Ganesh Hindu Temple Canteen

02. December 2009 Indian + South Asian, Queens 0
The Hindu Temple Society of North America 45-57 Bowne Street, Flushing, Queens 718/460.8493 $8 to $10 per dish ♥ ♥ ♥ I’ll second Anthony Bourdain for this review: vegetarian food doesn’t have to suck. When Scott was visiting from Dubai, I thought of the Ganesh Hindu Temple canteen as our lunch spot because of his ...

Kasturi

83 Lexington Avenue between 26th and 27th Streets 212/679.7993‎ $7 for one dish ♥ ♥ Let’s go there, I said as I pulled the Dr. towards the street crossing. Among the many restaurants in Curry Hill, the South Asian restaurant row in the Gramercy Park area, Kasturi is the only one without the frills. No ...

Brick Lane Curry House

03. September 2008 East Village, Indian + South Asian 0
306-308 East 6th Street on Second Avenue 212/979.8787 about $200 for five, without drinks, without tip ♥ I’ve never heard of phaal until it made the Omnivore’s Hundred from verygoodtaste.co.uk. From that site’s must-eat list, I checked off 75 items that I’ve tasted and eaten. Among the other 25 is phaal, or phall, a South ...

Saravanaa Bhavan

81 Lexington Avenue corner of 26th Street 212/684.7755 about $45, with one drink, with tip ♥ The Dr. remembered a suggestion he received from one of his co-workers for some dosas in Murray Hill but the name escaped him; all he knew was that it was long and unpronounceable. Luckily we caught a glimpse of ...

Himalayan Yak

23. July 2007 Indian + South Asian, Queens 0
72-20 Roosevelt Avenue, Jackson Heights, Queens 718/779.1119 about $40 for two, with one beer, with tip ♥ I was armed only with a Post-It when I dragged the Dr. to Queens to try out some Newari dishes in Jackson Heights. Ubin gave me some recommendations and I scribbled them on said Post-It. We walked in ...