Indian music tinkles in the background. A good place to start a meal is with the crisp vegetable samosas stuffed with mildly spicy peas and potatoes. Tandoori lovers frustrated by the occasionally dry result of that cooking process will be delighted with what emerges from this kitchen. Tandoori chicken is tender and succulent, and so is chicken tikka , pieces of marinated and grilled chicken. Marinated lamb, formed like a sausage, is spicy and flavorful, as are chunks of fish.
Vegetarian dishes are uniformly excellent here.
The okra in the bhindi masala is crisp and earthy without being the least bit slimy. It's delicious in a sauce of onions, tomatoes and mixed herbs and spices. Masala is a Hindu word that refers to a blend of spices that includes ginger, cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and chiles, or a selection thereof. Emphasizing ginger, Golden India's chana masala , with chickpeas, is delicious, as is aloo mattar , the traditional mixture of potatoes and green peas cooked with onions and tomatoes. We went a bit nuts for lamb and weren't sorry to have done so.