Indian Food in Europe

Bombay Express Fast Food -Chodov Experience

November 26, 19

Bombay express fast food at chodov as all its other branches has always fascinated me for its fast food type atmosphere.

It gives the feel that you have landed up in a typical Indian fast food joint serving the Indian food.

Last week,i happened to meet an old friend,Amit,whom i have not seen for years now.

He happens to be a qualified professional accountant and co-founder with his wife of an Indian fashion garments

e-shop at saath .

Since it was lunch time,we stood in line with all the executives of the corporate world that abodes in the Chodov business towers around.This place happens to be a favorite for many of them.

Since the service here is fast ,accurate and good, the people get their food as at any fast modern fast food chain (similar to McDonald,Subway etc).

Both of us chose to try their legendary chicken do pyaza menu which the sales guy so proudly recommended us .

For drinks we took the Salted lassi .As we placed our order and were handed over with calling hand booth some thing like a remote phone set (walkie talkie sort of) .You sit with this in hand and chat while your order gets ready.It rings out once your order is ready .You can go and collect your order from the counter.This is some thing unique and innovative what i have seen only with Bombay express so far.

This is such a brilliant innovative idea which keeps you not hovering at the counter waiting for your food to get ready.And makes the whole eating experience a whole lot more pleasant without loosing that fast food effect.

We had some good bite and chat long due of years.The place is really jam packed during the lunch hours but the experience remains a pleasant one.

The Staff is good and helpful.

Bombay express fast food ,shall be visiting again with more of friends.

Enjoy your meals !!!

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Ashtami Thali at Indian Aroma Prague

October 16, 19

Last week was the end of the yearly Navaratri Hindu Festival. And with its end comes the time to enjoy the fabulous feast and mouthwatering Ashtami Thali.

Ashtami in Sanskrit means the eight day.The eighth day of Navratri is dedicated to Goddess Mahagauri . Many people observe ritualistic vrat (fasting) as a mark of respect to the deity. Some people also do Kanya Puja or Kanjak on the auspicious day. For Bengalis, Durga Ashtami is the most pivotal day of the whole festival.

This is the day celebrated as the day of the victory of the good over evil as per the Hindu Traditions.

With this comes an opportunity for some great food and festivities and celebrations….

Since this has been a child hood affair for me ,I decided to try the so advertised Ashtami Thali from Indian Aroma Restaurant in Prague 8.They had this as special menu for the weekend.

I decided to enjoy the Ashtami Vegeterian Thali all by myself this time.The restaurant looked quiet from inside.There were few tables booked by guests.The atmosphere inside was calm with the serving staff serving the guests well in order.

I was greeted by the restaurant manager whom i know already from my previous visits here.

The Ashtami Thali Indian Aroma was brought in with love,respect and care to me.It consisted of the fluffy Poori.They were hot and tasted authentic Indian.The menu included some black chole (chick peas),aloo taamatar sabzi,Raita, Sabu dana cutlets. This all was accompanied by some so fresh looking and tasty Halwa ,which surely was cooked in some Desi Ghee as it tasted.

The Thali looked so temptating and mouth watering.I enjoyed every bit of it and for the drinks chose to go in simple with some coke.

After the filling experience I paid the bill at the counter as it usually works here with menu offerings. At the counter was greeted by Mrs Walia ,wife of the owner of the Restaurant Mr Vikas Walia. She shared their experiences and positives of the their Restaurant and how her husband is active in bringing up the Indian community in the Czech Republic.

He is one of the founding members of the Indian Community in the Czech Republic who organised recently Experience India festival in Prague 5,Andel.

The experience was extremely enchanting .The reminiscence of the Ashtami this year will definitely be in my mind till the next year:)

To the glory of the Festival…..

Enjoy your meals!!!

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An Exciting Karahi Chicken Experience at Curry Palace in Prague 7

September 27, 19

During the week,I found myself landed in Prague 7 area right after some business meeting.The time was odd right after the lunch hours around 4 afternoon .I see right across the road the Indian and Bangladeshi Restaurant Curry Palace.I decide to have a quick grab before reaching out for an important customer call for my new digital marketing venture at victoriadigitals.com.

To my surprise although late afternoon,i was readily offered a heartfelt lunch menu by the staff .The place after the lunch hours was though quiet .It had that soothing music playing around with some sound Bollywood music at the back.

I was recommended to try their specialty of Karahi Chicken Curry Palace which was so proudly served .

For those of you who do not know Karahi Chicken…….

It is Chicken karahi Curry Palace, also known as gosht kadai, and kadai chicken, is a dish from the Indian subcontinent noted for its spicy taste; it is notable in North Indian cuisine and Pakistan. The Pakistani version does not have capsicum or onions whereas the North Indian version uses capsicum. The dish is prepared in a karahi.

I chose for some Dal Tadka along with it which was duly served with so much love and hospitality by the serving staff.

The dishes were so tenderly served along with hot garlic Naan and fresh Basmati Rice.This came in with my favorite vegetable salad with fresh green chilies.

The serving staff brought in their specialty of the kitchen ,some fresh Mint sauce along with fresh Yogurt.This was just mind boggling :))))

With the above all being served on a hot plate right in front of me ,i could not resist ordering for my favorite Non alcoholic beer …..

