Syhiba - Sowerby Bridge

Hey there!

On Thursday Mr Logun, Mr Cole, Mr McGoo and I went to Syhiba in Sowerby Bridge after work, we were in there for 17.15 so well before any riff raff and we took our seats. The first thing that struck me was just how lovely and welcoming the owner was ?? (I think she was the owner?).

So we were pointed to the 'table for 4' area and were allowed to chose where we sat, Andy went for the middle table cos he is awkward, but it was suitable enough and gave me enough scope to people watch. One thing I did notice, and it's worth pointing out at this stage is that you cannot book a table her on a Friday or Saturday night...

So, the nice lady came and took our orders, we all opted for the cheap 2 popadoms each with pickle tray to start with - 60p a throw for the popadom so quite expensive in comparison to other restaurants we frequent.

I then ordered the Nawaab-E-Khas, essentially cos that's what I have at Al Nawab. I ordered a garlic naan as a side order as well. The other chaps ordered a variety of dishes, a butter chicken, a chicken rogan josh and a garlic tikka masala.. for you guys who work with me, I'll leave you to guess who went with what.

My E-Khas was very nice, it came it a balti dish and contained both keema and chicken and had a couple of fresh chillies on top. The portion seemed very reasonable though the price was quite expensive in comparison to Mirfield curries (Al Nawab/Kashmir) so I was a little scepticle. After one taste I was hooked... I ordered a garlic naan as a side order - this was one of the best I have ever had (£2.40) and it complemented the dish superbly. For £2.40, the naan was perfect, a lovely size and awesome and crisp and ideal to dip into my curry. Wicked.

I even sampled to chilly on my plate at the end... just cos I was curious...it was warm.

The curry was lovely, not too rich, plenty of chicken and plenty of peppers and chillies thrown in. For once, I actually ate the whole curry and only left a small amount of naan. I can't remember the last time I did that, so that is praise indeed.

The other chaps seemed to enjoy their dishes as well, even if their eyes were bigger than their (Geordie) bellies in some cases.... so...

If you are out in Sowerby Bridge and fancy some food, I thoroughly recommend this place - the waitresses could do without the makeup and the chewing gum, but what they lack in class, the restaurant seems to make up in quality.

So, try it out. I'll certainly go back.

Hope you enjoy it if you do...

Catch you later,

Matty xx