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| - After a hike yesterday, we stopped here for their lunch buffet. It was almost empty when we arrived but we must have been a draw because business picked up while we were there.
They brought us ice water and we ordered garlic naan. In fact, we ordered a second basket of garlic naan before we even started with the first. It was quite good.
The first part of the buffet had all vegetarian dishes. Some of the standouts here were the pakoras, large triangles filled with a spicy mix of vegetables, and the saag. The saag had excellent flavorings and was very tasty. I also tried some of the lentils and they were also good.
In the second section, I had some goat curry, chicken tikka masala, and tandoori chicken. The chicken tikka masala was standard as was the goat curry. The tandoori chicken was a bit dry.
A couple of things I noted that were different. There is no silverware on the table. You pick up utensils at the buffet when you're there or you go back and get if you forget. I was expecting some kind of MTV India music playing or video, but they had their TV off which was quite OK. But instead, we had pop music which just didn't seem to fit the place.
The room is pleasant, service was OK, and the lunch buffet was good. There are a few standout items as mentioned. I didn't have dessert, not even kheer, which almost unheard of for me. The naan filled me up quite nicely along with two plates of food.
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