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Has anyone noticed that Surma aren't really marketting their restaurant as effectively as the management might have intended?


I am looking forward to seeing their "Established Winning Home" and having their "1976 Restaurant Delivery" - luckily that decor is back in vogue....


(see picture attached)

Dear Andy Pandy,


I think you have clearly lost the plot as you should be eating pudding and pie's!!


Are you sure you eat at the Surma in Dulwich, Dulwich is a very large area you may have got confused with the lower rate rating restaurants near by. I often eat at the Surma and I've always found their food exceptional and the staff are always friendly and polite, so please remind me which (Surma) did you attend??


If you note the restaurant opposite they have some dumb blonde tart staring into space writing that the food is gorgeous and the fact that Joanna Lumley eats their as well! Yeh Right!

Perhaps you may have got confused with the Mirash which is still 70's style decor (OK if you are a curry loving Abba fan).


If you walked down Lordship Lane tonight you will have noted that the Surma has more 'bums on seats' than any other restaurant - clearly that speaks that it is the more prefered venue as it offers a set buffet at the same price as other venue's.


I give my view as a Chef and critic and feel that innane comments about our revered restaurants on Lordship Lane is only bad for the area and certainly will not help the local economy.


I await your reply,

Libra Carr.

LibraCarr Wrote:

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> Dear Andy Pandy,

>

> I think you have clearly lost the plot as you

> should be eating pudding and pie's!!

>

> Are you sure you eat at the Surma in Dulwich,

> Dulwich is a very large area you may have got

> confused with the lower rate rating restaurants

> near by. I often eat at the Surma and I've always

> found their food exceptional and the staff are

> always friendly and polite, so please remind me

> which (Surma) did you attend??

>

> If you note the restaurant opposite they have some

> dumb blonde tart staring into space writing that

> the food is gorgeous and the fact that Joanna

> Lumley eats their as well! Yeh Right!

> Perhaps you may have got confused with the Mirash

> which is still 70's style decor (OK if you are a

> curry loving Abba fan).

>

> If you walked down Lordship Lane tonight you will

> have noted that the Surma has more 'bums on seats'

> than any other restaurant - clearly that speaks

> that it is the more prefered venue as it offers a

> set buffet at the same price as other venue's.

>

> I give my view as a Chef and critic and feel that

> innane comments about our revered restaurants on

> Lordship Lane is only bad for the area and

> certainly will not help the local economy.

>

> I await your reply,

> Libra Carr.



To befair to Andypandy he didnt actually say he had eaten in the Surma !So I think you ought to read his post again .

Libra Carr


In almost 10 years in ED I have never eaten in Surma. I can not possibly comment on the quality of the food I'm sure it is of the highest standard. I do enjoy the odd Cuzza. However Looby Loo isn't so keen on the calorie rich treats so these days visits and far between. Needless to say when Looby Loo is next away with Martin Clunes/ Evan Davis I shall consider Surma and post my views on this forum.


I also cannot comment on the interior decor however an original 70's scheme would appeal - anyone been into Omrith lately? (dreadful decor)


I have not noticed Joanna Lumley in the restaurant opposite - you seem to say she works there...I would not call her dumb though, her recent endevours to fight the cause of the Gurkhas is not to be sniffed at. I have eaten at THAT restaurant and have found the the food is extreemly fresh and tasty (unlike the review, from the "Dumb Blond" author of Brick Lane- as you mention). Ms Ali is clearly not Blond. I suspect you were commenting on her gaze, obviously she is contemplating a desert.



As for my "innane comments", they were mearly an observation concerning the window signage and nothing more. I suspect you did not see the attached picture that I refered to in my post.


Long live ED Curry, it consumes more bytes (pun intended) than just about anything else on this Forum


AP



LibraCarr Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Dear Andy Pandy,

>

> I think you have clearly lost the plot as you

> should be eating pudding and pie's!!

>

> Are you sure you eat at the Surma in Dulwich,

> Dulwich is a very large area you may have got

> confused with the lower rate rating restaurants

> near by. I often eat at the Surma and I've always

> found their food exceptional and the staff are

> always friendly and polite, so please remind me

> which (Surma) did you attend??

>

> If you note the restaurant opposite they have some

> dumb blonde tart staring into space writing that

> the food is gorgeous and the fact that Joanna

> Lumley eats their as well! Yeh Right!

> Perhaps you may have got confused with the Mirash

> which is still 70's style decor (OK if you are a

> curry loving Abba fan).

>

> If you walked down Lordship Lane tonight you will

> have noted that the Surma has more 'bums on seats'

> than any other restaurant - clearly that speaks

> that it is the more prefered venue as it offers a

> set buffet at the same price as other venue's.

>

> I give my view as a Chef and critic and feel that

> innane comments about our revered restaurants on

> Lordship Lane is only bad for the area and

> certainly will not help the local economy.

>

> I await your reply,

> Libra Carr.

LibraCarr - why so touchy? What's with the bitchy comments about Tandoori Nights? Is there a vested interest here perchance?


I eat a lot of curry... and I mean a LOT... Surma is firmly in the "bog-standard" bracket. The milder dishes are bland, the hotter dishes are one-dimensional, both are too greasy. The one time I had meat from the tandoor, it was far too tough.

andypandy Wrote:

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> Would a moderator step in here and redirect this

> thread to the several thousand previous threads on

> the topic of Best Curry house in East

> Dulwich....................


xxxxxx


Erm, the thread isn't actually about the best curry house in ED, andypandy ......

I know, I started the thread - I meant not re-direct the whole thread rather than the comments that were going into what the best curry house in ED is .. Ahhhh I give up... !!


Sue Wrote:

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> andypandy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Would a moderator step in here and redirect

> this

> > thread to the several thousand previous threads

> on

> > the topic of Best Curry house in East

> > Dulwich....................

>

> xxxxxx

>

> Erm, the thread isn't actually about the best

> curry house in ED, andypandy ......

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