Plimmerton Taj is an Indian restaurant on Steyne Ave in Plimmerton, a seaside village in Porirua, holding a 4.2 rating on Google. A good Indian kitchen is easiest to judge by its spices: whether they are ground fresh and bloomed in hot ghee or oil at the start of the curry, which gives a layered depth that jarred paste never quite manages. Heat should be a dial, not a default, and most Indian restaurants will cook a dish mild, medium or hot to order, so say where you sit on the scale. Regulars rarely order one dish each; they build a table instead, pairing something dry from the tandoor with a saucier curry, and bread or rice to pull it all together. For anyone in Plimmerton or the wider Porirua area after a curry, Plimmerton Taj offers a well-rated local option on Steyne Ave.