curry, brown, thin and well Seasoned. Unlike recent Masalas, there was no sense of this having come out of a packet. I was even more impressed when a piece of Cinnamon Bark revealed itself. Unsurprisingly, of the two Meat choices, this was the lesser.
Goat Curry
This animal is featuring often in this trip, and each time, served on-the-bone. Curry Leaves and Star Anise were in the mix, quality. The Masala was otherwise the same as the Rogan Josh in appearance but this was packing way more Flavour.
The Meat was on the edge of turning to pulp, so definitely Tender then.
Had I started with this I would not be writing – less well Seasoned, less Spiced, however, the Aloo Gobi not only set the standard, it stole the show.
For the first time in a while, every morsel presented was eaten. Marg did put her tuppence worth in at the point of serving – not too much Rice.
Whose Curry was it anyway?
Whole Spices, well Seasoned food, yes it could have been hotter in temperature, but if I was a Sydney resident, I would be coming here often.
There’s more.
The Masala Tea: I feel it’s good for your digestion, sweet and warm.
Hector drinks his Tea without milk or sugar, Masala Tea is therefore an anathema.
The Aftermath
A lady had sat throughout our visit on the corner stool, see second photo. Wearing polythene gloves, I deduced she was staff having a break. Her attire suggested management.
Indeed it was she who received the Calling Card, and with some enthusiasm.
Despite being in Sydney for six nights, there will only be two venues appearing in Curry-Heute. Both impressed.