A Taste of India

It was probably a bad idea to go out to dinner on graduation weekend.  But still...

It was a lovely evening.  My daughter Lena and I wanted to have a nice dinner without my sons.  We invited them to join us for Indian food, knowing they'd decline.  They did :)

I've been told by an Indian (who stood me up on Valentines Day -- WTF?!) that A Taste of India was the best Indian in town.  With it being graduation weekend, there were tons of Indian families all dressed up, eating in large groups.  It was warm, the storm looked like it was far away, so we opted to sit on the patio.  Ten minutes later, our orders were taken -- naan & garlic naan, butter chicken, curry chicken, and a diet coke.  After waiting for thirty minutes, I flagged down a different waiter, asked if I could at least have my diet coke and if the naan usually took so long.   I know they were busy with graduation weekend, but still...  If I knew it would be a busy evening, why didn't they know and prepare?  Besides, there were still a number of empty tables. 

After my complaint, everything arrived at the same time about 5 minutes later -- soda, naan, rice, chicken, and the storm.  And a promise for free dessert since we had to wait so long.  We moved our table in from the edge of the porch and ate.  As we were finishing, the rain started coming sideways so I went in to pay.  Naturally, the unprotected entrance was filled with people standing watching the rain so I had to stand there, in the pouring rain, and wait for them to see me and move out of the way.  Let me tell you, none of those people wanted to move.  After two moved, I darted in and shoved the other one out of the way.  Thanks, bitch.

We didn't get our free dessert.  We got an apology and 10% off.  The same group of people was huddled around the door again, so I had to do a bunch of loud "Excuse me's" so I could leave.  Apparently they've never seen rain before?

Well, the service sucked.  Perhaps it's less authentic, but I prefer Amol India.  The only way I'll be back is if Anand wants to go there on a date (which he's mentioned before).