tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post2699076943383315730..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: TMDTIATW: Another Connecticut Indian ScoreJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-8736805398889485602011-12-03T18:35:07.929-05:002011-12-03T18:35:07.929-05:00Re "Ordered the dish you least recommended&qu...Re "Ordered the dish you least recommended" - totally true but NOT an insult to your influence/knowledge. <br /><br />Thing is, I adore Biryani above all other foods in the world (save, perhaps, Shun Lee's Slippery Chicken). So I'd rather eat mediocre Biryani than great anything else much of time. It's also my "judgment" dish: the rice ain't nice I ain't a'goin back. Far as I'm concerned Indian food should really be called "Biryani and what the hell I'll add something for variety." I love hyderabadi style and am so sick of eh-old skool Biryani that I took the risk that Joshi's 411 explained your experience. IMHO it did and I'll go back whenever in that area.allisondblnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-51777788592756712242011-11-30T23:59:14.986-05:002011-11-30T23:59:14.986-05:00Every since Mina closed, and Southern Spice moved ...Every since Mina closed, and Southern Spice moved to LI, I've been looking for go-to Indian. (Coming from North Brooklyn home base.) Will definitely check this out next trip up 95, as it sounds fantastic.<br /><br />Assume you haven't tried the Jersey City location? (Which is significantly closer to me?)<br /><br />Off topic -- but where would/do you go now for Indian in the 5 boroughs?Debaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03371833124651104126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-58084984559761197662011-11-26T10:11:09.273-05:002011-11-26T10:11:09.273-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed your meal, but surprised ...I'm glad you enjoyed your meal, but surprised that you ordered the dish I least recommended!Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-1172078588096647142011-11-26T02:24:01.637-05:002011-11-26T02:24:01.637-05:00Just so you know I made it to Paradise Norwalk on ...Just so you know I made it to Paradise Norwalk on Thanksgiving and got Chicken Biryani, egg Biryani and Chicken 65. So far I've only had the chicken Biryani and it is delish. Thanks to Josh for the layered knowledge as otherwise I, too, might have thought it too bland. Never had biryani layered so the meat doesn't flavor the rice. Live and learn.allisondblnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-80728077550992308662011-11-21T15:18:59.980-05:002011-11-21T15:18:59.980-05:00Wonderful, thank you! I'm headed to Norwalk on...Wonderful, thank you! I'm headed to Norwalk on Thanksgiving and am going to give Paradise there a call to see if they're open that day so I can snag some for a try AFTER I'm all over the gobble gobble! I'll check out Jabba when I can. Good biryani is SO hard to find; I live for Neerob trips these days! Alleyallisondblnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-80396547375590486162011-11-21T13:24:27.143-05:002011-11-21T13:24:27.143-05:00Sorry for delay.....
Baba Hut 771 Newark Ave, Jer...Sorry for delay.....<br /><br />Baba Hut 771 Newark Ave, Jersey City 201-604-1772<br /><br />also there may or may not be a branch of this same Paradise Biryani operation at 835 Newark AvJames Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645526020049321126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-80139457140977701922011-11-21T02:23:20.683-05:002011-11-21T02:23:20.683-05:00Jeff - can you give name of the "flamingly hy...Jeff - can you give name of the "flamingly hyderabadi" Jersey City place you mention? I miss Decca Kabab desperately and must have some Dum Biryani in Westchester County or Manhattan or Little Falls, NJ vicinity SOON!<br /><br />allisondblallisondblnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-50546131066312707422011-11-07T15:16:27.761-05:002011-11-07T15:16:27.761-05:00i'm astonished that the biryani disappointed -...i'm astonished that the biryani disappointed - given how good the chef is, it should have been the show stopper!<br /><br />but then again, you've got to eat the biryani along with the mirch ka salaan, baingan, perhaps dal, yoghurt, some chutneys ... the biryani is the base, and you've got to do some painting of your own.joshinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-58462674009690296182011-11-07T08:52:14.354-05:002011-11-07T08:52:14.354-05:00Joshi, yes, I forgot to stress that the place is h...Joshi, yes, I forgot to stress that the place is hyderabadi. Though not flamingly, like the Jersey City place I told you about. <br /><br />Ok, I won't demerit the biryani for meat on the bottom, then, and it indeed was admirably moist. But it was simple. And my understanding of biryani is that it should never strike you as simple. <br /><br />The ultimate show of disappointment is that our many, many serving plates were practically licked clean...while the biryani was only half emptied.Jim Leffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-8912408518528749782011-11-07T07:57:34.809-05:002011-11-07T07:57:34.809-05:00sounds and looks great.
mirch ka salaan is a clas...sounds and looks great.<br /><br />mirch ka salaan is a classic hyderabadi dish, so i'm guessing the biryani was hyderabadi style: layers, with the wonderfully moist, oily goat meat at the bottom. <br /><br />if i'm right about the hyderabadi origin, then look out for bagara baingan, another classic.joshinoreply@blogger.com