Zaika

In an unassuming strip of Beaumaris service-lane shops sits this oasis of flavour, fragrance and flawless mainly north Indian cuisine. It's a family business, and the genuine hospitality is as warm as the complex and creamy Madras curry. Huge cubes of lamb collapse under the tenderising powers of slow-cooked velvety tomato, coconut and numerous spices. Even the everyday is transformed: golden naan is remarkably light, and tender chunks of deeply flavoured chicken tikka are memorable for all the right reasons. Glossy, black eggplant flecked with fresh coriander provides a sweet, vegetable foil. In Utopia, Zaika would be down the street from everyone.