![]() The large, tender chicken pieces simmering in flavorful sauces featured in several of the dishes are a great introduction for those who are uninitiated and looking to try something new. It’s a nice spread with plenty to choose from, and you can’t beat the price at $7.99. There’s also Chicken Curry, Fish Pakora, different soups, fresh fruit, vegetables, wonderful chutney, Naan and savory samosas. The spread includes crowd favorites like Chicken Tikka Masala (chicken in a creamy tomato curry sauce), Chicken Tandoori (roasted chicken made with yogurt and spices), Saag Paneer (spinach with Indian cheese), Aloo Chole (chickpea potato curry) and Mater Paneer (a vegetarian dish made with peas and Paneer cheese in a tomato sauce). It’s food that’s sure to please without breaking the bank. A $10.99 dinner buffet is served up from 5-9 p.m. A generous $7.99 lunch buffet is available from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. It may be dated, but you’re not heading there for the decor. The interior is as unassuming as the exterior, which you will risk missing if you’re not on the lookout. One of my favorites is the one served up at Ajanta India Restaurant, housed in a shopping center near Dorothy Lane and Woodman Drive. The buffets that many of these spots offer are perfect for those looking to familiarize themselves with this magical cuisine. We are lucky to have quite a few good Indian restaurants in Dayton including Amar, Ajanta, Jeet, India Chaat, India Oven and Taste of India. It’s beautiful to look at, even better to smell, and the complex, intense combinations of wonderful spices like curry, turmeric, tamarind, cumin, coriander and cardamom in those creamy, wonderful sauces are the stuff that foodie dreams are made of. We promise you’ll be the most popular thing around, especially if you include a lunch buffet, and maybe some of those little fennel candies at the register.”įor those like Ervin and myself, Indian food can best be described with one word - intoxicating. Dayton resident Kate Ervin clearly felt the same way, starting a petition to bring an Indian restaurant downtown writing, “we’re desperate for some saucy spicy goodness around here and we’re sick of driving out to the end of the earth to get it. ![]() I love it so much that sometimes I find myself daydreaming that an Indian restaurant will someday open downtown close to home and work. I love food of all varieties, flavors and kinds, but Indian is one of my very favorites. ![]() Grocery sales in this cuisine category are even more dismal accounting for only 1.2 percent of total ethnic food sales in 2011, according to the Specialty Food Association. There are more than 40,000 Chinese and 40,000 Mexican restaurants in the U.S., but only about 5,000 Indian restaurants across the country. ![]() What floored me are the stats that Ray shared. In it he interviewed New York University professor Krishnendu Ray - a food studies professor who has been focused on this particular cuisine for more than a decade. on Mondays and Tuesdays only with menu service the other Wednesday through Sunday.Įarlier this year while perusing The Washington Post, I came across an article titled, “Why delicious Indian food is surprisingly unpopular in the U.S.” by Roberto Ferdman. The $10.99 dinner buffet is served up from 5-9 p.m. Cost: A $7.99 lunch buffet is available from 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ![]()
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