After the incredible Jama Masjid (combined with the less incredible enforced tourist fee and unnecessary guide fee) it was time for lunch. Luckily Karim's is very nearby and well reputed from Rough Guide and also online. It would good to see the majority of people dining in the room were Indian, from young families to couples to the older generation.
It's a little confusing at first trying to figure out if all the rooms are the same restaurant or if some are trying to feed off the name of another. They reassured me that each was connected to the same restaurant and this was proven in that all the food came from the same central cooking area - a deep pit of a tandoor, pots of curries and a separate charcoal grill with wafting kebab aromas.
- Seekh kabab – incredibly soft smooth mutton mince grilled on a skewer;
- Mutton burra – chargrilled mutton, very strong meaty flavour, soft and melty gelatinous texture I haven't before seen in mutton let alone from any grilled meat;
- Roti – soft aerated bubbly, thicker base;
- Qeema naan – thin crispy deep flavour;
- Vegetable curry – simple looking but tasty buttery curry.
The couple on the table next to me were expertly devouring by hand the mutton biryani and mutton stew, both of which looked excellent. If I hadn't previously been, I just became a huge fan of mutton and this place does it extraordinarily well.