The Tiffin Truck
An Indian market-food bar and restaurant on Regent Street.
The Tiffin Truck is a bar and restaurant at 22 Regent Street serving Indian market food. It describes itself as fast and funky, with the feel of an Indian bazaar suited to a quick lunch or a longer evening meal, and with Indian craft beers and cocktails alongside the food. The menu draws on famous Indian street-food dishes and on the home-style tiffin lunches eaten by workers across India.
The tiffin idea
The restaurant's name refers to the tiffin, the tiered steel lunch box. Its website explains that the custom goes back to the days of the Raj, when British afternoon tea was replaced in India by a light meal at that hour, and that in Mumbai the tradition survives in the "tiffin wallahs" who cycle lunches to workers. At The Tiffin Truck, takeaway can be collected in a steel tiffin box for a small deposit.
What to expect
Featured items include chaat, lassi, milkshakes and Indian cocktails, with a full menu on the site. Breakfast is served only at the Regent Street branch, on Saturdays and Sundays from 10am to noon. The business comes from the people behind Navadhanya. A second branch operates at Unwin Square, Orchard Park.
Practical notes
Booking and online ordering are both offered through the website, which also lists postcodes for delivery from each branch, and takeaway and catering services.
Nearby
Within a few minutes' walk
