What’s on offer?
Joginder Singh started out cooking with his grandmother in his family kitchen in India. His first job was with the Oberoi Hotel in Mumbai in 1987. From there, in 2002, he headed to the New Africa Hotel in Dar-es-Salaam. He moved to Dublin and joined the Jaipur Group in 2005 and followed with the position of executive chef at Kerala Kitchen. In 2016, he opened Spice Village in Blessington, Co Wicklow, and opened a second location in Terenure in 2019.
The takeaway menu is wide ranging. Starters include vegetarian and vegan options, meat starters and starter-size kebab boxes; main course options range from street food to specialities such as vindaloo, madras, jalfrezi and Balti. There are lamb, poultry, seafood and vegetarian main courses, Thai curries, dum biryani and sides.
What did we order?
Meat samosa, seekh kebab kathi roll, Goan seafood curry, dal makhani, pulao rice and garlic naan.
How was the service?
We ordered online and picked up the order. The food was packed up and ready when we arrived. Staff were very pleasant.
Was the food nice?
Two good-sized samosas in crusty pastry with a salty coating on the outside, were filled with spiced lamb, peas and onion, and were very tasty. There were three dips – coconut, chutney and tamarind. The seekh kebab kathi roll was substantial and delicious: naan bread was filled with lamb seekh kebab that had been cut into pieces, in a spicy tomato sauce with onion, tomato, green and red peppers, lettuce, coriander, mint and mango chutney, and was wrapped into a roll. The dal makhana, black lentils cooked gently for hours, was very good, with more of a savoury flavour than the rich buttery version popularised by Dishoom in London and Street in Dublin.
The Goan seafood curry had a tomato and coconut based sauce with a medium spice level. It was tasty, but would have benefited from a little more tilapia and prawns. The pulao rice and naan bread mopped the sauces up nicely.
What about the packaging?
Food is packed in a paper bag, with a mixture of containers used: reusable foil, cardboard that can be recycled if clean, rigid plastic containers, which can be re-used but generally they are just adding to a pile of similar containers, and tinfoil.
What did it cost?
€47.57 for dinner for three people: meat samosa, €7.99; seekh kebab kathi roll, €11.99; Goan seafood curry, €15.99; dal makhani, €12.99; pulao rice, €3.50; and garlic naan, €3.50; minus 15 per cent off menu price for delivery/collection orders (€8.39 discount).
Where does it deliver?
Terenure: Mon-Sat, 4pm-11pm; Sun and Bank Holidays, 4pm-10pm. Delivery to Dublin 6, 6W, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16.
Blessington: Tue-Sat, 5pm-11pm, local delivery only, or pick-up.
Would I order it again?
Yes, this is very tasty Indian food which has me considering a visit to the restaurant to eat in.
