Comments on: Ganapati (Indian, Peckham)

By: Helen

Helen — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:30:51 +0000

Hi Keralite – Yeah, I haven’t been for ages actually and I’ve always said that the starters are so much better than the main courses. I can remember that uncooked coconut now you mention it. What a shame – the place could be so good!

By: Keralite

Keralite — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:56:14 +0000

I’m from Kerala and although I long for Ganapati to be truly authentic, it very rarely is. The best I’ve had so far is the mango lassi which is spectacular but not South Indian and the carrot halwa is quite nice warm with ice-cream. The guys in the kitchen are from Kerala but the food never quite has that hit. You can taste the raw coconut in the fish curry, the unroasted spice taste in the meat dish and the watery prawn dish. The bonda starter is decent, dosas not good enough – really sad because they could be so good. The service is lovely but busy, the atmosphere is great, the underlying pictures beneath the sayings on the wall are 100% genuine from Indian school material Book ahead!

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:42:27 +0000

Emily – They’ve struck again too. There’s another thread on the forum at the moment http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,425151,428228#msg-428228

They clearly couldn’t care less what their customers think.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:43:42 +0000

Love the story about overhearing your blog being discussed on next table. The Palmerston’s response that they don’t actually care cos you’re ‘just a blogger’ is a blatant lie and not a real response – if they didn’t care they wouldn’t have bothered to say anything at all.

By: EateastIndian

EateastIndian — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:50:43 +0000

A big hi from EasteastIndian.
We’ve been following your blog since last few weeks and find it quite interesting. We’ve just launched our website: http://www.eateastindian.com and would love it if you can share it with your readers. The site will be a good resource for local residents for East Indian Restaurants as well as when they travel abroad.

Thanks from you East Indian Friends.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:52:55 +0000

From 6 months living in south India, most of their curries would be served with rice. There isn’t much bread in the south – it’s a feature of the Mughal cooking of the north. What there is tends to be batter-based, like parathas. It’s something about where stuff grows, understandably. And the south is much more vegetarian than the north – a product of it having a lower percentage of meat-eating Muslims and more traditional Hindus…hence your comment about the vegetarian dishes being better. The south does ace fish, too – totally different to the Mumbai/Kolkata fishy things…crispy fried fish on a boat in Kerala is something I remember with longing. That and coconut chatni…

I LOVE south Indian food, and getting it made well in Britain seems to be difficult. I think for a start it has more difficult ingredients to source than the Mughal stuff. Will give this place a try if I’m ever in Peckham!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:38:41 +0000

I think what happened with that Palmerston lot is a perfect example of how not to behave as a restaurateur. Very out of touch.

Ganapati looks delicious! I am also local so I’ll be sure to avoid the fish dishes when I go.

By: Chris Pople

Chris Pople — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:18:29 +0000

I have refused to read any of this post because you’re a blogger and your opinion doesn’t count.

Looking forward to going to Ganapati next week though. I may post my findings on the East Dulwich Forum.

Chris Poples last blog post..Green and Blue, East Dulwich

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:27:45 +0000

Gastrogeek – Ha ha, yes my ears are still burning a little. The parathas really are excellent, you must get down there.
Aforkfulofspaghetti – well, someone sent me the link to the West DUlwich forum yesterday….
Wendy – Thanks!
The Ginger Gourmand – definitely worth a look, I reckon stick to veggie though.
Kim – you can find fresh curry leaves in the Chinese supermarket in Peckham (next to Morrisons) or SMBS foods on Lordship often has them too. I do like Tandoori Nights and I want to go back, the last time I went there was a couple of years ago and my memory ain’t up to much.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:49:42 +0000

Ooo and I forgot to say, Tandoori Nights I think is by far the most authentic northern indian food in East Dulwich (we found much of the food here to be similar in style and quality). Their paneer dishes and dal are good home style ones..

Kims last blog post..Cooking Kidney Beans (rajma) in the pressure cooker