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Three times we've been here, two times with friends. Most of the food was very good each time, and most flavours right up there.
Chicken tikka is very good, as are their curries, garlic naan bread, but flavours don't quite peak with the best of them.
But on one occasion we ordered a stew-type dish that was apparently Hakka / Manchurian chinese, and it was really bad. Not only was it strange in name (to the best of my knowledge, the old Manchurian province is far from where the Hakka people originated), but it jarred in two more ways: if I can trust the flavours and presentation of Hakka foods in northern Taiwan, this stuff is not authentic at all; it didn't taste at all good, but was reminiscent of someone dreaming up a discordant recipe item on the fly.
Ah, La Jawab, stick to your strengths, good Indian food, and leave this strange fake Manchurian thing behind. Oh yes, they are not alone in this habit, as other restaurants in the same strip-mall area do it also. But dropping in on them, I discovered the same anomaly...
Eat your fill of Indian at La Jawab when in the northeast of the city.
Can't miss for their Indian flavours.
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