Indian Restaurant in England, Elegant and Romantic, Bonoo in Hampstead
Bonoo Indian Restaurant, flower-filled frontage. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. Bonoo Hampstead restaurant in Hampstead has an amusing and amazing flower-covered exterior, plus inside walls and ceiling to match. A touch of class, elegance, romance. What does the name mean? It is not the owner, but a word evoking an Indian chef's philosophy, an instinct for natural harmonising flavours. Their website explains. A bit abstract, and I don't know if it is Sanskrit or Hindi, so to remember the restaurant's name I think bon, which is french for good, and OO - amazingly different. We saw a chef wearing a white hat. This restaurant is a favourite of other members of our family because the restaurant staff are willing to discuss the spiciness of the dishes and get food made up less spicy which is what most of us want. My favourite dish was the potato starter, Aloo tikki chaat. I also liked the Crunchy mango salad. , and the flat bread with coconut filling, pumpkin seeds a