The Leicester Curry Club award night for 2019 was celebrated by a return visit to our highest scoring curry house restaurant of the year. As our regular readers will know we visit a different restaurant every month and points are awarded by each member following the visit based upon their individual enjoyment of the meal and service predominately, but also taking into account the surroundings and the facilities.
In the nine years that we have been recording our scores we have never visited a restaurant twice, other than to make the annual presentation to the winner, so in essence our restaurants only get one chance of winning this prestigious and coveted award. This year we again recognised our winner in our newly established tradition of presenting a certificate for them to display for all to see, so if you spot this certificate, or similar ones in the ensuing years, you will know that the venue that you are visiting comes very highly recommended having risen to the top following a stringent assessment and having been judged against eleven of its piers.
This year has brought two real gems to the top of our scoring list and it’s a pity that they were both visited in the same year as the runner up had equalled the previous highest score ever to be awarded, but was pipped at the post by the eventual winner at the very last opportunity in December.
It was a more than satisfying return to Wyvern Restaurant and Bar to present their award and to find out if their food was as good the second time round and to discover that in fact if anything, it was better!
We were welcomed and shown to our table where our orders were taken while we enjoyed a drink and pappadoms. Our choice of dishes was as ever diverse, which is good as it provides the ability to assess a wide range of offerings and to compare the consistency of quality. It is pleasing to be able to confirm that the members were unanimous in their assertations that the food was at least the equal to that which we had previously enjoyed there. The service and ambience were also excellent, which added to the enjoyment of the occasion and reinforced the high accolade that we had bestowed upon this establishment.
So, Wyvern Restaurant and Bar is a very worthy winner of our 2019 award and we are pleased to recommend an early visit to all of our aficionados of fine curry dining among our esteemed and demanding readers. It certainly won’t be long before this writer returns there to enjoy their menu again.
A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of our readers.