Bunny sez: go eat Indian this week
I’ve been in an Indian mood all week, and a discussion on Twitter really got my hungerdander up, and seeing as it’s Wednesday and they have combo specials today, I walked up to SW 5th Avenue to The Real Taste of India.
It’s not the best Indian food in town by far; it’s also not the worst. It is one of only a few Indian carts downtown, and the $6 Wednesday special is tough to beat.
I usually go for the veggie combo, but I was in the mood for wads of animal, so I opted for the meat combo. A Tandoori drumstick, chicken tikka masala, stewed veggies, jasmine rice, and the biggest naan in town.
The tandoori chicken is by far the best here. It’s just slightly overcooked, which is good for a cart to do, but the spices seal the inside and it’s tender and juicy and very flavorful.
The chicken tikka masala is a good attempt. The meat itself is a boneless breast, cooked, then sliced, then stewed in. Again, well cooked, and the sauce is not powerful but adequate.
The stewed vegetables include peas, carrots, potatoes, cauliflower, zucchini, broad beans, and Lima beans. Some of them were fresh when they went into the stew pot, and some were probably frozen. Overall, a decent background dish.
They got the rice right. It’s easy to let jasmine rice get stale, but it was firm yet thoroughly cooked and very lightly spiced.
Their naan is one of my favorites in town. Chewy and flaky inside, just a little charcoal on the outside. Greasy and as big as a county fair elephant ear.
I give it one ear up and a tail wiggle.
