Saturday, May 05, 2007

Chaat Paradise - Mountain View, CA




I had the Spinach and chick peas dish, was good, but salty. The kofta curry. .yummy sauce but what were those hard t balls inside? The bateta vata (i think) which were deep fried balls of potato w/spices. That was pretty good!

However, the service guy is very pushy. I said I just wanted rice w/my meal and he suggested rice w/ vegetables. Okay, so I think about his suggestion and it's 6.99 vs. 2.00 for my plain rice. "I'll just have plain rice."

Then he suggested bread. I look at the menu, and again he pointed out the most expensive ones and said " very nice, taste very nice". Hey, man I just came in for lunch and I already ordered 3 dishes w/ drinks so stop it. But, we ordered the bread and he pushed for two but I said "one order is enough". It wasn't the nice fluffy naan that I like and we ended up leaving 1/2 of it behind.

Food is good. . . but not *that* good and not *that* cheap, so I probably won't return. I don't like to feel like a used car sales guy is selling me food.

Darn we haven't found a good Indian restaurant like the one in Berkely (Tandor Kitchen).

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