Rasa Maricham

I had heard a lot about Rasa and decided to check it out. I happen to be from the Kerala and Rasa specialises in food from the region. However, I was quite disappointed to see that their claims of "most authentic Malayalee/Kerala food" was just that - a claim and nothing more.

The food has been highly modified to suit the Wetsren palate. Some of the dishes have been altered to the extent that they neither look nor taste anything like original. For example, the kappa and meen curry is cooked more like the north India kichdi or the middle eastern ali's soup, with the kappa (tapioca) floating in an almost bland fish curry and this is served with rice! The morkachiathu is not tangy at all and has diced tomatoes in it, cabbage thoran had chopped coconut pieces as opposed to grated cocunut.

To be fair, I must add that the owners have done a great job in popularising the Kerala food and culture. In fact Das has created a market for a cuisine which was not that poular in the UK, but any Malayalee looking forauthentic Kerala fare should just steer clear of this joint, they might get a more authentic fare in one of the Tamilian joints in East London or Wembley!
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Icyspicy - View all reviews by this user
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Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Monday, September 29, 2008

We went for a weekend from Holland to London and reserved a table for two at 6.30 pm on the 18 th of september. When we arrived at 6.20 the door of the restaurant was closed, however the restaurant opens at 6.00 pm.

The waiter in the restaurant didnt open the door for us. We tried again without any result.

We sent a mail to the Rasa but they didnt answer. This is a example of unenglish hospitality.
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Tony
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Food 0 | Service 0 | Atmosphere 0 | Value for money 0
Thursday, September 25, 2008