Bandaa East African Indian Restaurant In London, England

 

The decor is a delight of black and white and vivid colours. The chairs and banquettes have African patterns. Giant animal moulds enhance the walls. Here is an elephant with trunk and tusks. A white elephant. Against contrasting green. Chairs in different colours, orange and yellow. Variety. A lot to feast your eyes on.

The menu is extensive.I started with an excellent Prosecco from an individual small bottle. 

Angela with small bottle of Prosecco in Bandaa restaurant, Hatch End. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Notice the African patterns on the banquette. The bamboo style metal cutlery. The African animals in the pictures.

Giraffes in Bandaa Restaurant, Hatch End. Photo by Angela Lansbury

We asked for all the dishes to be served together. I had chicken biriani. My husband chose fish in a sauce. Our sides were creamy lentils and crispy green.

No dessert menu We asked to take away the leftovers and were given plastic see through boxes with lids in a paper carrier bag.

The place mat paper menu shows a breakfast, brunch and high chai (high tea).

To make ordering simpler, you could order either the vegetable platter or the no vegetable platter r one of each.

Anything we didn't like? Not really. Oh - the cutlery with knives turned outward instead of inward.

Useful Information and Websites

Bandaa 461 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End HA5 4JS

Tel: 0203 876 6677

email: info@bandaa.uk

https://bandaa.uk/menu-dinner-takeaway.php

You can order through Deliveroo, Just Eats and Uber Eats. It would be helpful to have a glossary. I am making a list of words I need on the next post. 

Also see my later post about B & K salt beef in Hatch End. 

About the author of this travel blog

Angela Lansbury is British born and bred but has also lived in the USA, Spain and Spingapore and visited countries around the worl

She is a semi-retired teacher of English language and literature and a member of Toastmasters International and five clubs, Harrovians in the UK, three in Singapore (BHA and TCA and Senja-Cashew), a club coach for Nee Soon East, and a member of online only club, Singapore Online Dynamic. To find a club go to Toastmasters International Find a club or look on Facebook. BHA meets the first Wednesday evening each month, login 6.45 for 7 pm start Singapore time (SGT), which is noon in London UK, during British summer time, until clocks go back the last Sunday in October when the UK reverts to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

What To Look For At Beach Shops and Online For Local Motifs: Giraffes, elephants, birds, butterlfies, palms, orchids - where can I get that dress

I started showing my caftans in assorted amusing prints on Facebook.
Why buy caftans?I began in 2020 by showing myself wearing a butterfly design on a caftan. This attacted so many comments that I decided to go with the flow and show a dress of the day. I took out of my cupboard items which had been sitting their unworm for years.
I has started buying caftans on my trips to tropical Singapore, which I made as stopovers on our annual summer holidays in New Zealand where it was winter and my family went skiing. 
My husband was working as an expat in Singapore. Our son was at boarding school in England.  My suitcase was filled with warm weather clothes for New Zealand skiing. 
Caftans were the only clothes large enough to fit me. The Chinese girls were tiny and shops stocked clothes in sizes UK 8 (US 6) to 12. 
Also my weight yo-yoed. I would expand during the flights of 13 hours and in the heat.  

Then Elephants.
I discovered clothes from Thailand in Singapore before I went to Thailand. Elephants are popular designs on clothes from Thailand. Thai silk is heavy and hard-wearing and does not crease  much or need ironing if you keep it on a hanger or fold it flat.  I used to avoid buying clothes which were too small. Now I undo the two side seams under the arms and insert a piece of ribbon, horizontally or vertically. With a jacket on top in an air conditioned restarant or hotel, nobody would know or notice.
While you are on holiday you can look for local designs. hawaiian shirts with tropical scenes are no surprise. They may suit beachwear and be too bright for home wear except for holidays. But dress down Friday at the office, or online, they might be just the ticket.Giraffes.I started going through my wardrobe of clothes. I wore a beach dress with giraffes and one of my facebook friends, a friend in real life from my annual writing holidays, asked where I had bought it. This caused me to do a search online.
Now I knew that Thailand specialises in Thai silk and one of their favourite patterns is elephants, the national symbol.
It appears that pandas are popular in China. 
Giraffes appear on African prints, esecially from Kenya and Tanzania. 
China makes scarves in many patterns. Favourites are cats and dogs, butterflies and flowers.
Chiffon Giraffe Print Maxi Dres

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https://theprincessshirt.com/product/chiffon-giraffe-print-maxi-dress/

Shirt with giraffes from cotton doux
49 pouns sterling
https://www.cotondoux.com/en/p/5792-lady-shirt


https://www.amazon.com/Clearance-Ruhiku-GW-Sleeveless-Printed/d

Single giraffe with bow tie and spectacles on white tee shirt

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 I found four great red giraffe patterns and several more giraffes.

Useful Websites, Ebay, For Duvets With Giraffe Patterns

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Giraffe-3D-Design-Bedding-Set-3PC-Of-Duvet-Cover-Pillowcase-Single-Double-King/2

Sorry about the underlining. I copied a link and now everything on the page is underlined.

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