First food review blogpost: Kabob & Curry- Thayer St. Providence, RI

After our  "you choose no you choose",  Colby finally thought of a place that we both haven't tried before. I have never really had Indian food before except when in my international cuisine course 4 years ago, so I was very excited to try it !

On the website it boasts having " award winning Indian Cuisine since 1987"

First we started off with our appetizers, Pakoras, which are basically chick pea fritters. We chose a vegetarian options which consisted of chick pea flour, spinach, onions and cauliflower .

It was accompanied  with three different sauces, we really couldn't figure out the name of each , it wasn't on the menu and just before I took the picture I spilled a glass of water so I was a little too embarrassed to ask our server ....

But anyway.... the dark brown sauce was sweet and we thought that tasted best with the fritters. The red was more a salsa, however not too spicy but pretty good and the green.... the green was... interesting, it had a very earthy flavor to it and when combined with the other two sauces it was very well balanced, I thought.

 A closer look of the Pakoras. I cut it in half so you could see the inside. It was so good!

Price: $3.00 USD

 I think Colby will find this as a very unflattering picture of him but I wanted a picture of the beer.  It was an Indian Lager, Taj Mahal. I don't think you can see it but this is a 650mL bottle on on the menu it is posted as a 750mL bottle.

 It had a champagne/pale yellow look to it. It had some sweet note to it as well, definitely a sort of citrus, maybe lemon. It also had a hop taste to it as well, but the after taste was a little strange to me and I didn't really like it personally. 

Price:$7.50 USD

 The waitress was kind enough to suggest a good Naan bread to us. Naan bread is basically a type of flat bread most common  in southern Asian cuisine and is cooked in a tandoori oven, and is usually slapped to the side of the tandoori oven and due to the high heat cooks it quickly. 

She recommended a "stuffed" Naan Bread. Its actually not stuffed at all really but it is seasoned; we chose the garlic and cilantro. By itself it was pretty good, when we dipped it in the lentil soup it was delicious and when we scooped it with ____ it was amazing!! 

Price: $3.00 USD

This was my (Colby) entree, it was called Keema Mattar, it was described on the menu as minced chicken cooked with green peas, potatoes and spices. This was served along side Basmati rice.

The presentation of the dish was not what I was use to from the traditional style, allowed me to mix or eat separate with the stuffed naan. The minced chicken with peas and potatoes was cooked with curry and was slightly hot, but not as hot as I was expecting it to be, just right.  

Price: $13.00 USD

Back to me now (Erica), this was my entree, Chicken Reshami Kebob, this cooked in the tandoori oven. It was seasoned with ginger, garlic, green chili and white pepper. After a few bites I was beginning to sweat ( half due to us sitting next to the heater). When I think of skewered chicken I tend to think of the meat being very dry ( usually from family cookouts, sorry guys!), however I was pleasantly surprised when I cut the first piece and could actually see the moisture within the chicken. Eat bite I took was delicious and succulent as the first with a hint of a charred flavor ( but not in a bad way tho). This was served with basmati rice and lentil stew, season with southern Indian spices.

Price:$13.00 USD

All in all this was a great experience and the food was delicious, definitely owning up to their " award-winning cuisine". The only downside I would say is how high they had the heat in the room we where in.
Please check out their entire menu at Kabob & Curry.
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