today's culinary adventure: indian/pakistani food from naan-n-curry

i've never had indian food before because i was turned off when i was living with my roommate in college. she was indian and was a vegetarian. she was a great roommate, but i didn't like the smell of the food she ate...maybe she just doesn't prepare food very well. now i've changed my mind about indian food. it was really tasty...really spicy! i will take paul to naan n curry when he gets here. i told him i was going to have him try different cuisine. i don't think he's ever had indian food. this will be an adventure for him, too, just like it was for me today. =)

naan-n curry

for lunch, our office had the following:

Vegetable Biryani (Fried Rice Cooked with Vegetables)

Naan - Indian Bread (Plain Naan Layered with Butter)

Garlic Naan - Indian Bread (Stuffed with Ground Garlic)

Chicken Tikka Masala (Boneless Chicken with Sauce)

Lamb Boti (Boneless Lamb Marinated in Spices on Skewers)

Palak Paneer (Spinach Cooked with Homemade Cheese)

Aloo Gobbi (Potato with Cauliflower)

Baingan Bhartha (Eggplant Cooked with Onion, Tomato and Spices)

Gulab Jamun (Carmalized Milk Balls)

the food was a little greasy so i'd suggest go easy on the sauces...but they're all really yummy (becuase of the grease probably! hehe) and very very spicy...i love curry so the taste wasn't new or weird to me. i enjoyed pretty much everything i put on my plate...i didn't try the Aloo Gobbi because i don't like cauliflower.

i read mixed reviews online...more raves than rants. the rants are usually because the place doesn't look very clean, etc. i'm not too picky about things like that as long as i don't get food poisoning and the food is good...im fine eating a cheap, hole in the wall places like naan-n-curry. =)

downtown locations:

398 Eddy St
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 775-1349

Financial District
533 Jackson Street
San Francisco, CA 94133