WHY Any herb, green or fruit you could ever imagine wanting, at great prices. WHAT With a focus on Persian, Middle Eastern and Indian foods, this produce and grocery market has bargain prices on avocados, stone fruits and lettuces, along with a vast selection of Mediterranean spices, Indian teas, Middle Eastern breads and discounted olive [...]
February 4, 2013 | Posted in
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WHY Dosas and southern-style curries in a tech-savvy setting complete with Bollywood offerings on plasma screens. WHAT Annapurna showcases classic southern Indian cooking in an urbane setting (complete with WiFi). Try the ultra-thin paper dosa or a curry accompanied by pickles, chutneys and sambars. 10200 Venice Blvd., Culver City, 310.204.5500, annapurnacuisine.com. L & D daily. [...]
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WHY An incredible assortment of southern and northern Indian delicacies, potentially made as spicy as one could ever want, with some of the world’s hottest peppers grown on premises. WHAT While the restaurant also contains a grocery store, with a diverse spice selection, it is the prepared items from the kitchen served to the 15 [...]
December 1, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY Wonderful dinner theater in the form of a bottomless Gujarati thali. WHAT Of the many buffets scattered throughout Little India—where idle curries sometimes congeal under heat lamps—none approach the exacting elegance of Rajdhani. Here, all-you-can-eat meals aren’t ladled from steam tables but delivered by a cast of waiters armed with the components of a [...]
July 3, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY Good-value Indian cooking in an area that appreciates it, with free delivery to boot. WHAT Bright and busy, this affordable café has an extensive vegetarian menu, prepared in a separate kitchen, but carnivores are not neglected—the tandoor chicken is savory, and the tikka masala is satisfying. Be warned that the hot dishes are seriously [...]
March 23, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY Good, straightforward Indian cooking with a few not-too-trendy modern touches, including Indian-inspired tacos. Excellent-value lunch menu. WHAT Radhika calls itself a ‘modern Indian bistro,’ which sounds gimmicky but is actually quite accurate. The interior is cozy, done in deep colors. Service is attentive and kind. There’s a good list of wines and beers. And [...]
December 29, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY For meticulously cooked tandoori specialties. WHAT It’s not until you take the first bite of flavor-packed free-range tandoori chicken that the virtues of this small, stylish restaurant emerge. Co-owner Tariq Amin, a graduate of cole Hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland, knows how to cook and source superior stuff—his halal birds, for instance, come from [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY To sup on Indian cooking so good you’ll forget you’re eating vegetarian. WHAT In a former Winchell’s, owners of the original Samosa House dish up their contemporary take on India’s vegetarian cuisine, often eschewing butter-based ghee for olive oil and replacing yogurt with ground nuts in some creamy sauces. The Mumbai-style street foods, such [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY An unrivaled menu of Mumbai street food. WHAT Mumbai Ki Galliyon Se (literally ‘from the streets of Mumbai’) specializes in the street food of India’s largest city, a cosmopolitan menu of vegetarian curries, fritters, sandwiches and snacks. These are dishes you won’t find just anywhere: fried tapioca pearl patties, bowls of pulses and sprouted [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY Inexpensive and excellent Gujarati food. WHAT One of Little India’s top chat shops, Jay Bharat is a standard-bearer on Pioneer Boulevard. And though you can eat well sampling the sweets and snacks, don’t ignore the precise Gujarati cooking. Everything is vegetarian—appetizers like the potato-patty slider pav vada and the pettis, a six-piece plate of [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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