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A stylish new interior plus a chill-out room downstairs have moved Café Larosh up a few notches in the Leytonstone eating stakes. Where once it was a place to pop in for a takeaway, now more locals are taking time to enjoy the relaxed surroundings and decent north Indian cooking in which spicing has been tempered to western tastes. The food is still prepared in large metal tureens then heated to order, which helps the flavours of the curries and birianis to develop. The menu, however, has expanded with imaginative fish dishes such as mackerel curry, while the local South African population are enticed in with bunny chow – a loaf of bread with the inside scooped out and filled with curry. A selection of good-value set meals means two people can eat well here for less than £20.

Time Out Cheap Eats in London Guide 2007