Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Shiv Sagar Indian Restaurant

We went to this place shiv sagar the first day we moved to Houston. We thought we were going to Anand Bhavan when we landed at Shiv Sagar. The speciality of this place is its thali.

Time of Visit: Often(from 2008)
Style of Cusine: Indian
Location: South west freeway, Houston
Cost of dinner/Couple : Less than $50


Shiv sagar does not have a buffet, but as I said, the place has a wonderful thali costing around $7 per person. Instead of us being served , we can go up to the counter and order either thali/chat. In a few minutes, the food comes through the counter and we just have to collect it and choose a place to enjoy the food. Its more of a canteen style but it tastes good.

Usually the thali consists of rice, vegetable curry, rasam, kadi, sambar, phoolka roti,two vegetarian gravies, poppadam and keer. The kadi tastes spicy and overall the thali tastes good. The chat items are also tasty be it bhel puri, golgappas, dahi poori or phav baji. They also serve dosa,upma and idlis. Be careful though if you order chili baji as this is the authentic spicy (spicy hot by desi standards) chili with a spicy filling inside the baji and a tangy sauce to go with it. They also serve a variety of drinks such as lassi and chai to go with the chat items.

Verdict: Clean tasting light yet filling food at a very affordable price.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Dosa Temple

Dosa Temple-Boston
Dosa temple is another restaurant located near Shri Lakshmi Temple in Ashford, MA. I used to eat in Dakshin or Dosa temple if I visited Framingham.

Time of Visit: 2007
Style of Cuisine: Indian
Cost/Couple: Less than $50

A pal of mine told me about Dosa Temple which was previously Chennai Woodlands. The menu is mostly made of South Indian dishes. The Seating arrangement is around 30-40 people, but I felt the decor to be simple.

The menu is made of dishes like idli sambar, vadai sambar, variety of dosas, uttapams, bajjis, bise bela bath, yogurt rice, korma and chappatis.
To its name I would really say dosa temple serves good dosas and uttapams. If you happen to order Sambar Vadai, I'd say the size of the vadai is quite bigger than what we would usually make at home. The tangy sauce given for Chili Bajji is also good. I had kaima parota once which is like parathas cut into bite sized pieces quickly stirred into the korma and served as such.

I've been told that this place also has Buffet during weekday lunch times and special occasions, consisting of rice varieties, rotis, gravies and south indian dishes.

Overall I would say, its Simple South Indian Cooking.