Tuesdays with TT: Wan’s going away dinner

A couple of months ago, CT told me that her good friend Wan was going to be moving to London for business school soon. You may remember Wan as our gracious dim sum guide. Wan said she would love it if CT cooked Indian food, since she rarely does. As an added bonus, we were able to use CT’s parents new apartment with its huge kitchen. CT’s friend JC also offered to cook some Chinese dishes. As for me, all I had to do was bring a can opener and EAT!
CT made dishes her Mother [...]

Sajni 026

A friend of mine recently came into Queens to handle some bid’ness, and asked me for some cheap lunch options in my area.  My mind immediately turned to Sajni 026, for its super cheap lunch buffet – $5.99/person! The first plate – clearly not mine, as it contains a lot of green sauce.  The usual suspects were present.  The chicken tandoori was juicier this time, not as dry as the last time I’d had it, and very good.  I enjoyed the saag paneer, though mostly without the paneer I also really liked the chicken pieces in the [...]

Sajni 026

I have awesome friends, and I love eating with them, what can I say?
Ailin ordered the chicken vindaloo.  I know she liked it because she told me so, but she also said it was super spicy, so I didn’t try it.  I know my limits, and spicy Asian foods definitely push them, hard.  Ailin has mentioned to me going here quite a number of times so far, so my guess is she gives this place a great thumbs up I opted to try lamb korma – both to try their korma and to try their lamb.  The lamb [...]

Sajni 026

When I saw Sajni 026 opening up near-ish to where I live, I was really excited.  There aren’t any small Indian places near me, though there’s Baluchi’s – which is freaking expensive (though I have fond feelings towards them… a different location but that was the first place I ever had Indian food with my friends, lol).  So I was happy to have the diversity expanded a little in our area.  I was even more excited when, a few weeks after it finally opened, a friend of mine who had just moved into the area near me went and [...]

Baluchi’s Masala

When I first saw Baluchi’s Masala open up, I got really excited.  I really like Indian food, partially because it’s delicious, and partially because it’s super cheap (sometimes — well, if you go to the right places).  I was particularly excited because I hate all the places near my office for Indian food.  They’re all steam table/cafeteria style establishments and I have never seen chicken korma at any of these places.  Just… not good.
(You may notice that Indian is a woefully neglected tag on my site.  This is because, like Thai food, I am incredibly picky and don’t often [...]

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