About

Our Philosophy

We’re not going to use the word ‘Fusion’ here at all.  That’s been done and doesn’t mean anything in todays market.  However, what we will say, is Panjab is in our blood.  It’s the language we speak to our parents with, the music we’ve grown up listening to, the place we go to for half of our holidays, and most of all, it’s the food that’s warmed our hearts.

We have been born and brought up here in Britain, but we love Panjab and what it has given us.  We want to show you how Panjab still lives in us, in the UK.

We have taken the food we have learned to cook from our parents to another level, but kept all these unbeatable gems still there, and we’ve put it all into a setting that’s designed to give you that warm feeling we get from being back “home”.  So relax with us, try something new, and sit back and enjoy our Panjabi soul sing through our dishes.

Panjab, our cultural motherland, is the home of 5 Rivers and is the northern state of India. Our families immigrated from Panjab to the UK during the 1970’s, but they have always maintained our heritage in a number of ways. The music we listen to, the clothes we wear at weddings, and even the way they tell us off and curse! But by far, the biggest link we have always had to Panjab has always been the food we ate.

We grew up on delicious homemade curries, and chapattis were a staple. Delicious Indian desserts would be prepared and would be snapped up so fast, they would never even make it to the plate. Every Sunday we awoke to the delicious aroma of aloo wale Paratha, wafting from the kitchen. We used to be nursed by my grandmothers bland yellow dhaal and kicheree when we were ill, And I even hold close to my heart those dreaded days when there was nothing to eat apart from a disgusting sabji, so you had to eat it with buttered toast to make it bearable! The best days were the days when our families cooked “English dinners. Anything our mother & grandmother made, be it a roast chicken dinner or home-made fish and chips, was heavily laden with garam masala and green chilies. All in aid of giving everything some “flavour.”

And this is what we’ve bought to our restaurant. The food that we all, as 2nd generation Indians have grown up with. The unspoken traditional dishes such as “Aunda Bread” and chicken tikka burgers, that are commonplace in all UK panjabi homes are all actually on our menu.

Put very simply, our food & philosophy owes its everything to Panjab. That distant land that we still call home (despite seldom visiting) has taught us to cook the food we love, the way we love. Everything we cook the way us Panjbai’s live life in the UK….everything with a bit of extra “loon masala”

So first of all, who are we.

Established in 2014, Panjab is a family run restaurant between owner Pam, and her children. Panjab started from absolute scratch, transforming an old & vacant post office into a future. There was no urging previous intention of wanting a restaurant before finding Panjab. In fact, none of us were even real foodies. Although we all love eating! In fact – Panjab very organically has carved itself. It seemed a fantastic location for a venture like this, and is one of our greatest achievements. We eat, breathe, and sleep Panjab. From the moment we wake, to the last glance of our phones at night, our restaurant is at the forefront of our minds, and we absolutely love it with a passion.