{"id":9,"date":"2004-07-10T10:59:28","date_gmt":"2004-07-10T19:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.taodekitchen.com\/2004\/07\/10\/finally-curry-within-walking-distance\/"},"modified":"2006-01-09T22:00:59","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T07:00:59","slug":"finally-curry-within-walking-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/dining-out\/finally-curry-within-walking-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally, curry within walking distance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span>Wow, it\u2019s been a busy week! I’ve got some blogging to catch up with…\u00a0 I\u2019ve still got Indian food on my mind. Recently, a new Indian restaurant opened in the Rockridge neighborhood \u2013 ok, almost\u2026it\u2019s in Elmwood. A nice 20 minute walk so it\u2019s not too far\u2026better to work off the naan with the walk home. Anyway, it\u2019s about time! I\u2019ve been wishing for an Indian restaurant for the 7 years we\u2019ve lived here. Unfortunately it took over the space of our favorite Chinese restaurant but alas, the restaurant business is tough and there were so many other Chinese restaurants to choose from within a few blocks. So, the new Indian place is called Naan n\u2019 Curry. We\u2019d been to the original in the Tenderloin in San Francisco \u2013 this outlet is considerably more upscale! The food I remembered from the Tenderloin outlet was tasty and cheap\u2026though I do recall battling a bit of indigestion\u2026authentic Indian food is not light fare, that\u2019s for sure! Of course it had nothing to do with being a complete pig.\u00a0 So, you ask? How is the food at the Elmwood Naan n\u2019 Curry? Very tasty and cheap! We\u2019ve been twice now and each dish was great though a tad on the rich side but like I said authentic Indian food is rich – it’s the ghee (butter that has the solids and water separated out \u2013 so pure butter fat). The naan bread is the best \u2013 light and airy with a nice chewiness too it – great for dipping into the curries. We\u2019ve tried the garlic naan which had the perfect amount of garlic and the potato naan \u2013 yum. Of the curries we\u2019ve had, we like the Aloo Gobi (cauliflower & potato), the Lamb Vindaloo and the Chicken Tikka Masala. Next time we\u2019ll try the saag paneer and maybe some thing with eggplant. Every dish is pretty spicy so we just get naan and some plain rice to dampen the heat. The Biryani\u2019s, as I recall are pretty darn hot. There are specials too that are listed at the front. We did try a fish dish but I thought it was a bit too fishy. Also, try the complementary Chai tea \u2013 it\u2019s self serve in tall silver airpots in the front. The service is fast (order at the counter and they bring you the food) and ambience casual with lots of room for the kid\u2019s strollers. Give Naan n\u2019 Curry a try if you like spicy no nonsense Indian food.\u00a0 Rumor has it that another Indian restaurant is on the way to Rockridge – going into the space where the liquor store use to be. Khana Peena<\/a> is currently in the permitting process.\u00a0Other favorite Indian Restaurants nearby:\u00a0 Chaat Caf\u00e9 on University and Martin Luther King in Berkeley. This has great tasting small dishes and the food is less greasy than most places.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Udupi<\/span> Palace<\/span> across the street from Chaat Caf\u00e9. This is my new favorite \u2013 a vegetarian South Indian place specializing in Indian pancakes called Dosas. I love the steamed rice cakes with the coconut chutney. Try it \u2013 you won\u2019t be disappointed!\u00a0 Vik\u2019s Chaat House on Addison and Fourth in South Berkeley. This is in a warehouse space \u2013 very casual and a great cross section of people dining there at lunch time. There is also a store next door so you can stock up on all things Indian.\u00a0Umm, now I am getting hungry.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Wow, it\u2019s been a busy week! I’ve got some blogging to catch up with…\u00a0 I\u2019ve still got Indian food on my mind. Recently, a new Indian restaurant opened in the Rockridge neighborhood \u2013 ok, almost\u2026it\u2019s in Elmwood. A nice 20 minute walk so it\u2019s not too far\u2026better to work off the naan with the walk […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining-out"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/taodekitchen.com\/tasty\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}