Masala & Curry

Lovely little casual restaurant owned by Nepalese. The Paneer Makhani was creamy and full of flavor, mostly tasty gravy with big blocks of fresh Paneer. The chicken spicy vindaloo at a medium heat was very tasty, definitely did not blow my head off, and thick with vegetables and super tender chicken thigh meat. Each dish also came with jasmine rice, none of this nonsense of having to order rice separately. We loved the onion kulcha as it was studded with red onion chunks that gave it crunch and onions goodness that was lent to the dishes we dipped it into. The whole wheat paratha was rich with butter and beautifully flaky. Service was prompt if casual, they'll hand you your menus and let you seat yourself. I love that, but heard a few people be very surprised by that. I heard one man ask if the pakodas were fried in their own oil or if they shared oil with other things that had wheat in them and the answer was very clear that they were fried separately. So they seem very aware of the requirements for gluten free foods.

I eat a lot of curry and had some of the best curry I have ever had here. I don't know how they make their curry sauces but they are exceptional. It was tasty, gluten free and I didn't have any issues with gluten the following day after eating here either. Service was reasonably fast and I was ready to wait much longer for our food after seeing the "this is slow food cooked from scratch" warning on the menu. The only mild complaint was that the lamb Saag was less tender than I am used to. (not tough just not as tender), the sauce more than amply made up for it. Our chicken curry was fall apart tender and equally delicious.