Papadz Indian Cusine and Chat House

I have generally ordered food for carry out and have had it in the restaurant once. I am a vegetarian. There is no buffet available. Website: http://www.papadz.com/

An Indian restaurant managed by South Indians in Flower Mound. The restaurant is located at a good place(). The ambience is very bad with very few tables to sit and eat(). Hence, generally I go for carryout only.

Interesting Facts: I have had trouble only once (of nearly 10 times I have had food here) in this restaurant when the person who took the order (who did not know English), who also cooks prepared all the 3 dishes different than I ordered.

Food Tried():

1. Veg Pulav: Very good quality and quantity. Nice and spicy with perfect amount of vegetables I like in Pulav. I generally don’t like it when the rice item has more vegetables than rice itself.

2. Mysore Masala Dosa: Awesome! Love it. Spicy. Served with Sambhar and 2 kinds of chutneys. Pretty filling. Do not try if you do not want it spicy.

3. Dahi Vada: Like it a lot. Vada is soaked in think curd. The only thing missing is a little sweetness that I like in Dahi Vada, so, I add sweet chutney made of date’s by myself when I eat.

4. Idli vada sambhar: Good. I like the vada more than the idli’s here. Nice and crisp. The sambhar is also well made. Sometimes, its not the Adigas Sambhar you find in Bangalore(India) but it anyways goes well with the idlis and vadas.

5. Bhel puri, Dahi Papdi Chat: It was very good until they raised the price. Now, I don’t order it as I don’t feel the food worth the price ($3.49).

6. Paneer Tikka Masala: The gravy is not thick but tastes good. I decided to order only South Indian food generally after trying this.

7. Veg Biryani: Pretty ok. Nothing great about it. The quantity is very good.

8. Veg Samosa: Not the best samosa in town. And more expensive than normal ($1.50). I like the Royal Sweets (Irving) Samosa’s more.

Cost: $12 per head

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Hot Breads (Irving)

 

Location: 5330 N Macarthur Blvd # 140, Irving, TX 75038

Restaurant type: Indian Fast food

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As usual it was a weekend and lot of free time on hand so again we went on our usual routine to try out a new place. This time we were in mood for some Indian fast food and so we went to Hot Breads at Irving. It is a food chain around Dallas with branches in Irving, Richardson etc. This one is located on N Macarthur Blvd (or the Indian street as I call it). It is easy to get there and getting parking is easy.

You will have lot of options for food as they have a very versatile menu.They serve everything from North Indian to South Indian. The service is also fast but that’s where the good part ends. The taste is sub par and so is the ambience.

Food Ordered:

1. Paneer Tikka masala: It tasted ok and for the price it was not worth it. Came with a so called garlic naan but we did not have our magnifying glasses to find garlic on it

2. Vada Pav: I am from Bombay and what I had was definitely not vada pav. They had all the chutney’s mixed up and it tasted like bread and ketchup. It did not even have minimal spice. Don’t get me wrong I am all for customizing food for Americans but even they will appreciate genuine taste!

3. Chicken Biryani: Hot Breads is known for its biryani’s. One of my friends had ordered and chicken biryani and he said it was good. I have heard that generally they do make good biryanis but there some odd days when the cooks are not upto the mark.

4. Pav Bhaji: It was a total fiasco. The guy who made it definitely should visit India soon and atleast see how it is made.

5. Chole Bhatura: Chole was decent but I do not know what they gave us as bhatura. We could not finish it as that was enough bad food for the week.

6. Pastries: They have a good bakery collection. We tried black forest, Irish Coffee and fruit cake. They all were good. I even found an eggless cake and so if you are a pure vegetarian like me this maybe one of the few places where they serve eggless pastries.

Cost: $40 for 4 people

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Ambience: (Too noisy and there was nothing like an ambience)

Food: (sub par)

Service: (They are fast, the only plus point I guess)

Cost: (Place is cheap)

Recommend: (Definitely not)

All and all a bad experience. Hopefully we will come across a really nice place next time! Till then Chao!

Himalayan Aroma

We visited this restaurant on Feb 26, 2012. The review is written by a mix of “pure veg” and non-veg eating authors. We visited the place for dinner on a Saturday night. There was no buffet for dinner. Website:http://himaroma.com/

A Nepali restaurant which is located at one corner in a big block. Not the perfect location for restaurant (). The ambience is pretty good. Lot of paintings and artifacts on the walls. There is also live music played by a band named “Nisarga” at night who are good at what they do. Table and chairs are little congested and one of us had trouble sitting due to his big built ().

Few interesting comments They had mango lassi, but no sweet lassi . Garlic naan seemed to have been innovated at that instant as the waiter was not aware of having Garlic naan in kitchen. It was neither mentioned in the menu. Make sure to specify your food to be spicy, as spicy food for the cook is equal to our normal food. You food may become bland or sweet if not instructed.

Food tried ()

1. Mango Lassi: One of the best mango lassi I have had in this area. Seemed, to have been made with real mango and not using flavors.

2. Veg Momo: Very good veg momo. Was nice and medium spicy. Interestingly, this item has not been seen by me in this area at any other restaurant. The sauce that is given with veg momo is very good and goes well with it.

3. Paneer Tikka Masala: Very very sweet and very very red (colors..?). We just could not eat this. I tried to put pepper on top of it to make it taste something different, but in vain.

4. Garlic Naan: Sprinkled garlic on top of the naan. Decent and tasted good.

5. Veg Fried Rice: Very nice. I remembered poha as soon as it was served. But, when I tasted it, it was delicious.

6. Non-Veg thali with chicken: Thali had 3 curries. 2 Veg and 1 chicken. This is served with either naan or rice. The curries tasted good. My friend was not happy with the pickle as it did not taste anything like pickle, very bland.

Cost Approx $45 for 3 people

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