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| - While the menu here has plenty of vegetarian options, they don't offer much in the way of actual vegetables. And the food is just not good. I went with another person, and we chose the Navratan Korma and Chicken Chettinad to share. Navratan Korma, when made well, is the jewel in a good Indian chef's repertoire. It's a Mughlai dish that features "nine gems", a mix of nine vegetables and sometimes paneer cheese in a rich creamy sauce with some nuts and dried fruit. It's a rich dish, and I usually avoid it if there is another curry on the menu that doesn't feature cream, but, as I said, vegetables were scarce. The korma that arrived at our table wasn't a korma at all, but previously frozen vegetables (I can always tell...can't you?) in a sauce that had the color and flavor of a processed cheese sauce. Kind of like Kraft macaroni and cheese without the macaroni. This dish is an affront to the idea of korma, and laughably bad.
We fared a little better with the chicken chettinad, which was spicy and somewhat flavorful, although the chicken was served in a bowl that was too small for the contents, and it hadn't been cut into small enough pieces to eat without a knife. I wasn't actually given a knife to use, but had I been, I would have made a mess of my plate.
I have no idea why you would have air fresheners in your dining room. Air fresheners are meant to go in a bathroom, where I still don't like them, but understand their use. Every 30 seconds or so the 2 wall mounted units sent another spritz of chemical aroma into the dining room. Yuck. Dining rooms should smell of food. Maybe these people don't even have that much confidence in their cooking skills. It's too bad, as this is a nice location near a charming stretch of Main Street. Needless to say, I won't be returning.
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