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| - THANK GOD FOR AN AUTHENTIC NON-BUFFET INDIAN PLACE. Was super surprised by the freshness and quality of their food, snuggled on a corner in Champaign. Definitely go for their non vegetable thali, which is this large metal platter filled with samples of their curry (yellow dal, shrimp curry, and chicken tikka masala), a rice pudding dessert (don't know the special name for this), a salty wafer, naan, basmati rice, and tandoori chicken(1 large chicken leg). Coupled with an extra piece of garlic naan, it was enough to feed me and my guy quite comfortably and made our bellies nice and full and warm on this cold cold day (10 degrees below freezing eep).
The curry is extremely rich, and they are very generous with their protein, which is both marinated to buttery-softness and heavenly paired with the garlic naan. Remember to ask for the garlic naan by the way, otherwise they'll give you the plain naan (which looks extremely different from the garlic naan). Oh, I also got the saag chicken, which was also extremely flavorful and hot- the perfect amount of saltiness for the spinach and a generous amount of chicken drenched in Indian spices, but I could barely eat any of it after me and the BF shared the thali. So much good food for such good value too O__o
The service was also 5-star, since this place is new and clearly family-run, the staff were all extremely friendly and the manager even came around and asked us how the food was. This place will definitely gain quick popularity in the coming weeks as the weather starts biting down on us. Wish I could eat like this everyday :D
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