Red Chillie, Horsham Road, Dorking
Posted by pop at Jul 6, 07 11:03 PM ... Comments (0)
Having driven past this place a few times, and wondered what on earth a curry house was doing in a place where only Happy Eaters dwell, when the urge for curry came along one day, we took our chances. Having made a day trip to Sutton (well, it does have a TK Maxx) and then on to Epsom (oh dear) for dinner - which we gave up on due to a lack of restaurants, we booked a table at the Red Chillie.
On the telephone the guy told us that it happened to be Elvis Night there that night, and we could get a table at 7pm. On arrival, we also discovered that due to Elvis's enormous popularity, they were only offering a set menu of about 5 run-of-the-mill dishes. After giving them sad puppy dog eyes and saying that we had not been told about this restriction, they surreptitiously slid us a couple of standard menus, carefully looking over their shoulder to make sure nobody saw them do it.
Now, I have to be fair, it can't have been anything other than a good curry, as I'd have remembered otherwise. The main thing that sticks in my mind is Asian Elvis visibly syking himself up behind the kitchen door before his grand entrance and then bursting out into the restaurant after what seemed an excessively long build up. Sadly we had finished dinner before he had even thought of squeezing himself into the rhinestone studded white jump suit. I managed to get a few snaps...I'll post them when I have figured out how :)
Go there if you have a curry emergency on your way to Horsham....