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| - After hearing rave reviews from several different sources we decided that we needed to check out. Udipi. We randomly decided one night to check it out. As we pulled up, the parking lot was packed! Most of the tables inside were filled as well. Obviously lots of people really enjoy this restaurant.
We sat down and ordered some drinks and took a look at the menu. We did no preparation before we came here and I kind of wish we had. The service and educational aspect left us kind of disappointed. We have dined at Abay and Tana before and had great help from servers on what to order, since obviously we were not at all familiar with their cuisine. I had hoped for the same here. Maybe some of our issue was a language barrier, maybe a new server. Not entirely sure, but as we asked for some assistance on the menu, he essentially pointed at a page and encouraged us to pick something from the list of 20 entrees.
I do think we actually did an ok job of ordering. We started with the appetizer sampler which came with numerous different types of fried foods and dipping sauces. Again, we had no idea what anything was. Our plate arrived and we were stumped on what we were eating and which dipping sauces were for which food items. They did taste good though.
I ordered the combination platter, which came with rice in the middle and a whole bunch of toppings rotating around the bowl. It did taste very good, although I was not sure how to eat everything (Do we pour it overtop the rice, do we put the rice into each individual side, do we not need rice for some of them?) My wife ordered the eggplant curry and enjoyed here dish very much. We also ordered a bread that came out sizzling. It had the consistency similar to a fried phyllo dough. I went well with the the chutney.
Overall, the food we ate was very good and very unique. I was disappointed with the service we received. I'm sure if we were dining with someone who knew more about the food that the experience would have been much different.
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