Bismillah Indian Cuisine, Surry Hills

Hello readers! I'm still in the final exam period and was done with one paper yesterday. Sharmila and I thought we both need to treat ourselves so to Surry Hills we went for lunch! Managed to find this shop after 25 mins of walking through the cold and wet weather. If you are from the Central tunnel, walk towards Surry Hills and keep going straight through Devonshire Street. Turn right at Crown Street and walk all the way down towards Cleveland Street. You will find the restaurant on your right. 

The food is ordered by set but a la carte is also available. We ordered mutton biryani (AUD12)  and an extra dish of chicken tikka masala (AUD8). Sharmila asked for another plate of mutton curry (without the meat) to go with the rice. I find the rice quite dry on its own but with the extra gravy that we have, it was nice and full of flavour (enough and not too overpowering).  

Few customers eat in, while mostly take-out. Only one guy manning the counter since there's not much crowd. Probably because it was a rainy Sunday. A lady came in and had a set of white rice with vege curry priced at AUD7.50 which is quite sensible I guess for a restaurant in this location. 

Overall, I would say that if you really want to eat biryani rice in Sydney, try Lakemba Street. I'm gonna do another post on that soon! Enjoy the pictures!

The restaurant is located at Crown Street

Variety of dishes to choose from (these pictures remind me of Mamak restaurants in Malaysia :D)

 

Our order, Mutton Biryani, Chicken Tikka Masala, and mutton curry gravy

N/B: The cashier did not charge us for the mutton gravy (without meat), so that was nice haha