Ada

208 East 58th Street between Second and Third Avenues 212/371.6060 about $60 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ It was a new craving. It had to be Indian food but without the heavy curry sauce. It had to be seafood. Because I remember having such a seafood meal at Rasa the last time I ...

Lahore

19. December 2006 Indian + South Asian, SoHo 0
132 Crosby Street between Houston and Prince Streets 212/965.1777 $7 for rice with two choices, with chai, without tip ♥ ♥ This hole-in-the-wall is only one of the stops a New York City cab driver makes during his daily route. For $7, the guy behind the Lahore counter will give you rice with your two ...

Chinese Mirch

120 Lexington Avenue corner of 28th Street 212/532.3663 $65 for two, without drinks, with tip ♥ Mirch is loosely translated as spicy in Hindi and the combination of Sichuan and Cantonese cuisines happily bring out the intense flavor of Indian cooking. The positive is that the dishes are lighter than what I am used to ...

Sigiri

22. August 2006 East Village, Indian + South Asian 0
91 First Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets 212/614.9333 $60 for two, BYOB, without tip ♥ Because it’s the only Sri Lankan restaurant in Manhattan, Sigiri is a gem. It’s on the same block as the East 6th Indian restaurants, so if you blink–or if the red lights make you squint–you might just miss it. ...