The Bengal Sage

I came here for lunch and tried the more expensive of their 2 set lunch menus. The restaurant is tucked away off the high street
Literally a meal of 2 halves. The starter of crab cakes, fried squid and mango salad was a disappointment. Hardly any crab in a potato-​heavy crab cake and no mango at all in the mango salad
The Broughton water buffalo bhoona was good though. Tender as promised. The sauce was nice but I could taken more zing
The mango lassi was nice — maybe that’s where the mango from the starter went
There are some unique dishes on the a la carte menu, so I may return

The food here was delicious and not typical of Indian restaurants you normally come across. A lot of the dishes I hadn’t really heard of before and they also had goat, water buffalo and some interesting sounding fish on the menu.
The price of the food isn’t particularly cheap though with it costing about £15 for a main course with rice. I thought the portions were slightly on the small side for me and the naan was conveniently cut up into quarters, but it was quite a small portion compared to what I’m used to.
I ordered the Water Buffalo Bhoona, which was deliciously flavoursome and the buffalo was perfectly soft and melt in the mouth. I would definitely recommend it if you don’t have a huge appetite and are willing to spend a bit more than average. They also have takeaway available.

This is rather a good Indian restaurant and one I would certainly frequent were it anywhere near where I live!
The chicken tikka starter I enjoyed was in size and presentation like something you would expect in a gourmet restaurant. Luckily it backed up its lilliputianess with its tastiness!
For the main course I had a hard time choosing between a couple of delicious sounding options. I was finally swayed by the note on the menu that the Chicken Suruchi was the favourite of the Indian cricket team. Where this information comes from I have no idea, but I enjoyed the reference and I certainly enjoyed the food.
All 3 of us left very happy with our find!