INDIAN street food that is authentic, healthy and flavoursome is what Sudip and Aarti Roy are promising to deliver at their new eatery in Marlborough.

The couple insist that 100 Chai Street is not a silver spoon restaurant or a cafe, but a small quirky tearoom bringing fresh, homemade dishes from the streets of India to the High Street of Marlborough.

These include; pastry samosas with spicy meat or vegetables, accompanied by Mrs Roy’s signature green chutney and tangy tamarind sauce. As well as Kolkata kaathi rolls, stuffed with fillings from lamb and paneer tikka, inspired by ones found in New Delhi where Mr Roy is originally from.

A range of dishes of the day are on offer too, such as pork shoulder curry. Mr Roy, 41, said: “Our food is not greasy, if you don’t want it to be. Our food is not spicy, if you don’t want it to be. Our food is healthy.”

While they also serve Indian Chai tea, breakfast dishes such as dhokla; a lentil steamed cake, and deserts such as brownies with a touch of spice, Mrs Roy, 41, who is head chef, was keen to create a simple menu that doesn’t confuse and overwhelm people with choice, but instead encourages people to try new things and experiment.

They have also designed the tearoom, which now seats around 25 people and was formerly The Marlborough Deli, to be as laid-back as possible so the food is the centrepiece.

Mr Roy said: “We want to keep it quirky. We don’t want it to look like a professionally designed place because the charm is lost. Even in the window the menu is stuck up with a sticker. But at the end of the day if the food is lovely, do you really care?”

Opening a tearoom has not been a spontaneous decision for the couple, who live in Abbey Fields in Swindon and have two children Anahita, ten and Arshiya, five, instead it has been long-running ambition.

Mr Roy’s 17 year career as a consultant professional has taken him all over the world. But the one thing the couple always felt was missing was authentic, healthy Indian food that is not mass produced. So in September 2012 they both quit their jobs and moved to England with their hearts set on opening their own Indian street food tearoom in Marlborough High Street.

“That was the passion behind all of this – because we saw this missing,” Mr Roy said. They officially opened on the weekend of the Marlborough International Jazz Festival but were still printing menus that morning. They are also still experimenting with opening times.

Mr Roy added: “I’m sure Marlborough will eventually start loving us, not to say they don’t already, but very soon, hopefully we will become a permanent fixture of things to come.”

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