The June 2007 meeting was at Sha Pla in Alresford.  Numbers a little less than expected, but Ken got the long distance award again, having travelled from Northampton. 

We enjoyed a very generous mixed starter and then a selection of curries.  The lamb jalfrezi was extremely good, with wonderful initial taste and powerful underlying flavours.  We also enjoyed chicken bhuna balti, prawn dhansak (these prawns were felt to be a little too shrimp- like), a delicious duck and cinnamon dish, and CTM - which was the only one where the bowl wasn't scraped clean.  Accompaniments included keema and garlic naans, onion, pilau and plain basmati rice, aubergines, and saag gosht. 

The house red was Le Grand Vigneron, Beziers, 11%.  It's not one that I'd buy for home consumption, but clearly it met the needs of the wine drinkers.  At least, they ordered plenty of bottles. 

All in all, we had a delicious meal of very high quality, and Sha-Pla continues to be one of our top local recommendations.

We used the kitty system proposed at a recent meeting, to avoid the danger of one or two people being stung for enormous rounds in the pub beforehand.  This worked well, and we'll continue with it for future meetings.

We went to Sha-Pla, in Alresford, for the first time in 18 months.  This is one of the best places in the area and it was well worth the journey.  We asked the restaurant to choose the food, and we enjoyed lamb and chicken specials, prawn korai and methi gosht.  Great evening.

Comment from Will on the 'You write' page

Alf says: "A great turn out, a lovely meal & a fun evening."   

West Street, Alresford

June 2007

01962 732134

The restaurant is on the main road through Alresford, to the west of the Broadway.  Trains are not a practical proposition.  See Alresford trains.