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If you're looking to relax over a fine meal in a restaurant where the ambience is laidback and casual, and yet the food is prepared with utmost care, then you might want to take a look at an Auberge restaurant. For over twelve years, they have been providing French inspired cuisine to their patrons and their popularity continues to be undiminished. Hunger demands can be met with their express menu with its sandwiches, burgers and salads.

Dinner options are also excellent, with typical starters such as tiger prawns with garlic, chilli, butter, parsley followed by herb crusted roasted lamb rump, gratin Dauphinois, French beans and rosemary jus. Sample the profiteroles filled with cream and covered with chocolate sauce for a light and delectable dessert and make sure you choose something from their selection of crisp Belgian beers or maybe a glass of wine from the eclectic list that spans both the old and the New World.

Selsdon Park as it now stands is largely a reconstruction of the original Jacobean house, a few parts of which remain including the haunted Tudor corridor, scene of several sightings. Golf is very much a preoccupation but the restaurant also features largely. Here a sophisticated and very precise menu offers contemporary delights such as sweet pepper and Bayonne ham brandade amidst formal surroundings. Standards are high all round, and are reflected in the prices. The wine list is impressive with house wine starting at £19.95.

Not many places in and around London allow diners to enjoy a three-course meal for the price of an average one course elsewhere. The Peter Ilic run Little Bay chain has made its mark with flavoursome, good value French influenced European food matched by an extravagant relaxed Bohemian ambience exceptionally well.
 
The distinctive décor, dramatic and whimsical, delights most customers and surprises a few, with peculiarly positioned tables, coloured lights, gold foil edged maps on tables and cosy booths. With talented opera singers and live music in attendance to make the dining experience unique, a chilled out evening with family and friends can find no better venue.

The interesting menu serves up what you might expect with a dash of the unexpected, offering guests an eclectic mix of meat and fish dishes. A good way to start the enjoyment is by ordering a choux de crab with citrus hollandaise, tempting smoked chicken parcels or bacon wrapped pork terrine. A hearty roast breast of Barbary duck with red cabbage and honey ginger sauce, grilled lamb steaks and fillet of plaice stuffed with crab meat are among popular main courses.

Vegetarians can consider goat's cheese croquettes, baked garlic mushrooms and baked aubergine with vegetables and mozzarella. Daily specials offer more delights and pastas, sandwiches and salads provide for those who prefer something lighter. For a wonderful conclusion, consider apple cake with ice cream and custard, white chocolate and pistachio parfait or vanilla cheesecake. A satisfied sigh emanates from the diner at the end of it all.

Garam Masala refers to an aromatic blend of ground spices, used in varying quantities in a number of Indian delicacies. The simple yet bright interior of this Thornton Heath restaurant is made up of textured walls, linen covered tables, and rustic cane chairs, encouraging customers to just unwind and enjoy tasty Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine.

The chefs are all extensively trained to create a range of popular and much loved dishes. Trust a plate of lamb chops, or chingri amlie of sweet and sour king prawns for a brilliant start. A mixed grill loaded with succulent tandoori chicken, tikka, and sheek kebab could follow.

The chef's specials are served with naan bread or pilau rice, and encompass Goan chicken, the Bangladeshi favourite of pumpkin bhaji, and a creamy yet spicy nadan lamb. The curries are well represented by the vindaloo, korma, bhuna, rogan josh, and dhansak varieties and a fish dish called Bengali pangash delight. Vegetarian sides of aloo gobi and tarka dal complement your main meal.

The restaurant caters for special events and offers a quick delivery service.