167 Goodwood Rd
Millswood SA 5034
Phone: (08) 8357 7716
5pm-10pm Sun-Thu; 5pm-11pm Fri-Sat

Well colour me pink! Can you believe that the curry review is back?! After being busy with everything every weekend this year so far, I finally had time to organise another edition of curried delights! After speaking with a friend who recently came back from holiday in H'England, he suggested a new curry place run by some British-Indians. We all know now that England is the new India, and curries are pretty much England's staple diet. So, how well does Australia's Mum cook tea? We'll find out!

Our final score: 5.8125/10

So, the name Balti is used to name the special English created style curry dishes, thought to originate back to Birmingham curry houses which were called "Balti Houses". These places were typically a cheap cafe you got takeaway from, like a fish and chip shop but Indian. The "Balti House Special" was a mixture of Tandoori meats, made Balti style by putting Balti sauce over it, which was a tomato chutney curry sauce. That's all that makes it Balti style. Not bad tasting, but really there was nothing special and there was hardly any meat, I think I counted 5. Service for the night was slow, and for five pieces of meat for $20 definitely not cheap. So if you're English and you want the taste of your modern-homeland, then come here, but otherwise there is much better value on Unley Rd for traditional curries.

Service: 5.7/10 -Few customers, took an hour but friendly English owners.
Quality: 6.4/10 -Tasted ok, but nothing special, sauce made all meats taste the same.
Atmosphere: 5.4/10 -Minus points for tables being so low, just a cafe converted restaurant.
Value: 4.5/10 -Had to pay for rice even though they were supposed to come with it!!
Final Score: 5.5/10

Hotness Rating:

Chow

The Balti House is a quaint yet charming dining room on Goodwood road. It has a high, domed ceiling stretching many metres above the floor which I guess makes it all the more puzzling when the tables only come 3ft above the fucking floor. After managing to squeeze the top of my thighs under the tablecloth I got stuck. An hour later our food arrived, mine was a Green Chicken Curry and it was spicy and delicious. It was actually very flavoursome and while the meat was in big chunks it wasn't lacking and for once we got served more rice than we needed without having to demand extra.

For a small family restaurant without much economy of scale and only two staff I thought the Balti House did an excellent job of accommodating a group of 15 who all ordered different meals. They all came out at the same time. Indians with British accents made it all the more worthwhile. A good place for a meal, if you're not tall or dating a netballer.

Service: 8.0/10 -Friendly, co-ordinated the meals and rice, gave us free pappadums while we waited.
Quality: 7.5/10 -Maybe the wait made it tastier, but I recommend the meal.
Atmosphere: 4.0/10 -Below average for an Indian restaurant but I've never been to an authentic balti house so who knows?!
Value: 5.0/10 -Average. Just under $30 for meal, rice and Orange Juice.
Final Score: 6.125/10

Hotness Rating:

Brad

Lots of new faces this week! Meaning lots of scared tongues! Come on people, it's not that bad...ok, after this week I might take that comment back. They were hot this week! Good to see Nathan's first taste of pain!

Chow's Roulette Hits: 1 single 2 doubles 1 Quadruple
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"F*@#, the hotness just comes back after a few seconds!".

I didn't believe Nathan... I was wrong. Hot!.