The atmosphere of the place happened to be so enchanting,with the light music playing at the background and few guests at the place.As i enjoyed the mouth melting Chicken Karahi and the Dal Tadka,was greeted by the owner of the place. Mr Azer Babu who happens to be a vivid restaurateur ,a friend and a great entrepreneur.

The exciting tasty experience of the yummy dishes was followed by some pineapple walnut ice cream .This was recommended as their in house specialty.

The whole experience was unexceptionally motivating .I was having such a big thrust after the lovely lunch.I was sure to bang upon my sales call ahead for my digital marketing services.

Great place to try some good Indian food in Prague if you do not look for the generic lunch buffet as most places…..

Enjoy your meals !!!

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Chicken, Curry, Indian Food

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Restaurent Mala India Prague 1-A Nightmare Experience

July 25, 19

Today was a hot day and i had on my bucket list for some time now to meet with a friend of mine,an elderly gentle man,a retired Banker by profession.We agreed to meet up at Restaurant Mala India in Prague 1 .

The Gentle man earns a huge respect from me for all the well built life he has lead and is full of life experiences in his age that always intrigue me of its great value.

We chose to meet up today for lunch at the Indian Restaurent Mala India because of its geographical situation right in the heart of Prague 1 .

Had i known my experience of the lunch today would come out such a nightmare ,i definitely would have chosen another venue nearby of any other Indian Restaurant (Plenty of them)

The restaurant being situated right in Krakovska Street,just away from the Down town had ideally should have been crowded during the lunch time which to my surprise looked haunted.

I over looked it as a heat related phenomenon and we ordered for 2 lunch menus which they had from the total choice of 3 on board.The Respected Gentleman with me Mr Khanna ordered Channa chicken menu with Hot Naan and me ordering for Chicken Tikka Masala along with Basmati Rice.As an appetizer we ordered for Red lentil soup what they had on board .To drink we ordered for some chilled beer for my senior friend and a Birell for me.

The Bar at the restaurant looked so disorganized with the staff seemingly looking uninterested and non energetic and without any enthusiasm. The whole place looked so gloomy with the interiors of the so called Indian Restaurant which actually were far from any Indian food venue.

As the lunch plates were served , i saw the quality and the quantity of the vegetable salad on the menu seemingly miserable ,therefore requested for some extra Onion Salad with fresh green chilies lemonated(A usual Indian salad and my favorite) to which was abruptly rudely replied that we would pay extra for it (Not a very Indian Hospitality and could be gently charged as extra top of the bill at the end without any ultimatums)

After a decent wait the extra salad did come along with green chilies following slowly.

Now as we start to taste the not so alluring lunch menu in front of us ,i see a huge beer cylinder falling right in to the restaurant from the staircase with a noise as strong as of a bomb dropped on the place.

To our surprise ,it was the beer supplier delivering the beer to the restaurant while the guests on finger tips having lunch inside.

Since our conversation was more juicy for us ,we over looked the negatives of the place and carried on with it.

The food quality was horrible ,service absolutely at zero level with the serving staff absolutely with out any enthusiasm.

We ordered for some Masala Tea after the lunch which came in semi hot and not the one i am used to in any typical Indian Restaurant.

Its really disgusting to see that such type of restaurants like Restaurant Mala India Prague 1 are popping up in the town who claim themselves as the Indian Restaurants but are no where close to any authentic Indian Restaurant with their horrible food quality , customer service and gloomy interiors.

We finished our lunch and as we left we found to our surprise coriander in the saunf served at the bar. Now this was the peak of the nightmare experience for me.

We just left the place quietly but i would not want to see these type of so called Indian Restaurants in future for me in Prague.

They just give a bad name to the true authentic Indian food with its rich hospitality and who just want to earn a quick buck out of it with out the true value created what so ever.

I would definitely want to hear from others on my email or comments here if some body else had a similar experience from this place.

Enjoy the quality Indian meals !!!

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Namaste India Restaurent in Prague 1

July 11, 19

The day is wednesday ,summer time,spirits are high,mood jovial and a good friend to meet ,so guess what did i do? I chose to meet with the friend in Namaste India Indian Restaurent newly opened branch in Prague 1 at Rybna street.

The friend this time happened to be a Czech ,a geek by profession ,Pavel,who happened to be new to the taste of Indian food as a whole.

So we meet with him at Namaste India Indian Restaurent for the lunch and since i reached the place little early than him ,i was lucky to get introduced to the lovely lady managing and running the show for all the 3 branches there for the Namaste India in Prague.

Thank you Krystyna 🙂

I visit Prague Indian food buffets now for quite some time but any thing of this grand level was yet to be seen. It was so huge and mind boggling and the food seemingly tasty that i had to make a full video of the buffet table so to make the things easier for me….

The menu included of some mouthwatering Lamb Curry,Spicy Chicken Tamil,Chicken Masala,Chicken wings,tenderly cooked Cabbage (love it !!!),Dal Mahkhani and much more…

The menu included as well 4 sorts of different chutney ,Fresh vegetable Salad,and some chilling exotic juices for an extra charge.

