Cinnamons Authentic Indian in Axminster, Devon | The Gourmet Society Diners Card

Cinnamons is well-known in Axminster for its first-rate Indian menu that mixes well-loved British-Indian favourites with new dishes using well local ingredients and the chef's creativity.

Traditional curries are done to perfection at Cinnamons. Tikka pasanda sees chicken or lamb swathed in a coconut and cashew sauce. Butter chicken, meanwhile, uses pieces of fresh spring chicken grilled in a charcoal oven for extra flavour. Pathia plays sweet and sour flavours against each other. And diners can forget vindaloo — the seriously spicy phal is on hand to challenge the taste buds.

The chef is a creative soul, always adding his own recipes to Cinnamons' menu, whether it's chicken laced with lemon grass, or vegetable kofta, or rum joy puri which, as the name suggests, is cooked with a splash of rum.

At one point, Cinnamons' menu takes a turn for the exotic — and the curry names take a turn for the evocative. Slay the Dragon is a Mysore delicacy sweetened with honey and pineapple, while Tiger by the River features king prawns cooked in a thick red wine sauce. Sunset Simla, meanwhile, is a mildly spiced curry of mangoes, garlic and capsicum. For something with a bit more kick, diners should opt for the Bombay Flame, which is cooked in a naga chilli sauce.

The British Curry Awards placed Cinnamons in their top 100 restaurants in 2012, plus Pat Chapman's Cobra Good Curry Guide 2013 named it the best curry restaurant in the South West in 2013. There's little wonder, then, why Cinnamons goes down so well with Axminster locals, visitors and food critics alike.

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