I have always thought that if you have friends visiting Penang and if you want to introduce them to Indian food, Madras New Woodlands is the place to avoid. My opinion has not changed.

Food here is terribly inconsistent; sometimes it's quite good, more often than not, it's very bad. I used to avoid going there on Sundays because it was one of their worst days. Prices are okay, more expensive than in other eateries, but it's a all vegetarian place with aircon.

Service can be terrible with all dishes being served together within minutes. Some waiters are from India and do a good job. Other employees from Indonesia still have a lot to learn, particularly in terms of hygiene: sticky and wet plates and cutlery, hands seldom washed (hey, you see them returning from the toilet without visiting the wash-basin).

And when you see them packing the sweets (sold outside the restaurant in a shiny display), you lose your appetite.

Dishes: boring. They have a daily special, either pongal or uppuma... plus iddiyapam on Saturday.

But thing might improve with arrival of new workers from India with the promise to do a different special every day.

Toilets are in a terrible state. A mouse family is living inside the aircon above the entrance. Once I've seen a rat coming in and running into the kitchen.
   [21 Jun 2002 02:18:04]

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