Monday, September 17, 2007
Restaurants Vegetarian cooking from southern and northern India
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 5:04 PM
Here's a recommendation from Steve Harper, an Alpharetta foodie:
Just wanted to tell you my friend and I visited Banaras Indian Restaurant last evening. It's OTP, but possibly the best pan-Indian we've had outside of Canada. (It's all vegetarian but not strictly southern; there are some creamy northern curries as well.) It's in a strip at 3300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd, just past Pleasant Hill on the right (a little hard to find).It was everything we might have hoped for. We enjoyed a truly well-prepared, interesting vegetarian Indian meal where not everything on the menu was familiar.
We tried the tapioca cutlet appetizer: crunchy medallions of breaded onion with large tapioca beads embedded in them, accompanied by the most delicious and creamy raita I have ever tried.
For our main meal, Ken and I shared the kofte banana curry dish, which reminded him of navaratan korma, except the dumplings were made of bananas and cheese. The okra dish, bhindi kholapuri, was exquisite and, like the kofte, surprising in its overall flavor.
And there's no fake meat here! (And as a vegetarian, Ken loves any restaurant where he can order anything on the menu!)
Adding to the experience, a man who must have been manager, Rayomond Umrigar, engaged in an animated discussion at length of the food, recommending dish pairings and just generally being a charming fellow.
Banaras (678-417-1911) is located at 3300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite J, Duluth. It's been recommended to me by numerous people, including an Indian couple dining at an adjoining table at Floataway Cafe some time ago.
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