Go to Hadramowt on City Road and order the lamb mandi.
It’s a simple instruction I received from a well-informed Cardiffian on Twitter but honestly it's one of the best pieces of advice I've been given all year.
Hadramowt serves a selection of traditional Yemeni dishes (lamb madghoot, lamb borma etc.) and grilled meats (lamb kofta, shish tawooq etc.) but really there’s only one dish which anyone seems to order.
On both occasions I've visited Hadramowt, almost everyone was tucking into a plate of lamb mandi. And i can see why.
For £11 it’s a multi-step affair and one which is equally about the accompaniments as it is about the lamb centrepiece.
Arriving at the table first is a bowl of gently spiced lamb broth with the odd nugget of soft lamb bobbing in its depths. It's a herald of what's to come.
There’s also bowls of garlic and mint-twanged yoghurt and a fresh tomato and coriander sauce turbo-charged with chilli, both of which are purpose built for lamb.
Then the main event arrives and it’s an absolute behemoth. It’s the kind of meal which would set you up for the day and then some.
Atop a huge mound of fluffy-grained fragrant kaleidoscopic rice are pieces of impossibly tender bone-in lamb, which have clearly been cooked for hours and hours. There’s bits of rib, shin, chop and shoulder but they fall off their respective appendages with the merest nudge.
It’s topped with crispy caramelised and charred onions, which add welcome crunch to the proceedings. Everything is delicately spiced without detracting from the flavour of each component.
As if that wasn’t enough, last to arrive at the table is a bowl of a thick stew dotted with pieces of tender spud, onion and sweet tomato. It's got an Autumnal vibe to it and hits the mark as the days start to turn cooler.
I could go back to Hadramowt and order some more dishes to tell you about but all I want to do is order their lamb mandi.
I recommend you go and do the same.
The Details:
Address - Hadramowt, 42 City Rd, Cardiff CF24 3DL
Web - https://hadramowt.com/order-now
Telephone - 07367 070660
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