Indian Food and Cooking

Waste Management Issues at a Texas Stadium Demon-Burning Festival? Seriously, Who Saw That Coming?

The Londoner serves up pub grub the way the Brits only wish they could

Temple fare

Basic Indian from the lofty Taj Mahal

Pop Culture

Chicken Lollipops. Red India Bistro, you had us at Chicken Lollipops.That menu item, one of many at the brand-new Indian-Chinese fusion restaurant in Addison, certainly caught our attention. What kept our attention however, was the bistro's other notable qualities implemented by owner Pramod Pro ... More >>

How 'Bout Them Knockers: Roti Grill

Roti Grill 4438 McKinney Ave., Suite 100 214-521-3655 (Ordered through Diningin.com) Promised Delivery Time: 60 minutes Actual Delivery Time: 50 minutes and the driver got lost The Score:Outsourced call center efficiency (only problem was that the Canada-based representative misspelled my street, t ... More >>

Indian beatitude

Suprabhath is simple splendor

Best Indian Food Lunch Buffet

Delhi Palace

Best Indian Restaurant

India Palace

Best Vegetarian Restaurant

Food for Thought

Veggie Girl: Kalachandji's

Our new feature searching for vegan and vegetarian dining options in Dallas--both at restaurants committed to the cause and regular, meat eating places.Being vegan is supposed to do lots of lovely spiritual and gastrointestinal things to you. You're supposed to feel lighter and healthier, for one. ... More >>

Indo Hip

Chef opening Indian restaurant in Addison

Veggie Girl: Cosmic Cafe

Fill in the blank: The best thing about Cosmic Café is... ...a deck of Tarot cards at every table. ...free yoga. ...unlimited mugs of soy chai. ...delicious plates of all-veggie food, whose prices all add up to multiples of nine. (We don't know why. We asked our waitress, and neither did she...b ... More >>

Bengal Tiger

Spice and everything is nice at a new Indian eatery

10 Questions: Samir Dhurandhar

Nick & Sam's celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Ten years of prime beef, pan-seared foie gras and such, all cooked under the direction of an Indian chef.Dhurandhar has been cooking pretty much all his life. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and apprenticed in New York b ... More >>

Review: Bukhara Grille

We venture into Indian territory

I Want It All

We venture into Indian territory

Tempted?

Temptations Indian Cuisine is less than seductive

Got Henna?

Temptations Indian Cuisine is less than seductive

Fast 'n Curryious

At Cafe Roti, fast food speeds to a higher life form

Best Indian Restaurant

Mantra

Nice Spice

Cooking for the curry-ous

Indian Lite

Mantra twists the mold of traditional Indian fare

Hot House

The Saffron House gets the gist but falters on the details

Best Indian Restaurant

Dawat@FunAsiA

Tasty Diplomacy

The buffet table sings at Dawat

Details, Details

Clay Pit squeezes in near the top of Dallas Indian fare

Inquiring Minds

India Palace Restaurant & Bar

Head East, er, North

Rasoi Indian Restaurant

Thali Ho

U(can)dipi into South Indian cuisine

TV dinners

Swarna Palace plies good food and great tube

Wicket food

What's good about the Bombay Cricket Club is everything is

Red India Bistro Frees Chop Suey From Its Can

What's good about the Bombay Cricket Club is everything is

Veggie Girl: Dosa Cafe

View Larger Map If Frank and I had ever dated, our first date would have been the time he invited me to eat real, honest-to-goodness Taiwanese food in Richardson. I've been a Chinese-and-related food hater for most of my life, with the exception of this one vegetarian place in L.A. where I haven't ... More >>

Veggie Guy: Madras Pavilion

​May seem bizarre to some that I would compare a South Indian dinner to my Mexican grandmother's breakfast taquitos, but that's exactly what came to mind while chowing down on my potato-filled dosa at Madras Pavilion. Growing up, my brother Michael and I hated eggs. Still do, in fact. Whenever ... More >>

India West Is Really Just An Upscale DNA Copy of Its Sister Restaurant, Kebab N Kurry.

