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Turmeric Restaurant – Sunnyvale, CA

Jo — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:44:36 +0000

Yet another Indian Buffet restaurant… Though, I don’t mean “another” in a mundane, average, just like everywhere else way. This particular establishment has something that isn’t commonly seen at Indian buffets, white meat. Usually the other restaurants offer dark meat (chicken thighs and legs) as their staple meat source. Turmeric offers large boneless chunks of white meat (chicken breasts) that are cooked tender-not dry (where it literally feels like desert in your mouth). DELICIOUS! :D

Sitar Express – Cupertino, CA

Jo — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:37:03 +0000

This place is one my dad’s favorite Indian restaurants. The reason for this is mainly due to the fact that the food is not overly salty, it is flavored just right. The selections are a bit limited, but what do have is prepared well. Their tandoori chicken is juicy and tender, not at all dry and tough. They also offer a hot chai tea (yum!) that is unsweetened so that you can customize the amount of sugar you would like to add. Naan bread is served hot and directly to the table. I find that their naan is nice and soft, and doesn’t usually have a lot of ‘burnt’ spots.

Tandoori Mahal – San Francisco, CA

Jo — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 08:23:34 +0000

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.