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1 Brentwood Mews
Jesmond
NE2 3DG
0191 281 3434
www.dabbawal.com
Daily 5-10pm (Closed lunchtimes)
It’s incredibly hard to find. On the website, rather than the posh-sounding “1 Brentwood Mews,” they really ought to say: “it’s in the back lane behind Avanti in Brentwood Avenue”. It looks like a shack beside the railway tracks.
Which, of course, is exactly the point.
It looks as authentic as the old Moti Mahal in Old Delhi, home of the butter chicken. A red, corrugated sheet of metal separating it from the Metro line, a load of tables outside, freezing in the October night (it’s only open in the evenings) and inside, a half finished interior – or so it appears.
Bright red and yellow walls, and a ceiling draped with lights that look as though the electrician is off on an extended lunch break until the ceiling tiles arrive.
I love it.
