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| - I was really looking forward to a good night out with some great Indian food. I haven't had any for almost a year (mostly because the places are too far from where I live), but yesterday I decided to splurge and take the 40 minute drive to Flavors of India.
I wish I could say that I had a great time, and that it was well worth the trip--it was not.
My first impressions were not good, as I walked into the place and it didn't smell at all. Now, I know that you might be thinking that that's a good thing--but with Indian restaurants it's generally an indication that something is 'off'. I then noticed that it was very dim, there was almost no one there, there was literally NO music, and all the tables and chairs were wonky. As if no one had put them back correctly after vacuuming.
I decided not to be fooled by appearances, as I've eaten at some great holes in the wall that looked less then stellar. So I decided to stay.
The waiter (who was actually very, very nice and I feel sort of bad for posting this review given how nice he was) placed me two tables away from the only other party in the restaurant. Ugh. Without music there was literally no buffer between them and me. The whole thing was just terribly awkward. It wouldn't have been so bad if I'd been across the room, but we were basically next door neighbors.
The menu I received was very old, worn and covered with stickers. Instead of reprinting the menu they just used a price gun to write over all of their prices. It felt very tacky (literally--the materials felt tacky). But everything I had was clean so I didn't leave (if it had been sticky I would have).
I ordered two dishes, the Chicken Tikka Masala and Chana Masala (chickpeas in spices), along with an order of garlic naan. When the Tikka Masala came out I became nervous because the color was totally wrong. It was bright red instead of being a creamy orange. It tasted just fine, and the chicken was of excellent quality, but that was NOT Chicken Tikka Masala. I had also ordered it medium, and it would be generous to even call it mild. The Chana Masala was very good, but again I ordered it medium and I could taste no hint of heat.
The garlic naan on the other hand was a HUGE disappointment. The texture was wrong, the consistency was wrong, the flavor was wrong. It felt more like a bake-at-home thin pizza crust that someone had popped in the microwave to heat up. It wasn't light or fluffy at all, and the garlic was burnt to hell and flavorless (clearly not fresh, perhaps from a jar). It wasn't even like a roti, or any other Indian bread I've ever had. It was terrible.
I'm seriously so disappointed at this place. However, I think they might know that something is wrong (or they should) as I was literally there on a Friday night during the regular dinner rush time and there were only two parties (me, and the group of three) in the restaurant for the whole time I was there.
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