It's Really A Culinary Nirvana !
Anyone who's traveled to London over the past couple of decades has noticed that the Indian restaurants there offer intriguing flavors and great value to the British public. Sort of what Mexican food offers to Americans.

So strongly have the British taken to Indian food that "tikka masala" is now the No. 1, most-loved, and most often made dish in that country -- a mixture of chicken chunks stirred with Indian spices in a gravy-like sauce. And while most people think that "tikka masala" is a traditional Indian dish, it is, in fact, a creation made in Britain.

You'll find two kinds of tikka masala -- chicken and lamb -- at Sizzling Tandoor, along with over 100 other appetizers, soups, salads, raitas, tandoor oven specialties, biryanis, breads and desserts, including 35 chicken, lamb, seafood and vegetarian curries from different regions of India.

Dinner began with the Assorted Indian Snacks ($7.95; 5 stars). You may be wondering about the relationship of Turkish kebap to the Hindi word kabab. The words have a common heritage and the technique of roasting marinated meat on skewers drifted southeast from Turkey, passing through Arabic lands and Persia (now Iran) before reaching India centuries ago. Here minced lamb, juicy chicken, spicy shrimp, and tender salmon kababs are cooked in the hot tandoor oven, then taken off the skewers and served on a plate. This is a yummy treat for two people.

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It's indeed a culinary nirvana there
The restaurant has a very beautiful ambiance. These folks took an older building and really built a nice atmosphere when they set up shop in 2005.

The service is also very good. The staff is very professional, and accommodating.

The menu varies slightly on Wednesday and Saturday (these are the days the owner cooks) to include some southern dishes, and I believe that the owner is planning to start doing some Dosa and other Southern dishes as part of that daily menu change.

My personal favorites on the menu are Chicken Jalphrazie, and the Lamb Lababdaar (it's like a Lamb Tikka Masala but with Star Anise and other spices). All of the Tandoori entrees are very nice, and I've also enjoyed the Dal and other vegetarian dishes there.

The Naan here is exquisite, and the Garlic and 'Keema' variants are even better - I personally think that they use a little too much black pepper in their puppodums, but a friend of mine who has eaten more Indian food than I have thinks it's great, so there you have it.    [30 Mar 2007 02:48:40]

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