One of Darwin’s most famous and awarded restaurants - Hanuman. It specialises in Thai Nonya and Indian cuisine with prodigous use of spices and lovely sauces. There happens to be one in Alice Springs but I haven’t been to that city since I was a wee little toddler. I’m sure it is just as good.

I stuffed myself full on Sunday to the point where I could see beads of sauce squeezing their way out of my belly button. The food was excellent and there are plenty of wait staff catering to your needs. Didn’t take that long to get our meals given the amount of people there, I’ve had to wait longer to get pizza…

We began our meal with some butter naan bread. Nice and hot with a fabulous aroma.

A starter plate of kashmiri chicken tikka (i.e. tandoori chicken) which was quite filling in itself. Lovely spices and tender pieces of chicken.

The mains were, from left to right, red lentil dahl (I think, didn’t pay too much attention to it…), butter chicken and a “mean moolie” of barramundi fillets. I have no idea what mean moolie is supposed to mean but it was my favourite dish of the night. The butter chicken was very spicy and forced me to break into a light sweat…damn you. And the vegetarian dish was ok but didn’t really cater to my carnivorous ways, I’m sure the vegetarians would love it though.

Hanuman (Darwin) is located at:

Holiday Inn Esplanade
93 Mitchell Street
Darwin, Northern Territory
Phone: (08) 8941 3500

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