The only evidence of me eating in Lahore's famous 'Food Street' is a picture taken by my friend Tom with the caption 'Dan eats balls'. This was his hilarious way of saying I was eating a sheep testicle and kidney stir-fry, funny guy! Probably hoping for new opportunities to mock me, he excitedly agreed to come to
Needoo Grill, a new venture by a former Tayyabs manager who has employed a chef from somewhere on said 'Food Street'. Another friend, also a Tom agreed to come as he'd heard me bang on about the
Lahore Kebab House and Tayyabs a lot and this place was meant to be up there with them. The three of us arrived at around 1.30 on a Tuesday looking forward to large lunch, I'm not sure everyone realised how large at this point, though I certainly had plans in that direction. Its actually lucky we were all there at all, since one Tom had dropped his phone on the way, breaking in the process. Since we were late its lucky that he was waiting outside. Thank goodness I thought, there's a much bigger scope for over-ordering when there are three instead of two
Needoos' self proclaimed selling point is great food with great customer service, in comparison to the Tayyabs long, longer, endless queues. Shame then that the 'free poppadoms' we were given for being kept waiting for our menus (despite being given them within two minutes of sitting) were charged on our final bill. To be fair this was a minor blip, the service was friendly and generally good (except for being kept waiting for out bill) and the food arrived fast. So far so good, it's definitely doing what it said on the tin. What about the food though? Since this is just around the corner from Tayyabs in Whitechapel all the reviews I have seen compare the and I won't try be particularly original on this front. The Dos Hermanos and Jay Rayner have already been to this place and liked it as have quite a few Chowhounders. If you don't want an extended commentary you can stop here, because I agree with them, the food was great.
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