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| Naan bakery and cafe in [[Locale Croydon|Croydon]], near [[West Croydon Station]]. |
Naan bakery in West Croydon. [[secretlondon]] visited one Monday evening in November 2016. |
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It's a small shop, with two tandoors at the front. If you're just here for plain naan (white or brown), you queue up at the front and then the baker asks how many you want (in multiples of three) and makes them fresh for you from balls of dough. Beyond this are a couple of tables and a counter selling previously-packed naan (thicker and softer than the freshly made ones) as well as flavoured naans such as egg naan, keema naan, and cheese naan. |
It is a small shop with two tandoors. You queue up, he asks how many naans you want (in multiples of three) and he makes them for you from balls of dough. There is a counter at the back which I think was selling rolls of some description but I didn't investigate. Although it advertises naans and chapatis I only saw naans being made, and unlike other naan bakeries in Tooting and Walworth it doesn't appear to do different varieties like cheese or nutella. Naans are 3 for a pound and are put straight into a carrier bag for you, not wrapped in any way. |
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At the back along a short corridor and down some steps is a restaurant area where various food such as soup, lamb, and rice is on offer. The decor in the restaurant area is rather nicer than in the shop, with wood-effect vinyl and wallpaper as well as ornate coloured lampshades. According to a member of staff in January 2020, the naan shop and restaurant area are separate businesses but both operate under the same name. |
I ate one of my naans waiting for a train. It was absolutely fine. |
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[[Kake]] first visited in November 2015 for a takeaway keema naan, which in this context meant a plain naan spread with a minced lamb mixture and some lettuce, and then rolled up. It was OK, though the meat wasn't particularly high-quality and I wished they'd had more interesting salad. |
See also: *[http://london-road-croydon.org/history/0079-shadi-bakery.html History of the site] *[http://croydon.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?id=Shadi_Bakery,_79_London_Road;oldid=Shadi_Market,_79_London_Road Completists guide to Croydon] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBTxjzljLc8 Video of them making naans] |
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[[secretlondon]] visited just for naan one Monday evening in November 2016. The naan were three for £1, and were put straight into a carrier bag, not wrapped in any way. I ate one while waiting for a train, and it was absolutely fine. |
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[[Kake]] visited again in June 2017, after they'd expanded their menu to include curries and things. It was a Saturday afternoon, and although there was just one other eat-in customer, there were lots of people in and out for takeaway naan. No music was playing, but there was plenty of conversation going on, as much between the staff as between the customers. I'd wanted to try their lentil soup, but they were out, so instead I had the chickpeas (£3) along with an egg naan (£2) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/35441192181/ photo of both]</small>. The chickpeas were pretty tasty; a good size, and cooked to a soft texture. There was lamb in it, too, which I hadn't expected, but this was also good, flavourful and tender enough to cut with a spoon. A plain naan was included with the chickpeas, which they hadn't warned me about when I ordered, but there was no problem wrapping it up for me to take away. The egg naan was hot and crisp, freshly prepared with plenty of egg. In March 2019, [[Kake]] tried the kubba (meat-stuffed rice dumplings; £5 for three including salad and one naan) <small>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/kake_pugh/46628167684/ photo]</small>. The exterior was crisp (although perhaps a little greasier than ideal), and the rice was soft and in good proportion with the stuffing. The meat of the stuffing was a little gristly, but I enjoyed the occasional hit of sweetness from plump yellow sultanas, and appreciated the flecks of chopped spinach. Accessibility: A step to get in to the front part (where naan are sold). Several more steps to the seating area at the back. See also: * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/rjw1/34508451295/ Photo of the menu as of May 2017] * [http://london-road-croydon.org/history/0079-shadi-bakery.html History of the site] * [http://croydon.randomness.org.uk/wiki.cgi?Shadi_Bakery,_79_London_Road Completists' Guide to Croydon entry] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBTxjzljLc8 Video of them making naan] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkCLfZBqYKY Longer video including interviews with the staff] <div class="last_verified">Last visited by [[Kake]], March 2019. Closing time obtained from a member of staff, November 2016.</div> |
Last visited by [[secretlondon]], November 2016. Closing time from asking, November 2016. |
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| summary='Naan bakery in West Croydon' summary='Naan bakery and cafe in West Croydon.' | summary='Naan bakery in West Croydon' summary='Naan bakery and cafe in West Croydon.' |
Naan bakery in West Croydon. secretlondon visited one Monday evening in November 2016.
It is a small shop with two tandoors. You queue up, he asks how many naans you want (in multiples of three) and he makes them for you from balls of dough. There is a counter at the back which I think was selling rolls of some description but I didn't investigate. Although it advertises naans and chapatis I only saw naans being made, and unlike other naan bakeries in Tooting and Walworth it doesn't appear to do different varieties like cheese or nutella. Naans are 3 for a pound and are put straight into a carrier bag for you, not wrapped in any way.
I ate one of my naans waiting for a train. It was absolutely fine.
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Last visited by secretlondon, November 2016. Closing time from asking, November 2016.
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