General Bilimoria's Canteen - Welling (Indian)

Most takeaway menus have a handful of house specials. Ours has twenty-three, and Aam Diya — chicken or lamb in a mango-based sauce, sweet and sharp rather than the usual cream or tomato base — is the one worth ordering first.

Around it: naga chicken and lamb for heat, shatkora chicken and lamb (a Bangladeshi citrus rarely seen outside specialist kitchens), lobster kali mirch, and a Bengal-style fish curry.

Chilli squid opens the starters — unusual on an Indian menu and worth naming on its own.

Most takeaway starter lists stop at onion bhaji, samosa and chicken tikka. This one runs to twenty, including garlic mushroom puri, garlic chilli paneer, honey-glazed lamb chops off the clay oven, tempura prawns in a light crispy batter, and king prawn puri alongside the chilli squid.

It's built to be a starting course in its own right, not three safe options before the curry.