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| - We've been fans of their Nouvelle Indian since we first visited Charlotte - circa 06 I think - but the results this time were extremely uneven, from excellent to really poor in fact.
I made reservations for Sunday night on Queens Week. When we arrived the customers there were finishing dinner and leaving ... at 7 pm !! Life in the big city! In fact only 3 more couples showed up that night, in spite of that the help did seem rushed for some reason.
But we weren't rushed: I ordered a bottle of Sula Chenin Blanc from India -which gets my endorphins flowing because I always associate it with dinner at Copper :)
For starters we had the chicken w/star anise, chili and a poori cracker (yes) it was a absolutely delicious with the right amount of heat. The same could be said about the tiny, tiny Chutney prawn appetizer, did I mention it was tiny?
For main plates we chose Crab & prawn with figs, coconut milk and mango. It tasted Burmese rather than Indian but who cares? Excellent! However the other dish was well done chunks of leg of lamb with a very flat tasting sauce and a couple of slices of squash on the side. Boring as hell, in fact I heard another patron comment to his date that he was sure "there must be flavor in his lamb dish ... somewhere". I should have sent it back, but I didn't want to spoil my companion's dinner.
Bread or Nam was not included, I ordered a la carte "mushroom and green peas kulcha" - think vegetarian pie- delicious, a roti and a side of very unusual vegetable bhaji, this one seemed to be a smoke flavored Chinese stir fry (?).
The choice of deserts was an insult, a slap in the face!
Generic Vanilla or Chocolate sponge cakes, that's it !! And they tasted no better than it sounded the sort of cake I'd expect from Starbucks, not from a restaurant.
Although to tell the truth is I wouldn't care about the deserts if only the lamb hadn't been so disappointing.
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