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Masala Art is a comfortable and attractive restaurant that blends knowledge, time-honoured experience and tradition, to provide customers with an array of delightful Indian dishes. Executive Chef Barry Dhaliwal has assembled a talented team of chefs from India, Nepal and Dubai to ensure their food makes a positive mark on the Derby dining scene.

To give your meal a flavoursome start consider the boti pudina, with chunks of lamb fillet marinated in fresh mint and black pepper and cooked in the tandoor oven. The menu features different styles from across India, and depending on the sensitivity of your taste buds, the chefs gladly make the dishes ether mild, medium or hot.

Amongst their numerous main course options, ajwaini jhinga, king prawns marinated with roasted caraway seeds and ginger and char grilled in the Tandoor might find favour. Customers are sure to find a good accompaniment to the food either in the form of Indian beers or wines predominantly from the New World.

They're small, comfortable, family owned and serve flavoursome chargrilled steaks that are gaining widespread appeal as far as Nottingham, Leicester and Loughborough, so if you stay in and around Derby, Emily's is one place you should consider visiting.

A concise menu has been designed to support the area's businesses by utilising local produce. To introduce customers to a true steakhouse experience, perfectly cooked, juicy steaks created from the finest cuts of selected herds are served on a cast iron skillet with black pepper sauce and homemade chips.

Their 6" portabella garlic mushrooms and tempura onion rings are signature side orders. Duck with stir-fry Japanese udon noodles or chargrilled spatchcock poussin are there for those wanting non steak dishes.

During the day, they provide traditionally cooked full English breakfasts and freshly ground coffee and tea. A monthly special seafood night offers customers a range of exciting and flavoursome dishes that are worth more than just a passing glance.

Slug and Lettuce has a chain of almost a hundred bars spread across the country sharing a common love of serving down to earth, undemanding food and drink.

The group prides itself on offering dishes prepared using quality ingredients, and you should be attended on by attentive staff in a safe, welcoming and cheerful environment. The Slugs have something for anyone - breakfast for a lively start to the day, lunch for busy people, family meals or even a relaxing glass of wine to bring a tiring day to an end - all in a variety of modern and stylish settings.

The menu features old time English favourites such as Gloucestershire Old Spot sausages in buttered mash or fish pie made with Dartmouth smokehouse haddock, in a Devon cream and leek sauce, although dishes look to Europe and further afield to Asia for inspiration. A good way to start the enjoyment is by sharing platters of Southern fried chicken breast pieces, crispy potato wedges, garlic ciabatta strips, half a rack of BBQ pork ribs, wasabi vegetables with onion rings or some Greek mezze

Hearty steak pies, Thai curry with sticky jasmine rice or butternut squash with goats' cheese lasagne are amongst the more popular main dishes. Sandwiches or wraps - warm tortilla with chicken and Parmesan or aromatic duck in plum sauce - provide for those who prefer something lighter. They also serve burgers as well as tempting salads like salmon, asparagus or tomato and mozzarella. For children they have good old British standby sausage and mash, or pepper pasta and ketchup among other choices, all of which never fail to delight, particularly as some of them seem to have come out of a certain celebrity chef's Book of Forbidden Dishes.

Desserts appear in the form of raspberry biscotti, hot chocolate pudding or a creamy strawberry cheesesake. The wine list is well compiled and substantial. There are not less than seven French, three from Italy and some from Spain, Chile, Australia as well as New Zealand. Slug and Lettuce can cater for events including birthday parties, fashion shows, hen nights, wedding parties or just an enjoyable night out with a few friends.