House of Curries on Florida
02 September 2010
Due to a recent request and invitation by Trevor Beckett, the owner of House of Curries on Florida, we have re-reviewed this establishment. A good contingent of QB went to see if Trevor was being clever. We will post our comments here shortly...
Photos: © 2010 Luke Comins
14 August 2009
We were on our way to sample the bunnies at Saffron in Florida Rd, due to various reviews and comments posted on the website (or perhaps the owner or some over zealous patron logging in over & over posting their own..??), but on driving past the frontage it seemed no different to when we popped in there a couple of years ago and were handed a rather meagre bunny that could have come straight out of a tin of Koo Baked Beans! So, where to next...? We had recently heard rumours that Sunrise had closed down on Florida Road so thought we'd use the opportunity to see if this was fact or fiction.
A lot of patrons used to think that Sunrise in Florida Road was an extension of the well-known Sunrise Chip n' Ranch in Sparks Road but, according to the latter, this was definitely not the case. The two eateries were in no way connected. The Florida Road 'rip-off' did serve a rather decent bunny, roti etc but was not in the same league as 'Johnny's'. Anyway, just thought we'd share that with you..they're gone now and in their place is the House of Curries on Florida Road.`
Under the new ownership (the bookstore owner next door - unless we stand corrected?) the place looks pretty much the same, but not so for the bunnies! Here's what one of our QuarterBunny® critics had to say about the food (and he's Indian!)
"Flavour - on a scale of 1-10, I'd give it a 2. The mutton tasted like it was boiled and just added to the curry mixture. The curry itself was bland/flavorless and definitely needed some curry spice blend. It was also too over spiced with tumeric leaving my hands rather yellow for the rest of the day. Value for money – 2. Ambience – 2. The shop was definitely in a rebranding phase and did not have the normal buzz that is associated with a take away. Would I go there again… definitely not."
As for me and my regular fare - the beans bunny was flippen expensive at R17.00! That was for sugar beans nogal as they had no broad/butter beans. The gravy had no spice or bite whatsoever... a typical white man's bunny chow.
Oh wait!, one thing we DID like was the bowl of sambals and chillies on the side... made a bit of an improvement on the flavour. Perhaps, in the near future, both Saffron and HOC on Florida can formally invite us over and change our minds...
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