Fatt Pundit
6 Maiden Lane
Covent Garden, London
Fatt Pundit isn’t a name you’re going to forget in a hurry. It’s a quirky one and the food is also a quirky mix of Indian and Chinese. It’s a taste sensation too.
We started with some mixed vegetable momo’s. A momo is basically a Tibetan or Nepalese dumpling. These ones were a vibrant green colour and came steamed and filled with spinach and mushroom. They had two dipping sauces and were delicious. Even Sir enjoyed them and there was no meat in these ones!
Sir of course had his obligatory negroni. The Fatt Pundit Negroni is their variation on the classic with spiced gin, Campari and Cocchi Torino vermouth. The combination worked very well creating a lovely negroni.
The Crackling Spinach was recommended by everyone around us. It was easy to see why too and even more so when we ate it. This is actually crispy spinach. It’s crunchy and topped with a tangy mix of sweet yoghurt, date and plum sauce and crunchy pomegranate seeds. It’s such a tasty dish and looks as good as it tastes.
Three words together had us excited - Szechuan, honey and duck. the fact that it came with pancakes was an added bonus. These crispy strips of duck were beautifully crunchy and had great flavours. They went so well in the lightly steamed pancakes that came with them.
We had to have some seafood, so we chose the Bombay chilli prawns. These came plump and with a good spiciness that all went nicely.
The egg Szechuan fried rice had a kick to it as well. You could of course modify this by simply not eating some of the chilli pieces in it. It went nicely with the prawns for a real head clearing combination!
We were debating getting dessert when this one arrived at the next table, and we just had to grab it ourselves. Called Vegan sizzling brownie, what arrives at the table is a massive brownie slice on a hot plate and the whole lot is then doused in chocolate sauce creating a sizzling chocolate sensation. It’s a real eye catcher and tastes wonderful too.
There’s a really nice feel to Fatt Pundit. It’s kind of upmarket but not overtly. It still manages to feel a bit relaxed too.
We were very impressed with Fatt Pundit. It has outstanding ratings online and after visiting there it was very easy to see why. They do everything very well here.