Curry Kitchen

Located on West 8th Street, Curry Kitchen provides ambiance as well as good food — with lunch specials priced at $7.95 and $8.95 for several different curry  dishes. I had stopped here last year for lunch one afternoon and enjoyed the food. When I discovered the Village Alliance was sponsoring discount coupons for several restaurants in the area, I visited Curry Kitchen again and was pleased with the food, the service, and the atmosphere. Note: the coupons do not apply to the lunch specials; the à la carte menu is discounted with the coupon only. But you will be pleased at the prices on the menu, starting at  $11.95 and up

Lunch specials include a fragrant and tasty Basmati Pulao rice, salad, Papadam & Raita, along with the vegetables of the day and the entré you specify. Naan (Indian oven-baked flatbread)is extra, and the food is so plentiful that I do not order it — I barely consume all of my lunch! It was explained to me, though, that they eat naan with the vegetable portion of the meal. The “meat” or protein portion is consumed with a little of the rice. I find the rice so tasty that I like eating separately (shhhh, don’t tell them).

Take out is available and reasonably priced. I prefer dining in the interestingly decorated, narrow restaurant. The walls are plastered to appear very old and deteriorating. It is comfortable, plus I am outside all day and like the cool indoors of the restaurant.

One day I had run errands and only had 30-35 minutes to order and eat before meeting my next tour group. I explained that to the waiter, who was helpful in choosing an entré that could be prepared quickly. I received the meal within 10 minutes so could eat at a leisurely pace.

The à la carte menu explains the dishes, and the waiters/waitresses are helpful in providing details, if you are not familiar with an item. You may get a chuckle out of the misspellings on the menu — some words are printed phonetically, not correctly. Good cooks are not necessarily good spellers, and I do not care if they are if they create the same quality of food as Curry Kitchen!