Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Srini Ramakrishnan]

The most common variety is the Banganapalli. They taste damn fine; I
can't really justify the prices I paid in hyderabad. In general Madras
appears to be a great consumer economy.

On 6/18/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Srini Ramakrishnan wrote [at 10:01 AM 6/18/2007] :

>I paid 50 rupees for a mango only last week, surely this is a common
>phenomenon? And it was so until I landed in Madras yesterday and found
>the going rate for a dozen mangoes was 80 rupees. I feel cheated.

Which mango? The rate in Bangalore is anywhere from Rs 40 to Rs 100
per kilo, depending on the breed.

Udhay
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Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Udhay Shankar N]

Srini Ramakrishnan wrote [at 10:01 AM 6/18/2007] :


I paid 50 rupees for a mango only last week, surely this is a common
phenomenon? And it was so until I landed in Madras yesterday and found
the going rate for a dozen mangoes was 80 rupees. I feel cheated.


Which mango? The rate in Bangalore is anywhere from Rs 40 to Rs 100 
per kilo, depending on the breed.


Udhay
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Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Srini Ramakrishnan]

On 6/12/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 5/30/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the deal with the mangoes anyway? Why aren't they available in
> the markets yet? I am sick of Kent and want some fleshy Malgova.

The desi list at work is abuzz with news. Apparently the first batch
of mangoes arrived in the Bay Area over the weekend and there was some
healthy profiteering going on - incidents of people paying $4 for each
mango were reported.


I paid 50 rupees for a mango only last week, surely this is a common
phenomenon? And it was so until I landed in Madras yesterday and found
the going rate for a dozen mangoes was 80 rupees. I feel cheated.

Cheeni

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Thaths]

On 5/30/07, Thaths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What is the deal with the mangoes anyway? Why aren't they available in
the markets yet? I am sick of Kent and want some fleshy Malgova.


The desi list at work is abuzz with news. Apparently the first batch
of mangoes arrived in the Bay Area over the weekend and there was some
healthy profiteering going on - incidents of people paying $4 for each
mango were reported.

S.
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Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Dave Kumar]

On 5/31/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


The mangoes are probably straight from the can. Generally, restaurants use
canned alphonso mangoes to make the icecream

Doubt that was the case at Rasika -- they made a show of adding the

dessert special right after the US-India mango deal was all over the press
(there was an article about Indian mangoes in the Wash Post, for example),
and my sense is that it is too fancy a restaurant to risk false advertising
along those lines. Also, the dessert was mangoes with ice cream, not mango
ice cream -- they certainly tasted fresh to me.

DK

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

The mangoes are probably straight from the can. Generally, restaurants use 
canned alphonso mangoes to make the icecream
   
  kamla

Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
  P.S. For those of us who live in the US and who were ecstatic to hear that
Indian mangoes are now available in the US (but haven't yet seen them in
stores), Rasika has a Alphonso-mangoes-with-cardamom-flavored-ice-cream
dessert.

On 5/30/07, Dave Kumar wrote:
>
> In my opinion, your best bets in DC/Arlington are all in DC -- Rasika (6th
> and D downtown, near the Verizon Center), Indique on Connecticut in
> Cleveland Park, and Heritage India on Wisconsin in Glover Park (the
> original, not the newer branch near Dupont Circle). Heritage India was for
> a long time the most widely recommended Indian rest. in the District -- I
> haven't been there in a while, but it was good when I went there, although
> the service was pretty bad. Indique opened a few years ago and usually gets
> good reviews -- their "small plates" appetizers are a nice and welcome
> innovation. Rasika is the new kid on the block, and has been very well
> received since it opened -- it even made several nationwide "Best New
> Restaurants" lists. While I've heard some negative reactions, most
> responses, including my own, have been very positive. One thing about
> Rasika, though, is that it is somewhat expensive -- it is one of those
> places where you're paying not just for the food, but also for being at a
> trendy restaurant with a beautiful setting and an excellent cocktail
> selection.
>
> I guess there's also Bombay Club, but I've never thought the food was
> anywhere close to worth the price (and I'm also not a fan of Indian
> restaurants whose decor evokes the Raj).
>
> Not sure about Arlington -- a friend said good things about a place in
> Clarendon that opened within the last couple of years or so, but I haven't
> been and I'm not sure I'd take my friend's word as gold when it comes to
> Indian food.
>
> DK, de-lurking briefly, but hopefully back soon with other posts
>
> On 5/30/07, Dan Moniz wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
> > restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
> > Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
> > tastes you trust have dined at.
> >
> > I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
> > other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
> > that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
> > been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
> > either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
> > in reviews of them.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dan Moniz [http://pobox.com/~dnm/
> > ]
> >
> >
>



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Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Lawnun]

Agreed -- I'll be back from CA by then, and would love to get together and
do drinks.  Who knew there were so many Silkers actually in/around the
district!  I'm totally all over checking out some of these restaurants --
esp. Rasika.

Carey

On 5/30/07, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


On 5/30/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Lawnun [30/05/07 17:20 -0400]:
> >Oooh. I second that need.  And maybe, if we get a good suggestion, a
few
> of
> >us can do a little DC/VA silklist meetup?
> >
> I'll be in DC from July 10th night to the 14th afternoon .. 11 / 12 July
> in
> a meeting, but should be free on July 13 for any silkmeets that may be
> organized
>
> I like this idea, and I'm in.

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Dave Kumar]

On 5/30/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Lawnun [30/05/07 17:20 -0400]:
>Oooh. I second that need.  And maybe, if we get a good suggestion, a few
of
>us can do a little DC/VA silklist meetup?
>
I'll be in DC from July 10th night to the 14th afternoon .. 11 / 12 July
in
a meeting, but should be free on July 13 for any silkmeets that may be
organized

I like this idea, and I'm in.

