The Passage to India lunch buffet never fails to satiate my curry and tandoori fix and their mixed up lunch buffet has kept me happily coming back here for about 2 years.
No one is going to say this is the best Indian food that you'll ever eat, but, the prices are very reasonable and food is worth returning for.
If you've never had Indian food before the lunch buffet is a cheap and yummy way to see what you like.
TIP: UNCC students show your ID for 10% off. A bunch buffet comes out to less than $7 for all you can eat. Where is this, Vegas? Just show me the slot machine!
After two years of ethnographic observation, I think I cracked the Indian Buffet Code. In general the buffet consists of something like this:
Carbs:
- Pyaz Pakora: crispy deep fried onions. Yummy
- White rice with peas
- Fried vegetable rice
- Butter Naan and Garlic Naan
Then about 3 or 4 vegetable curries, such as
- Something beany: Channa masala, Dal
- Something greeny: Saag Paneer, Aloo Gobi Palak
- Something creamy: Paneer Tikki Masala, Shai Paneer
- Spiced Cabbage(y): I can never eat enough this
And then about three Chicken dishes (with a Lamb mixed in there sometimes too):
- Tandoori chicken
- Chicken Tikki Masala
- Chicken Saag
- Butter Chicken Masala
Dessert- about 1 or 2 of the following:
- Rice Kheer
- Gulab Jamun
- Sliced fruit (oranges, watermelon)
With the variety and consist quality, I'll be coming back here as long as I am a student at UNCC!