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response 28 of 163:
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Jul 15 00:53 UTC 2003 |
Isn't Raja Rani's lunch buffet still $7.00? Not that it's huge/fancy/
fabulously presented, but it was good last i was there (Feb03).
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dcat
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response 29 of 163:
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Jul 15 01:23 UTC 2003 |
Dunno, but I had a chicken vindaloo from RR last night that was so thin it
bordered on watery. (It was, i believe, abt $8.)
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mynxcat
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response 30 of 163:
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Jul 15 18:38 UTC 2003 |
I've been to one Indian restaurant in AA. Can't remember if it was
Raja Rani. Left me sorely disappointed.
It's funny that Indian food is so pricey. Don't see any reason for it
to be. It's not like the ingredients are any more expensive than
ingredients for other cuisines. That's why I never have India a la
carte. Buffets or not at all.
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mary
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response 31 of 163:
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Jul 15 19:19 UTC 2003 |
I like both Shalimar and Raji Rani, but I think I've only been to about
four or five Indian restaurants, total, and all within the last ten years.
In general I think the portions at Indian restaurants are more in line
with what's healthy and reasonable than what you'll get served at say,
Outback. If you order a meat dish you get a little meat (maybe 4 or five
small pieces) in a moderate amount of sauce. At first I too thought of
the sauce more as spicy gravy but now I like the way it's much thinner
than that. It's not something you serve on top of rice but rather a
highly seasoned liquid that is absorbed by the accompanying rice. There
is a difference.
Too, the service is often slower at Indian restaurants. I've come to
appreciate that as forcing you to dine over time as opposed to flushing it
down.
I'm also charmed by the somewhat less friendly waitstaff. It's not
outright rude but it's not, "Hi, guys. I'm Bambie and I'll be
serving you tonight." Indian waitstaff aren't Bambies.
I was exposed to Indian food by my son, who found it while attending MSU.
So I consider the cuisine an unanticipated dividend, if you will, of a
$60,000 growth and development fund. ;-)
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furs
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response 32 of 163:
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Jul 15 19:33 UTC 2003 |
Raja Rani is the Chi Chi's of Indian food.
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slynne
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response 33 of 163:
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Jul 15 21:17 UTC 2003 |
mmmm I like Raja Rani! But then, I like Chi Chi's too ;)
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jaklumen
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response 34 of 163:
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Jul 16 01:12 UTC 2003 |
resp:31 I think I understand-- I'm not sure I'd say 'less friendly'--
maybe 'more subdued'. At least, this has been my experience. Works
for me. I tend to love quiet, cozy restaurants that aren't too
crowded and if the staff is rather calm and less... intense, it's
rather nice.
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other
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response 35 of 163:
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Jul 16 02:25 UTC 2003 |
Shalimar lunch buffet. Dig it.
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mynxcat
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response 36 of 163:
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Jul 16 12:26 UTC 2003 |
I think it was Shalimar I went to. They're ras malais are a shame, not what
ras malai should be. The food was sub-standard. Not the worst I've had, but
pretty close
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mynxcat
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response 37 of 163:
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Jul 16 12:40 UTC 2003 |
no, the restaurant was shahenshah, or something like it.
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gull
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response 38 of 163:
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Jul 16 14:05 UTC 2003 |
I've noticed that Indian food from restaurants in Michigan doesn't seem
to be as spicy as I'd normally expect it to be. Maybe a concession to
Midwestern palates, which are used to blander food?
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edina
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response 39 of 163:
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Jul 16 14:34 UTC 2003 |
Well, that's quite depressing.
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janc
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response 40 of 163:
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Jul 16 15:04 UTC 2003 |
Probably Shehan Shah - which we happen to like a lot. But then, I'm not
really that fond of Indian food. It's OK. Nice to have once in a while.
I even cook some vaguely Indian dishes. But eating Indian food three days
running is more than I can stand. I much prefer Mexican, Chinese, Ethiopean
or most anything else. So I'm probably a poor judge of Indian food. We
only eat a few things at Shehan Shah - Dal Makne, Palak Paneer, and Chana
Masala (probably all misspelled). We hardly have to order anymore. We've
known the staff a long time.
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janc
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response 41 of 163:
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Jul 16 15:09 UTC 2003 |
Hmmm...I guess there are three restaurants where we go often enough so that
the staff are sure to recognize us, know our kids names, and our seating and
food preferences: Chia Chang, Shehan Shan, and Banditos. We probably go to
Seva as often, but it's not the kind of place where they remember you.
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dcat
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response 42 of 163:
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Jul 16 16:01 UTC 2003 |
I think it was Shalimar (the one on Main, anyway) where my father questioned
if 'lamb' was still the right word for the meat he'd received. . . .
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other
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response 43 of 163:
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Jul 16 16:51 UTC 2003 |
<chuckle>
"Mutton" will do.
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jaklumen
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response 44 of 163:
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Jul 16 22:56 UTC 2003 |
resp:38 I still find that funny. It reminds me of old discussions
here of Mexican food-- some people here really do like it milder. Me,
I love spicy stuff. Curries and chiles, oh my. Jalapenos, serranos--
it's the habaneros that give me problems. I really haven't been to a
restaurant yet where they served it too spicy.
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keesan
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response 45 of 163:
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Jul 16 23:27 UTC 2003 |
I visited a Pakistani family once for a few days and could not eat anything
they cooked because it all had hot peppers. They ended up feeding me nothing
but fried eggs and bread. Are there any areas of India where the food is not
all painful?
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jaklumen
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response 46 of 163:
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Jul 17 03:38 UTC 2003 |
rotflmao
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aruba
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response 47 of 163:
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Jul 17 10:27 UTC 2003 |
I went back to the Indian buffet on Maynard, and it was again very good, I
thought.
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polytarp
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response 48 of 163:
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Jul 17 10:59 UTC 2003 |
You thought. Until it came back :: THE OTHER DIRECTION!!! AHaha.
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mynxcat
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response 49 of 163:
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Jul 17 16:46 UTC 2003 |
There may be a few dishs that aren't spicy, but on the whole the food
is spicier than most. Food from the northern part of the country tends
to be less spicy than that from the south. But not bland enough for
some American palates (sp?)
As for Ethiopian, it amazes me at how similar it is to Indian food.
Fro the injera whih is basially a thicker, not as cooked dosa to the
lentil dishes to the meat fair, it's basically the same. Hell,
the "samboosa" is just a name-variant of the Indian samosa - it's
exactly the same.
Speaking of similar foods, it surprised me to order "sambusa" from a
chinese place in Manhattan, and be served with hot crisp samosas that
I had at home.
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keesan
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response 50 of 163:
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Jul 17 18:50 UTC 2003 |
Only half of the food at the local Ethiopian restaurant had hot peppers in
it - I could eat all the vegetables and the lentils. Other than bread and
salad and desserts, what other Indian foods don't have hot peppers?
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mynxcat
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response 51 of 163:
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Jul 17 19:47 UTC 2003 |
A lot of lentil preparations are made bland. Dishes from Kashmir tend
to be more sweet than hot.
You can make any dish with a lot less hot peppers than is
traditionally used, which a lot of Indian restaurants will do, and I
suspect the Ethiopians ones too. The amount of hot peppers used is
usually dependant on what the family is used to. Families up north use
a lot less than the southerners. My family for one use very little,
with our food bordering on bland
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keesan
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response 52 of 163:
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Jul 17 22:45 UTC 2003 |
Does anyone cook without any hot peppers at all?
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