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Lawnun [30/05/07 17:20 -0400]:

Oooh. I second that need.  And maybe, if we get a good suggestion, a few of
us can do a little DC/VA silklist meetup?

Carey (who has yet to find Indian food that's worth anything out here)


I'll be in DC from July 10th night to the 14th afternoon .. 11 / 12 July in
a meeting, but should be free on July 13 for any silkmeets that may be
organized

Yeah that's a bit more than a month away, but as people are talking about
DC silkmeets ..

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Lawnun]

Oooh. I second that need.  And maybe, if we get a good suggestion, a few of
us can do a little DC/VA silklist meetup?

Carey (who has yet to find Indian food that's worth anything out here)

On 5/30/07, Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi all,

Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
tastes you trust have dined at.

I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
in reviews of them.

Thanks in advance!


--
Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [http://pobox.com/~dnm/]

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Thaths]

On 5/30/07, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

P.S. For those of us who live in the US and who were ecstatic to hear that
Indian mangoes are now available in the US (but haven't yet seen them in
stores), Rasika has a Alphonso-mangoes-with-cardamom-flavored-ice-cream
dessert.


What is the deal with the mangoes anyway? Why aren't they available in
the markets yet? I am sick of Kent and want some fleshy Malgova.

Thaths
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Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Dave Kumar]

P.S. For those of us who live in the US and who were ecstatic to hear that
Indian mangoes are now available in the US (but haven't yet seen them in
stores), Rasika has a Alphonso-mangoes-with-cardamom-flavored-ice-cream
dessert.

On 5/30/07, Dave Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


In my opinion, your best bets in DC/Arlington are all in DC -- Rasika (6th
and D downtown, near the Verizon Center), Indique on Connecticut in
Cleveland Park, and Heritage India on Wisconsin in Glover Park (the
original, not the newer branch near Dupont Circle).  Heritage India was for
a long time the most widely recommended Indian rest. in the District -- I
haven't been there in a while, but it was good when I went there, although
the service was pretty bad. Indique opened a few years ago and usually gets
good reviews -- their "small plates" appetizers are a nice and welcome
innovation. Rasika is the new kid on the block, and has been very well
received since it opened -- it even made several nationwide "Best New
Restaurants" lists. While I've heard some negative reactions, most
responses, including my own, have been very positive. One thing about
Rasika, though, is that it is somewhat expensive -- it is one of those
places where you're paying not just for the food, but also for being at a
trendy restaurant with a beautiful setting and an excellent cocktail
selection.

I guess there's also Bombay Club, but I've never thought the food was
anywhere close to worth the price (and I'm also not a fan of Indian
restaurants whose decor evokes the Raj).

Not sure about Arlington -- a friend said good things about a place in
Clarendon that opened within the last couple of years or so, but I haven't
been and I'm not sure I'd take my friend's word as gold when it comes to
Indian food.

DK, de-lurking briefly, but hopefully back soon with other posts

On 5/30/07, Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
> restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
> Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
> tastes you trust have dined at.
>
> I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
> other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
> that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
> been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
> either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
> in reviews of them.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>
> --
> Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
[http://pobox.com/~dnm/
> ]
>
>

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Dave Kumar]

In my opinion, your best bets in DC/Arlington are all in DC -- Rasika (6th
and D downtown, near the Verizon Center), Indique on Connecticut in
Cleveland Park, and Heritage India on Wisconsin in Glover Park (the
original, not the newer branch near Dupont Circle).  Heritage India was for
a long time the most widely recommended Indian rest. in the District -- I
haven't been there in a while, but it was good when I went there, although
the service was pretty bad. Indique opened a few years ago and usually gets
good reviews -- their "small plates" appetizers are a nice and welcome
innovation. Rasika is the new kid on the block, and has been very well
received since it opened -- it even made several nationwide "Best New
Restaurants" lists. While I've heard some negative reactions, most
responses, including my own, have been very positive. One thing about
Rasika, though, is that it is somewhat expensive -- it is one of those
places where you're paying not just for the food, but also for being at a
trendy restaurant with a beautiful setting and an excellent cocktail
selection.

I guess there's also Bombay Club, but I've never thought the food was
anywhere close to worth the price (and I'm also not a fan of Indian
restaurants whose decor evokes the Raj).

Not sure about Arlington -- a friend said good things about a place in
Clarendon that opened within the last couple of years or so, but I haven't
been and I'm not sure I'd take my friend's word as gold when it comes to
Indian food.

DK, de-lurking briefly, but hopefully back soon with other posts

On 5/30/07, Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


Hi all,

Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
tastes you trust have dined at.

I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
in reviews of them.

Thanks in advance!


--
Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [http://pobox.com/~dnm/]

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Radhika, Y.]

There is a great indian place at the corner of Wisconsin and Calvert in the
NW part of DC (Glover Park area). Also one of the better wine stores at that
corner. enjoy.
Radhika


2007/5/30, Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:


Hi all,

Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
tastes you trust have dined at.

I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
in reviews of them.

Thanks in advance!


--
Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [http://pobox.com/~dnm/]

[silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

[Dan Moniz]

Hi all,

Speaking of food, I wonder, can anyone recommend good Indian
restaurants in the Northern Virginia (primarily Arlington, VA) and
Washington, DC area? Preferably ones you or someone whose culinary
tastes you trust have dined at.

I ask because earlier today in another forum, I was recommending some
other places to eat that I liked to someone else, and I made a note
that I had found no worthwhile Indian places yet. The few that I've
been to (notably not any in DC lately, just ones in NoVA) have been
either roundly awful or, at best, fall severely short of the hype seen
in reviews of them.

Thanks in advance!


--
Dan Moniz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [http://pobox.com/~dnm/]