​May seem bizarre to some that I would compare a South Indian dinner to my Mexican grandmother's breakfast taquitos, but that's exactly what came to mind while chowing down on my potato-filled dosa at Madras Pavilion. Growing up, my brother Michael and I hated eggs. Still do, in fact. Whenever ... More >>

Roti Grill: Off into the Fast, Hot, Spicy Unknown

​We Texans love our food hot and spicy, so it's somewhat surprising that we haven't taken to Indian cuisine as much as some other ethnic dishes as sushi or Kung Pao chicken. But on further reflection, we are probably overwhelmed by the staggering parade of unfamiliar dishes with hard-to-pronounce ... More >>

Taj Mahal Imports: East Meets West, and the West is Very Happy

​ Editor's note: Take a tour of the area's specialty and/or strange markets with our own beloved Basket Case, Alice Laussade. Taj Mahal Imports 26 Richardson Heights Center (Richardson) 972-644.1329 Try: Bombay Kitchen Masala Chickpeas from the snack aisle Don't try: Heinz Salad Cream from t ... More >>

Biryani Bash: Chameli Restaurant vs. Chaat Cafe

Our winner: Chameli Restaurant's chicken biryani​ You can tell a great dish or cuisine by the many legends and fuzzy stories surrounding its beginnings. Today, we offer such a meal, one that comes from humble origins and yet has satisfied kings and presidents alike. Biryani is a long-grain ri ... More >>

How About Them Knockers - J.S. Chens

​Delivering Dim Sum after 3:00 - 30 Dealing with my OCD - 20 Surprisingly Decent Dim Sum Delivered - 25 Chuckling cheeseburger remark - 10 Total - 85 J.S. Chen's Restaurant 240 Legacy Dr. #118, Plano 972.517.2332 It has been a long and unseasonably warm week in the City of Ate and I found mysel ... More >>

Rice 1 Roll: Don't Expect the World,
Just Good Indian Desserts

Rice 1 Roll's rava kesari​Rice 1 Roll's very slick takeout menu proudly announces the "Indian Chinese Café" serves Indian, Chinese, Thai and Vietnamese foods. It's a strange claim to make, because there's nothing but south Indian food on the menu. There's no half-hearted pho or lackluster pa ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes: Vegetable Platter
At Roti Grill

Clockwise from bottom left: saag paneer, samosa, kheer, kofta masala​As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no particular order. Some are little k ... More >>

Kalachandji's Cooking Class Curries Favor
For Indian-style Vegetarian

Photos by Brooke Nottingham​When I sit down for class on Thursday night at Kalachandji's Community Hall, my classmate Bob leans over to me and explains that a lot of people don't like curry. So he pulls out that night's recipe list and goes through them, ingredient by ingredient. "Look, yogur ... More >>

On-Screen Cuisine

Photos by Brooke Nottingham​When I sit down for class on Thursday night at Kalachandji's Community Hall, my classmate Bob leans over to me and explains that a lot of people don't like curry. So he pulls out that night's recipe list and goes through them, ingredient by ingredient. "Look, yogur ... More >>

Secret Recipe: A Good, Not Great, Find
In a Search for Malaysian Food in DFW

Secret Recipe's Hainanese-style roasted chicken​Malaysia is a country of vast and diverse cultures, all marrying to create one united cuisine. The nation's food borrows and combines elements of Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, and Indian menus, creating a robust flavor profile. The use of ... More >>

Vijay Sadhu's Newest Venture Takes The Fear Out Of The Exotic

Secret Recipe's Hainanese-style roasted chicken​Malaysia is a country of vast and diverse cultures, all marrying to create one united cuisine. The nation's food borrows and combines elements of Chinese, Indonesian, Thai, Filipino, and Indian menus, creating a robust flavor profile. The use of ... More >>

Mayuri Makes a Move

​Earlier this month, Mayuri, "one of the oldest Indian restaurants in the DFW area," according to its owner Lalith Thota, moved from its location at Highway 114 and O'Connor Boulevard, where it had been serving diners for 14 years. Mayuri now serves its "typical ethnic Indian food," including ... More >>

Eat Street: James Cunningham Celebrates Street Food ... Not Here, Of Course

Eat Street host James Cunningham lets food serve as the real star of his show.​Eat Street leads with one of its many trump cards when it starts out each episode with chrome-domed host, James Cunningham, just taking up some space on a city sidewalk, shooting the breeze. Cunningham may have been ... More >>

At Amruth and the Taj Chaat House, a Lesson in Learning From Ingredients

Lesson No. 1: Show up hungry.

Mumtaz's Indian Lunch Buffet Was Built for Meatless Monday

Via Facebook​Weary of soy protein and veggie burgers from Meatless Mondays gone by, I had set my sights this go around on exotic flavors and spices. My search for bargain vegetarian nirvana took me to Mumtaz, an Indian restaurant located in a generic Richardson strip mall at Campbell and Centr ... More >>