[mail2mayank]

Gulati Chicken Corner and Shama Restaurant (Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India).

I've never tasted Kali Mirch Chicken (Chicken cooked in gravy with Black Pepper) like they cook any where else.

Food is really really nice and is not too expensive either (around Rs. 180 for full chicken). Enjoy the chicken with Rumali roti and chilled beer.

You can know about these restaurants from any of the local people of the town.

[Lugubert]

Originally Posted by LilBoy BigTown

The best part is it is incredibly cheap. You could get a curry and 2 naan's for about $10. With every curry you order, they serve you 1 serve of steamed rice absolutely free. Try beating that .

Sweden has suffered as almost anyone else from the US financial meltdown, but still, our prices match yours, especially at lunchtime. A naan (one, though) and a delicious main course will seldom set you back more than some USD 10, unless you order one or two large strong beers, like some Kingfisher or Cobra export stuff.

[Andy Bent]

http://www.prashad.co.uk/

Not actually in my home town but not far away - and really excellent. In a different league to many Manchester establishments.

[Andy Bent]

Another good place - the Punjab Tandoori on Manchester's "curry mile". Lots of the places on this stretch look fantastic but in many of them the food isn't all that great - this place doesn't look like much but the food, including the hugest Masala Dosa I've ever seen in my life, was excellent.

[edwardseco]

1. Shreya- apte rd,deccan for good marathi thalis

Shreyas, and I share your high opinion. Wonder if they Fedex Shrikhand.?

[smallchop]

Rasa on Queen St in Newcastle - it's part of a small chain but the food and the staff are great. It's the only South Indian (Keralan) restaurant that I know of in the North East of England (and the dosas are to die for).

For posh North Indian food it would have to be Sachins on Forth bank behind the railway station, or for a cheaper night out I'd choose Komal on Stanhope St in the West End, where most of Newcastle's Indian / Pakistani population live. I do most of my food shopping in this area too, it's the nearest I can get to the Punjab without the cost of the flight!

[vegan]

Berkeley, California

This being a student town, there are countless restaurants serving decent cheap meals, Indian food is quite popular. Unfortunately, Americans generally go to them mainly for cheap lunch buffets (under $10), Chicken Tikka, Chicken Vindaloo, Samosas and Chai - and none of them is my favorite and hence I rarely go to them. I do eat out at some of them occasionally and I will list three Indian restaurants for their somewhat 'uniqueness.'

Mint Leaf - Gourmet Ghetto, North Berkeley, Shattuck Ave (near N.Berkeley PO).

Claims to serve food made from better ingredients (I was able to get brown rice there) and has cheap lunch buffet (%9) but dinner can be substantially more expensive ($20-25 without drinks) but the ambience is good for a first date etc which is lacking in many Indian restaurants. The food portions are tiny though. Their wine selection is better than one would expect in an Indian restaurant and they have a cool wine machine that dispenses 1 oz wine (several wines stored there) on insertion of tokens from $1 upwards. The management assured me that such machines are very rare in the States and they have a wine specialist for this restaurant.

The outfit is owned by the same management that runs Khaana Peena restaurants in Berkeley and some view this as a negative.

Vik's (Chaat Corner), 4th Street and Allston Way (near University Ave and freeway 80)

All self service here. Extremely popular and crowded during weekends and lots of Indians come here even from Silicon Valley. Lot of Americans here mostly lured by their favorite non-veg items. Mostly light snacks. Food seems freshly cooked and many are cooked in front of us. They have hiked up prices though and a plate of samosa chana costs about $5, masala dosa avout $7 and so on. Many Americans consider this to be the best Indian restaurant here,

Udipi Palace, University Ave and Martin Luther King (about a block from Shuttuck Ave)

Vegetarian South Indian restaurant. Close to the downtown and many people order their thalis (which can be made vegan on request) which seems like a good deal for a price of $9. I think though that quality is not that great.

[Andy Bent]

Theres a Keralan place in Liverpool that I've had some very good reports of - I'm hoping to try it this weekend and will let you know!

[Andy Bent]

Still haven't made it to that Keralan place!

However, I did want to tell you about a place I went to today on Wilmslow Road - an Afghan cafe. Not really Indian food, I know, but the Nan was the best I've had in England by a long way, and the rest of my lunch was pretty fine as well. Highly reoommended

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchest...00/8083421.stm

for more info

[tittooraju]

Trichur..
Sapphire restaurant near railway station for excellent biriyanis. Rs. 65.
Bharat restaurant in round south for vegetarian food..
For good buffet dinners joys palace near sakthan stand..
Tandoori items in navaratna restaurant in round west..
Chinese in mink palace in round south..
Chips and other items in railway station road..
Western foods at burger king, chick king near east fort, efc near poonkunnam..
Best bakery items from honest bakers in east fort, pathans bakery in round south..
All these are budget centres..
For expensive restaurants..
Joys palace, dass continental, ashoka inn, casino, etc..

[camelgirl]

Not exactly the hub of any ethnic groups but we do have one excellent Indian Restaurant called "Mela" and another good one called "Indian Garden".

Just saw in our local newspaper a new one with the kind of silly name of "Chai Pani" (tea water ) and it claims to have "Indian Street Food". I'm sure that's without the extra bacteria!

Anyway, hope to check that one out very soon!

Having moved here a couple of years ago from New Jersey, which has tens of thousands of Indians & many fantastic restaurants, this has been a big adjustment for my tastebuds!

[LilBoy BigTown]

In the Sydney suburb of Harris Park, I recently went to a brand new restaurant called Connaught Place( in operation barely a month).

Most dishes were fine, but a lamb dish called 'Lamb Melaram'
blew me over. I don't think Indian restaurants do lamb dishes particularly well. But this guy sure knows what he is serving.

Another good one, and I should have probably mentioned this a long time ago, is Hyderabad House. It is on the same street as Connaught Place ( about 300 meters). The food here is probably one of the best in Sydney. Although just about everything on their menu is worth trying, their chicken biryani is divine. Most places in Sydney have no idea what a biryani is, but this guy does it the authentic way i believe. Not privy to anything, but the dish speaks for itself. A must try for every biryani lover.

All this food talk is making me hungry.

[eeboy]

At Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India..
1. Annapurna - Best in Dosa, Idlis, Pongal etc.,
At Bangalore, karnataka, India..
1. MTR - Best in Bisi Bele Bath
2. CTR - Best in Masala Dosas
At Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1. Saravana Bhavan - Best in all varieties of Dosas, Samabhar rice etc.,

[deej]

Cheltenham - 'Namaste'. St George's Place. Run by Keralans with a good range of South Indian dishes as well as the full selection of UK curry house favourites (Korma, Madras, Rogan etc) and good balance of veg, non-veg dishes. Pleasent decor and ambiance. They've just opened one in Gloucester city centre too.

Bristol - 'Krishna's Inn'. Clifton Triangle. Only been here at lunchtime but they do an evening service too. Great dosas.

Birmingham - 'Manzils'. Digbeth High Street. North Indian balti place. Staff very friendly without being overbearing. A 10 minute walk from the city centre / Bullring.