Tandoori Mahal – San Francisco, CA
I owe my fondness for Indian food to my dad. My dad has been taking our family to Indian food for at least 15-20 years, back then it was hard to even find a good restaurant in the Bay Area. I’m glad that today, it is not so difficult to find some extremely NOM Indian food.
We drove by the Tandoori Mahal today while we were in San Francisco, and decided to stop in to satisfy our cravings. I don’t normally like the spinach palak paneer, but this restaurant definitely changed my mind today. From my impression on the dish, I always found it a tiny bit bitter, and extremely salty. Today, it was neither bitter or salty, it was absolutely delicious. Creamy without feeling oily or heavy in the mouth. The Naan bread was little ‘crisp’ when it first arrived, but it as still pretty good.
Though I was excited to find Fish Pakora available, I noticed that the fish did have a slightly fishy taste which definitely put me off them. In the last 3-5 years, I have started eating more lamb, and I find that I will order it sometimes instead of a more common type of meat (such as beef, pork or chicken). The lamb curry was definitely very tasty, but it was kind of salty. Aside from that small problem, the meat was well cooked, not at all dry.
