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This should really have been an account of our trip to the newly-refurbished Pilot in Wellesley Road. But when taking our booking they failed to mention that Tuesday night is Quiz Night. And although, as the staff said, the quiz was only in half the pub, the loudspeaker blared the questions into both halves. Now I don't mind a quiz, but if I'm going out for supper I don't really want someone shouting out: "what kind of meat goes in Irish stew?". Because that's one of the things you expect them to know in any half decent restaurant. So we left, as did others.
We decided to stay down that end of the High Road and try 'Rice - House of Kebab & Wrap', which had been recommended to us by a Chiswick expert. Rice - so-called because "rice is the jewel of Persian food" - opened nine years ago. It caters to a loyal mix of office workers at lunchtime and local residents in the evening.
We started with houmous and olives, served with warm nan bread. The bread is prepared in front of customers in the restaurant and cooked in a clay oven specially commissioned by the owners.
The main course options consist largely of kebabs and wraps (the clue is in the name). I had the chicken shish: chicken breast marinated in saffron and lemon juice, served with salad on another nan. Mrs W4 went for the vegetarian kebab - two skewers of courgette, yellow squash, mushroom, shallot and mixed pepper - served with rice.
A regular reader asked if we could include a 'would we go back' verdict at the end of our posts. Clearly some places are better than others, but the truth is we haven't visited one place yet we wouldn't go back to. But it's more than a mile from Abinger Road, so if venturing out for a kebab by wheelchair maybe stop at Lara.
Food (for 2): £21.00
Drink: £11.50
Total: £36.50
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