Presumably somebody thought the Indian Cavalry Club in Edinburgh had it their own way for too long, but if that is the case they are wide of the mark. The Bombay Bicycle Club is your ordinary, straightforward curry house with no frills, good food and it bears little or no resemblance to the ICC which for many is in a class of its own.

There is the customary wide range of dishes, though beware of the strength of some of the offerings which are way beyond what true Indian cooking is about. We often do ourselves a disservice in Britain by subscribing to the view that to be good a curry must go through the unfortunate recipient with the strength of an industrial purgative.

Many of the dishes at BBC have the real quality of Indian cooking which is a blending of flavours and spices with sensitivity and it is in that direction that they should concentrate their efforts if they wish to compete with the more successful Asian restaurants in Edinburgh.