Mr. India

The other night, me and my girlfriend were hungry and we're not sure where to dine. We were looking for something that we have not yet tried together. So while driving to the place where we do not know yet exactly where, we tried considering a lot choices from Korean to Japanese food.

And bham!, an idea just popped and we decided to go for Indian cuisine. Since there is an Indian restaurant over at Banilad, we set out to head that way.

It is conveniently located outside of the mall, on the facade at the left side.The place is clean and decent. It is manned by one of the Indian owners. Their waitresses are dressed in an Indian fashion too. Then, there is a widescreen LCD monitor playing various Indian music videos. I can't understand a single music video that was shown. But still enjoyed watching it, considering the artists (women) on the videos are sexy and beautiful, wink*.

There are a lot of food choices to choose from. It actually took me a while before finally deciding on Chicken Tikka Masala. It is interesting to note that the origins of chicken tikka masala has not been confirmed to be from India. In fact, chicken tikka masala is kind of a national dish in the United Kingdom and is as popular as fish and chips. It has been claimed that this dish might have been invented in an Indian restaurant in the UK.

Well, be it be from India or from the United Kingdom, it is still an Indian dish for me, chicken tikka in an orange colored creamy yet spicy sauce. Chicken tikka literally means chicken chunks or pieces.

My girlfriend ordered a sampler of different Indian recipe (sort of a combo meal). Her order has rice, roti, beans and chicken with vegetables, and dessert. The beans and the chicken were actually delicious and we enjoyed it. The dessert was just polvorón (sort of, it was not a real polvoron).

Overall the food was good and satisfying. It is also not too pricey, however it is not cheap either. But generally affordable and worth the price.

I was so satisfied with the food that I plan of going back to this place and look forward to try out their other offerings, 'til next time then. Namaste...