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I've never gotten around to trying dosa before but I was impressed. It's just a giant crepe (which I love) stuffed with aloo (which I love) served with a bunch of chutneys. I couldn't tell you what they were exactly and neither could my Indian dining partner but there were white and orange sauces that were savoury, a green one that had a nice sourness, and a brownish one that was sweet. They were all amazing. Made for an awesome first dosa experience.
The thali was good too. Although I recognized the dishes they were different in flavor than the North Indian food I'm more familiar with. I was served what I would call channa, matar paneer, something which a root or tuber that I thought was potato and my dining partner thought was cassava in a yellow coconut gravy, and eggplant along with rice, achar, dahi, naan, papad, and some condiments. It was all delicious. The matar paneer was pretty spicy and the paneer had awesome texture. Sadly I only got one cube of paneer while my dining partner got three. The yellow coconut curry went perfectly with the naan. I'd order a basket of bread and a bucket of that stuff in a heart beat. The only real disappointment with the food was that the naan was pretty much president's choice packaged stuff and the papad was pretty much patak's straight off the grocery shelf, or at least that was the appearance and flavor.
The service was fine. I wouldn't write home about it but the server didn't do anything to annoy me either so I'll give it a pass.
I'll definitely go back. I'm especially interested to further explore this whole dosa thing. I read they have one with palak paneer. That is the stuff dreams are made of.
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