<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wagamama.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5392" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/wagamama-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Over the past few years I've been eating out a lot more. Last Thursday I was at Wagamama's in Lincoln. It's set on piers driven into Brayford Wharf and therefore sits above the water. As a quasi japanese restaurant it was a new experience and one I was in two minds about. An interesting menu that left me wondering what it was going to look/taste like and of course the chopsticks to manipulate. Strangely they said that courses do not always arrive together and true to their warning my main course arrived at least five minutes before anyone else and the side dishes were popped onto the table in random order. Dave, Lucie and Mary's main courses did arrive fairly close together but I was halfway through mine by this time. I feel this "quaint" idea of haphazardly serving people is an excuse for poor service. The restaurant wasn't busy and there were plenty of cooking staff. It was an interesting experience, one which I won't be rushing back to repeat but I would try it again in the future because the food itself was delicious.

<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-gate-of-india.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-5391" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/the-gate-of-india-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>When you consider I've lived here nearly five years and I haven't visited the local Indian restaurant I'm quite amazed. I really enjoy Indian food however the quality of the microwave curries from Tesco get better and better so why spend five times as much? Mary and I visited The Gate of India last Friday and had a delightful evening. It's especially good because it's within walking distance so I can have a pint of Kingfisher with my meal. The food was excellent although Mary was disappointed with her Salmon dish because it was supposed to be flavoured with caraway seeds but she couldn't taste it. My lamb dish was very tasty.

I am perplexed by the quality of <a href="https://recipes.timesofindia.com/recipes/peshwari-naan/rs60336828.cms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Peshwari Naan</a>. I can remember teaching at Bective Junior school in Northampton and one of the class brought me in home cooked Peshwari Naan (better than an apple for the teacher). They were full of dried fruit and coconut flakes - truly delicious. I haven't tasted anything like them since but the search goes on.