12 February 2010.. Dinner

So this Friday was the last Friday before Lent.. that means NO MEAT on Fridays! so my gf I were going to end the last friday before Lent w/ a bang! and this evenings dinner was going to be Indian food!! @ the Indian Restaurant in Artesia off Pioneer.

We haven't had Indian food in awhile so this dinner was highly anticipated.  Plus I had a light lunch after a 4mi jog earlier in the day so I was hunnngry!

So we arrived and were seated immediately.  Now thats the best when you can walk into a restaurant and be seated right away.  Don't you hate it when you have to wait? I know I do.. Actually having to wait under 30min. isn't too bad because we all have cell phones to kill time on, but anything over 30mins.  "shits better be good!".  Anyways, after we sat down I asked my gf if she brought her digital camera because I left my DSLR @ home.  She didn't bring it so pictures of our food this evening were all shot with my iPhone in low lighting. Damn! oh well.. at least we had something, but I wish the iPhone had a flash.  But hey, that's what digital cameras are for right?

Let me get to the food already.. enough of all my nonsense!

Keema Samosa -

Deep fried patties stuffed with mildly spiced ground meal

If you ever hit up an Indian restaurant, you always gotta start off with  Samosas..  Every Indian restaurant I've been to makes them all different so it's worth the shot to see if you got a winner or not.  In our case, this one was delicious.  I wouldn't mind even trying it with some ketchup or some Filipino jufran. =) hehe

I took every bite with the lettuce becaause I thought the cold lettuce complimented the warm and cripsy shell.

Garlic Naan

They're going to ask you what kinda of Naan you want.. I usually don't care what others they have because I prefer the Garlic one.  I love Garlic! and if I'm cooking anything that contains Garlic, I always make sure I try my best to have just enough.  So yeah this one is BOMB dude!! I don't think this was free but if it isn't, I know they don't charge if you ask for more so make sure you do because I guarantee you, if you try one of these, shits gonna go quickly! Look how buttery and garlic-ee that looks!! Make sure you jog it off the next day. hehe.  The Naan bread is real warm, soft, and yet crunchy in some areas.  I recommend getting the Naan @ an India restaurant, especially this garlic one.

Lamb Malai (above in dark brown) -

Lamb pieces marinated in yogurt herbs and spices.  Cooked with coconut and creamy sauce.  Tandoored in clay oven.

Chicken Malai (below in light brown)

All white meat marinated in yogurt herbs & spices.  Cooked with coconut & creamy sauce.  Tandoored in clay oven.

What I like about Indian restaurants is that they bring out your orders in different serving dishes so you can add as much sauce or chicken as you want at different times during your meal.  This is could be a good thing where you won't eat so much, or a bad thing where you'll end up eating too much.  Which ends up happening to me when I have Indian food.  I'm not much of a fan when it comes to coconut, but when the coconut is mixed in creamy sauce.. I'm all in!  I had the Lamb chops and my gf had the chicken and both were awesome! Not really spicy but it does have that little kick that's found in all Indian dishes.  The rice was really good too! I'm not sure if I remember, but I think we ordered another plate of rice because the rice above went quick! I'm pretty sure we did.  

The Lamb chops were tasty and tender.. each bite was juicy and effortless and the sauce was ooOHH!!!! you have to try it! I wish I was chef so I could bust all these spice terms to explain how good these dishes are but unfortunately I'm wack in that area. haha.

My gfs dish was really good! I actually liked her sauce better than mines so I would combine my lamb chops with her chicken sauce.  

So if you guys are ever in the mood for Indian food, hit up Indian Restaurant!

Indian Restaurant

(562) 860-5621  

17824 Pioneer Blvd, Artesia, CA