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Derrel’s

Bright and kitschy spice-packed good times.

The half tandoori chicken plate.
1 / 7The half tandoori chicken plate.Jennifer Soo
The interiors.
2 / 7The interiors. Jennifer Soo
Samosa chaat.
3 / 7Samosa chaat.Jennifer Soo
Chip butty with butter chicken gravy.
4 / 7Chip butty with butter chicken gravy.Jennifer Soo
Pork vindaloo plate.
5 / 7Pork vindaloo plate.Jennifer Soo
A bain marie holds pakora and curries.
6 / 7A bain marie holds pakora and curries. Jennifer Soo
The menu is inside old women’s magazines.
7 / 7The menu is inside old women’s magazines.Michael Naumoff

Derrel’s

Indian$

You don’t find many restaurants showing Father Ted on one screen while a Bollywood action flick plays on another. Nor are there many places where you can dredge hot chips through butter-chicken gravy after midnight on weekends.

Derrel’s bills itself as a late-night curry eatery, and the short menu is influenced by chef Brendan King’s experience growing up Anglo-Indian in Sydney. His grandfather’s tandoori recipe marinates sunset-red chicken wings finished over charcoal, while the vada pav features a golden-battered potato fritter stuffed into the softest of white buns with green chilli chutney.

For a larger feed, butter chicken, served with paratha, lime and pickled onion, is to your food-court curry what surround sound is to a transistor radio. There’s never a dull moment in your mouth, or on the telly, at Derrel’s.

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