Well......maybe.........
The Hindu gods must be smiling down on this project because recently there were groupons offered for TWO of the Indian restaurants on our list! And by "gods" I mean my dear, awesome friend Elisabeth Percival who told me about the special offers and emailed me the links. One of them just so happened to be for Paradise Biryani Pointe, you know, the one we tried to go to for our very first stop on the tour? It's a good thing they were closed that night!
We had our first guest join us this evening; Elva Rodriguez, Gabriel's girlfriend. She is a lovely young woman and we brought her along in the hopes that Gabriel wouldn't make fart jokes in front of her. It didn't work.
Ruth, Gabe, Elva and I, arrived at the restaurant before Ken and decided to pick his food for him before he got there. We decided he should have the Chilly Chicken and the Potato and Pea Samosas. The Chilly Chicken is breaded chunks of chicken in a sweet and spicy tomato sauce with chunks of onion and green peppers and a hearty sprinkling of fresh cilantro on top. His first reaction? "Pthhah.....too much cilantro!" At one point during the meal he declared, "These things were actually pretty good together!" I was feeling pretty optimistic about his attitude which was premature because at the end of the meal Ken heaved a heavy sigh and followed it up with, "This is just so much work. It's just......torture." In spite of that, he gave it three smiley faces.
Pictured to the left is what I assume to be Papadum. I asked our server what it was made of but he had no idea. The most fun during the meal was when Ken discovered the dolphin-shaped piece of Papadum and made it swim around the table with his hand while he made squeaky dolphin noises. I wasn't quick enough to get a pic. :(
Ruth again ordered the Chicken Tikka Masala. It was probably the most incredible dish that any of us have tasted on the tour so far. I took several bites myself. It was sweeter and creamier than any of the other Tikka Masala's we have seen. Even though the highest possible rating is five smiley faces, Ruth gave this one six smiley faces and wrote along side, "best so far!" Ruth also ordered the Kashmiri Naan, which is what Paradise calls their version of the sweet raisin flat bread. This time I was smart and only took one tiny bite. We all agreed it was so-so. Kind of dry and flaky. No where near the decadence of last night's sweet naan.
GabriElva had the Chicken Korma and neither one of them had very much to say about it. Neither of them remembered to fill out their sheets so I guess we'll never know the number of smiley faces; but hey- aren't they cute?!
While Paradise Biryani Pointe does have goat, the menu said that all of the goat is served with the bone in. I didn't feel like wrestling goat bones tonight, so I stuck with the same dish I had last night; Lamb Curry. The flavor of the sauce was good; it was creamy and a little sweet. It was also a little bitter and spicy and had so many spices. The lamb meat was not tender like the meat I had at Mother India, so it was disappointing. I also had a bowl of Mulligatawny Soup. It was more watery than I expected, but that made it nice as a summer soup. It had a nice, light flavor and loads of yummy lentils at the bottom. Two and a half smiley faces from yours truly!
See you next time!
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