Our group dinner at the new Indian place was…. just ok, even tho @medgirl and @travelmad478’s comments in this thread had already lowered my expectations.
We didn’t order family-style (as we do with our chili head group) so that everyone could order whatever they wanted to try. I shared the baingan bharta & the chicken kholapuri with my PIC, and got to try the papdi chaat someone ordered, an interesting appetizer of crackers with yogurt sauce (a little sweet for my liking), and I also tried the saag paneer that was of a mesmerizing, bright green color. We ordered a bunch of naan for the table – the garlic and the butter naan were both wonderfully buttery & perhaps the best naan I’ve had in town (not that there are that many options). Sadly, they were out of the keema naan.The baingan bharta was the best I’ve had, ever: smoky, silky, spicy.
However, I thought most of the meat & shrimp dishes were lacking in complexity, the vindaloo and other dishes ordered “spicy” really weren’t…. it just fell short overall.
And so, the search for good Indian food continues.
