My cousin Mary had read about a new Indian restaurant down south so we went to check it out last week. Tarka is interesting as a concept restaurant - basically Indian fast food. The menu is on the wall as you enter; then you place an order at the counter and a server brings out the food a few minutes later.
It's clean and bright and family-friendly. Also seems like it would do well for the downtown lunch crowd who don't have many options for Indian food, and often prize convenience and speed.
A few interesting drink choices: mango-lemonade, lassis in splendid tall glasses, and this soda called Limca
Veggie pakoras - which though flavored with Indian seasonings were more reminiscent of tempura in the way they had been fried
I got a tomato curry with green peas, paneer and mushrooms. You have the choice of how spicy to make the curries - mild, medium or hot - and we figured out that the jalapeno placed on top was probably kitchen short hand for the spiciness of an order (mine was medium-hot)
If I go again I'll get a naanini.
Indian food is totally my comfort food. I am considering making a chicken tikka masala pot pie. That might be too much awesome, however.
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