INDIAN FOOD!

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Bhel and panni poori
Muttar panir
Paper dosa
Paneer dosa
Veg karahi

The dosas came with sambal and amazing coconut chutney. I had poori bread and there were also chapatis. It was incredible. This place used to be a shithole, mind, but they've had improvements and a renovation.

Isn't that what it actually is?

Chana Sag EXTRA SPICY
Keema Naan (stuffed with ground lamb and spices [YESSS!!!])
Basmati Rice
Mint chutney
Onion chutney

Actually, maybe after this is done I will post it to ipso fatso.

i still haven't had a corn dog, to date. (even though i bought one)

xposts You've never had a corndog!? I'm ashamed of this, as a South Knoxvillian who had you as a guest. FedEx on the way.

yeah that's because the one i BOUGHT was GIVEN away as a GIFT to someone who didn't even EAT IT. :(

Biran mass shatkora (fish dish)
Some spinach/bean combo snarfed by Kate

Alas no batera tandoori - dem's QUAILS.

Yeah, that was lame of him. Apparently he "doesn't like corndogs anymore".

how about tell him that Apparently, WHATEV'

indian kormadog sounds a lot like a samosa... jalfrazi

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He wants me to add that he "had one on the way up here [Knoxville]".

WHATEV'

I'm taking my mom and dad out for indian food for the first time. Like me, dad will eat anything. But mom can't eat anything that is spicy or peppery in the SLIGHTEST! Not even a hint of a kick. What is the most boring, tame, unspicy, unexotic thing I should tell her to order...

Korma or passanda. Both creamy and mild.

Tikka masala is also pretty tame, but is basically an anglo asian invention as I understand it, which you might not be able to find outside of the UK.

we got tikka masala here too fyi

best bet might just be asking your waiter what they recommend but common menu items:
any tika masala is a pretty safe bet
butter chicken (makhani) is a+++ although less common in usa indian places than in toronto in my experience
saag paneer is a good choice
other paneer dishes tend to be pretty mild

fwiw, this meal was a total fucking disaster

From your first post, sounds like you could kinda see it coming.

I'm taking my mom and dad out for indian food for the first time. Like me, dad will eat anything. But mom can't eat anything that is spicy or peppery in the SLIGHTEST! Not even a hint of a kick. What is the most boring, tame, unspicy, unexotic thing I should tell her to order...

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:02 PM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha so then, your taste in music on the other hand ...

hypothetically a great zing for maybe someone who isn't me. but A for effort.

fwiw, this meal was a total fucking disaster

― chattanooga choom choom (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, 28 December 2008 05:53 (1 hour ago)

what happened?

mom decided she hated it before actually trying anything. wouldn't try the papadum even though dad explained to her that it was like a frito, wouldn't try the mango lassi or the raiti because she wasn't in the mood for anything yogurty. To her credit, she DID try the pakora and samosa but said they tasted like cardboard.

when it came time to order her main course, she settled on the tandoori shrimp. the menu said "cooked in a clay pot with yogurt and mild spices." Since she was so serious about proving her point that she wouldn't like this, she demanded that she she know what each of the spices were--something she had never done, and certainly wouldn't do if we went out for BBQ or chicken or whatever. The waiter explained it was a "homemade spices" and she made him get another waiter to explain what they actually were (coriander, some other stuff). She made a face and asked if they could just cook the shrimp with no spices, which they did. So basically they served her some shrimp. She ordered dessert, which was ice cream with almolds, pistachios, rosewater and cardamom. She made me get out my iPhone and look up what cardamom was on wikipedia before she ordered it.

Then I took her to see Slumdog Millionaire at a small-run theater and she grumbled about the theater and asked v. loudly "Is this over soon?"

I mean, i really really really think its pathetic and sad to be the indie poseur dude who comes back from the BIG CITY and is like "You suburban squares eat processed Olive Garden swill and shop at big box retailers and watch big budget movies in your nerf-covered world, maaaan, waaah" So I tried to approach it from the angle of "You picked the last movie and the last restaurant, so it's my turn. I think you might enjoy some stuff that you haven't been exposed to. We have to drive 45 minutes out of town just to watch an indie movie or eat indian food, so it'll be a fun adventure. Why don't we try this and maybe you'll like it." She wasn't having it.

fwiw, Dad loved the food and LOVED the movie :D

If you are going to play petulant kiddie to yr folks, you have to man up and take the consequences, Whiney.