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[Belle*]

DH and I had a date last night and went out for Indian. I've only ever had it once before in my life (actually with Jennifer and Dave in NYC - I just ate what they put in front of me since they knew what they were doing) and DH had never had it. The place we went was nice but our server seemed completely uninterested in explaining anything to us or offering any suggestions. We wound up splitting an appetizer sampler and a tandoori sampler along with a bread smapler basket. Everything was fabulous except we had no idea what anything was or how to eat it! We felt a little foolish.

Is anyone a big fan of Indian food? We loved it and will definitely go back but would love someone to give us some tips so we know more next time.

[wheatenwalker]

Its ok, both my sons love it though so we do get it out every so often- I usually order what they reccomend-

[BritDisFan]

Oh Sara you are lucky, I LOVE Indian food. My favourites are:

Prawn Puri (usually eaten as a starter, this is a round leavened circle of bread with prawn curry and coriander on it, it's lovely with squeezed lemon juice on it)

Brinjal Bhajee (Side dish made with aubergine)

Aloo Gobi (potato and cauliflower bhajee)

Peshwari Naan (bread with coconut and raisins)

Chicken Tikka (Marinated cubes of chicken cooked with onions on a hot skillet).

Oh I'm so hungry now .

[Teresa]

We get to the Indian restaurant around here about once a month. Love it. Problem is, it's right near the Etheopian, Peruvian, and Korean restaurants we also love. Hard to pick which one!

[Caldercup]

I'm a HUGE fan of Indian food -- we have a gourmet place near our house (the *one* and only ethnic food restaurant of any worth in our suburb.)

I love:

navratan korma (a nine vegetable dish with a creamy sauce)
aloo paratha (potato-stuffed flatbreak)
chicken tikka masala (chicken marinated in yogurt and spices and then served in a tomato cream sauce - an anglo-Indian dish popular in England.)
Chicken cashmere (chicken cooked in a mild cream sauce with cashew nuts and golden raisins)

You can find many more food-related words here:
Vocabulary of Indian Food: Mumbai/Bombay pages

Yum, yum, yum! I'm hungry!
Eileen

[Gin7274]

I've never tried Indian food. Can't say it's on my top 10 "must do" list either.

[Colexis Mom]

I've never tried it either!! Although there are supposed to be some good places around here!!

[Tink and co.]

I love Indian food, but unfortunatly, no one else I know does. When I can talk my best friend into it, our best local place has a lunch time buffet, and I pretty much like everything on it, some more than others. However, I have no idea what anything is! (This kills my best friend because I'm an extremely picky eater.) I'd love to go out for Indian food with someone who knows what's what and could tell me about it.
I worked with a lady from India when I was in college, and she used to bring me the best homemade dishes. That's what got me hooked.

[KMB733]

I Indian Food! I tried it for the first time with my best friend before we took at trip to England. My favorites are Vegetable Samosas, Chicken Palak, and Nan.

[home4us123]

Originally Posted by Gin7274

I've never tried Indian food. Can't say it's on my top 10 "must do" list either.

[karmic]

Originally Posted by Belle*

DH and I had a date last night and went out for Indian. I've only ever had it once before in my life (actually with Jennifer and Dave in NYC - I just ate what they put in front of me since they knew what they were doing) and DH had never had it. The place we went was nice but our server seemed completely uninterested in explaining anything to us or offering any suggestions. We wound up splitting an appetizer sampler and a tandoori sampler along with a bread smapler basket. Everything was fabulous except we had no idea what anything was or how to eat it! We felt a little foolish.

Is anyone a big fan of Indian food? We loved it and will definitely go back but would love someone to give us some tips so we know more next time.

Where did you go?

[chezp]

We love Indian food - over here, curry is the most popular dish in the country.

[saremca]

I like Indian food. Aloo Gobi, chicken tika masala, and parathas are my favorite things to order.

[wvugrrrl]

First of all, this thread is making me very hungry!
Secondly, I need to hook up with some of you to escort me to dinner - I'm another who to try new foods, but I need a good translator at "ethnic" restaurants, and I'm not willing to go it on my own! Luckily though, I've gotten some very good ideas from this post.

Sushi's another thing I'd like to try, but I'm nervous about what to get - and I have very specific likes/dislikes when it comes to fish. I'm 'a-skeered'!

[Belle*]

Originally Posted by karmic

Where did you go?

We went to Ambassador of India in Glastonbury. I've also heard good things about Priya in Rocky Hill and Taste of India in West Hartford.

Originally Posted by wvugrrrl

First of all, this thread is making me very hungry!
Secondly, I need to hook up with some of you to escort me to dinner - I'm another who to try new foods, but I need a good translator at "ethnic" restaurants, and I'm not willing to go it on my own! Luckily though, I've gotten some very good ideas from this post.

Sushi's another thing I'd like to try, but I'm nervous about what to get - and I have very specific likes/dislikes when it comes to fish. I'm 'a-skeered'!

Molly - Don't be 'a-skeered'! I'm not a big fan of fish but I love Sushi. I'm not wildly adventurous but I've been trying more recently. Next year at MouseFest, we'll go to Tokyo Dining and have some! I like pretty much anything that involves shellfish, which is usually cooked - spicy shrimp rolls, shrimp tempura rolls, California rolls, etc. I usually prefer rolls to traditional sushi (a piece of fishlaid on a hand made block of rice) but I do like Tuna Sushi.