Mahmud's Tandoor (Bugis)

I preferred the Crispydoori (fried) to the OG (baked) for its crunch and heavier-spiced sauce🐓🔥 The masala fries though thick, were reallyyyy crispy and made better dipped in harissa mayo.

Very interesting concept across the board. They made a burger joint focusing on tandoori chicken. The crispydoori was better because the chicken thigh was deep-fried and the harissa mayo and cheese went so well with it. The OG has a baked thigh, mint yogurt and lots of raw onion. This made it more Indian, but I couldn't help thinking it's a more common flavour. They use a good brioche bun too. Special mention for the fries, which although thick cut, was oddly airy and very crispy. Its loaded version sorta doubled your meal, because it's topped with lots of the same chicken. The concept goes further with sauces - you can help yourself to mango sauce and "dragon sauce". The former tasted like mango and chilli, while the latter tasted like spicy mentaiko. Finally, you can have slushies for drinks. There's bandung, chai peng and our flavour of the day was chocolate. Quite gimmicky, as these are just $1 drinks selling at $5 because they're slush. I liked the chai peng because it's more unusual. Warning though: the smoke is billowing in a small, aircon space so you'll leave completely stinky.

Came to Curbside Crafters for the craft market but was pleasantly surprised to see a sign for Mahmud's Tandoor just outside the entrance. Had seen it trending on IG few years back and had been wanting to visit ever since.

The OG Tandoori Burger ($12) had a thick tandoori chicken patty that was juicy and bursting with flavour from the spices. With the onions and mint yoghurt sauce, every bite was a tantalising array of tang, mintiness, and slight heat. The fluffy brioche bun held everything together in a delicious package. Yum.

Get the Masala Fries (+$3) too - thick, crisp, and bursting with potato goodness, the masala spice also gave it a uniquely flavourful kick. Don't forget the harissa mayo dip which was superb as well as the trio of sauces at the counter for you to choose from (I had the mango chilli which was surprisingly good, like a spicy-sour chilli).

Overall, would return to try their other offerings (the crispydoori is first on my list, as is the loaded masala fries). They also have a range of slushes too like Chai Slush which I would get for sure!