SO it looks like after church on Sunday we will be heading to a concert at Maple Grove Cemetery in Kew Gardens and will have a chance for an early dinner in the area. Any suggestions? At the moment I am thinking of dropping by Spicy Lanka on the way home to Brooklyn (by car) It was quite good the last time (when I took out rather than dining in.
Spicy Lanka is a good nearby choice for takeout on the way home. You could also venture a little east to Wo Kee (Cantonese) or south to O Lavrador (Portuguese), but at the moment Spicy Lanka tempts me more than either.
If you want to check out Uyghur Lagman House to compare to Laghman Express, you’ll be 10 mins away.
Kew Gardens and Rego Park also have the North Indian options that are no longer available in Jackson Heights – right around Spicy Lanka are some Punjabi dhaba-type places (Pappu da dhaba, Lucky dhaba, etc).
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we took a vote (Spicy Lanka vs Uyghur Express) and had a solid late lunch/dinner at Spicy Lanka in their otherwise empty restaurant ( have never been there when there was anyone else). Friendly service and very good food - a vegetarian thali for our friend, fish kottu roti and black pork lamprais. We have lots of leftovers from this and from the church lunch I cooked for last night. The fish kothu roti was outstanding for the spicing of the gravy and amount of fish included in the dish. I think the server said it was kingfish but it was very flaky and moist and not oily which I did not expect. We greatly enjoyed
also the black pork lamprais sort of hard to distinguish the components wrapped in the large banana leaf, but it was all very comforting and moreish.
The thali included a good drumstick curry which put off our guest (she couldnt out how to eat it and by the time I showed her she had lost interest), a beet dish, dal and several other accompaniments to a huge mound of rice.
Desolate feeling area with no foot traffic, at least on Sunday late. Its a wonder they survive, but definitely worth a visit.
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