Monday 11 November 2013

Review- INDIA restarant - India 20, rue du Débarcadère 75017 Paris

It was our 18th wedding day yesterday . We decided to  celebrate it  along with our 7 year old twins.
We first had a dekko at the Christmas decorations  at Lafayette and Print temps . People from world wide come to have a look and get their ideas for window dressing .
Here is a pic of myself at the  Lafayette window with Anu.



Then it was time for dinner.   It was our first visit to this restaurant .We heard about this through  our friends who gave it a 5 star rating .
Personally I am wary of the so called Indian restaurants. Most of them are ( for want of a better word ) Balti restaurants run by Bangladeshis / Pakistanis or Sri Lankans .
How ever we read good reviews on the net and decided to give this INDIA restaurant a try. 
Well for starters , the ambiance was good . I personally don't approve of god's photos or idols  at eating places.
They had heavy bronze statues of many gods like Nata-raj / Ganesha etc., I suppose nowadays to show that you are 'Indian' they need to do all this .
The waiter came almost  immediatly after we have settled down.The fact that we were the first ones that evening might have something to do with it .
We gave our orders - Vegetarian Bhajji  for starters .
coke for Nachi , Orange juice for Anu, Lassi for myself  and Sri.
For the main course it was Vegetable Biryani , Raita , Tadka dal , Paneer makhani  for us / puri and channa for the twins .
The  drinks and aperitif came very quickly .
The waiters were attentive . They did just enough chit chat and not long and lengthy monologues about  how life was 'way back home' and how it is here blah blah . No forced talk  and  no forced familiarity in their talk.
 they cleaned our first course and brought the second course soon. The biryani was simply wow with the decorative almond shavings with just a hint of mint.
The panner dish was superb and not the usual 'melting' paneer found in Balti restaurants. The quality and the quantity was just enough for us . We managed to finish all our dishes  and felt just-heavy   ( not too heavy ).
The twins remarkably finished their puri and channa . That itself speaks volumes of the quantity and  quality of the food .
The only dish they can improve is the raita -yoghurt with vegetables grated. The vegetables  should be crunchy  and added in the last minute . Here its all blended in and made a smooth paste.
The price is fine its not very costly. For a family of four ( sans wine) it comes to approximately 100.00 euros. 
 Well its celebration time so why not spend a few pennies on yourself  once in a while.
All in all, it was a good expeirence for us .
INDIA restaurant 20, rue du Débarcadère 75017 Paris is worth a visit.
Here is  a pic we took .

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