Fresh Naans and 2 sorts of Basmati rice were of course an integral part of the meal.

I could see Pavel enjoying the meal along with me, who ordered for a freshly made salted Lassi for him and me a dose of my usual non alcoholic beer and some fresh Guava Juice.

We had some real good chat in between us during the course of over 2 hours with time just flying while we discussed the latest in the tech industry happening in the world.The sweet kheer followed the filling lunch we had.

The restaurant to my quick assessment has a capacity of over 200 people at any time of the day.The serving staff strength is massive with the head waitress of the place such a pleasant care taker of the guests(A full 5 stars to her)

The guests were gently coming and going. And as we finished our long course lunch,a gentle back ground western music started playing .This kept the spirits high for all inside the restaurant.

As we left the premises of Namaste India Indian restaurent ,and as the more and more tourists started coming in, i could not resist saying a big thank you to the front bar staff for the excellent work put up there and so did Pavel.

I am surely coming back to this place again soon and with a bigger guest number.

Enjoy Your Meals !!!!

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Dilli6 The Indian subway With Bar

May 11, 19

I decided to give a try to the Dilli6 The Indian subway based concept restaurant .It is opened by Mr Abhijeet Sawaani and his beautiful Girlfriend Marketa .It is comfortably situated close to the metro Koblisy,Prague 8.

I am a huge fan of Entrepreneurship and often write about it and the power of goal settings on my blog at noblethoughts.This place is true example of shear raw entrepreneurship….

D6(Abbreviated from Dilli 6)Indian Bistro

It is a small and compact Indian fast food concept restaurant where you could get the average Indian buffet .Buffet,like any where else in Prague during the weekdays for lunch.The uniqueness of this place is you can create your own menu for the food ,The some what Subway type.You could choose from the range of breads/Rice,Main dishes(Proteins) and the side dish and create your decent Indian meal.

We reached the Dilli6 The Indian subway last week with my wife for Lunch.Were greeted with the welcoming smile by Marketa (co-founder of the place) while creating some unique exotic cocktails at their bar.

The interior of the place is elegantly designed for you to feel a fusion of an Indian restaurant along with the modern American fast food chain concept.

The buffet although not so varied and large in menu as other places but of high and good quality,consisted of some tenderly semi fried salted potatoes with black pepper.Thick and spicy Channa Masala,Basmati rice and Palak Chicken (Chicken tenderly cooked in Spinach).The table included some original Indian Pickle,Thick sweet and salted yogurt ,Beetroot Salad,a couple of Indian Chutney.The meal included as well on order a plate of hot creamy vegetable soup.

Hot garlic sliced Naan were served individually on every table ……

I ordered for the plate of soup while my wife chose to hit straight the main menu which looked so appetizing and mouth watering. The creamy Vegetable soup was indeed delicious and cooked with dedication and well served. Marketa brought me a Glass of Non- alcoholic beer and my wife ordered for a glass of Ginger tonic for her.

While we were enjoying and chatting:

I was greeted by Abhijit who introduced me to his entrepreneurial endeavor here and how they planned with Marketa to grow it in the times to come. I was surprised to know from him that the tender Palak Chicken I was eating was first cooked in Tandoor and then gradually cooked on gentle fire along with the spinach.

This is some thing I would say so different and unique to the usual boiling of the chicken you would find.This is what gave the mouth watering touch to the dish……

The place was frequented by oncoming customers who seemed to be regular visitors here and seemed to be happy enjoying the atmosphere.

They had on back ground some soothing Indian music playing while Marketa and Abhijit narrated about their patented unique Concept Meal.

I with my wife had some good time enjoying the well cooked lunch and served with much love .I was duly recommended to try the in house dessert specialty of Gajrela ( seasonal pudding made from carrots).It was so proudly served hot and added so well to our culmination of the appetizing Indian meal.

We enjoyed the subway way:))))))))

The place is true example of the entrepreneurial effort and “To go ahead and do the thing attitude“ of both Abhijit and Marketa.

A big applause to both of you for the initiative and shall be checking back and following their growth.

Enjoy your meals…….

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Indian Jewel Restaurant-The feather in the cap

May 02, 19

Yesterday for a meetup with a Latin American friend we chose to have Indian lunch.We met at my favorite Indian Jewel Restaurant in the old town of Prague.

Now what i love about Indian Jewel is its so centrally located position right next to the famous Astromical Clock in Old town and the Charles Bridge .This makes is so easy meeting with friends and for business meetings.It just becomes feasible for everyone.Just out side the Restaurant you can see their huge Summer Terrace. This is just mind blowing with the amount of people that can lunch/dine there at a time.

The adjacent Summer Terrace is from an Irish Pub where you can see people drinking and enjoying beer.They usually converge to the Yummy Indian Food at Indian Jewel subsequently.

My wife joined me as well for the lunch.She was so thrilled to observe this convergence of taste.From beer to the mouthwatering Indian food.

Since the weather was getting little chilly,

so we decided to sit inside the restaurant (love the interiors of this place). The waiter greeted us with the wide smile for which i love this place.Asked for the order,gently penning down duly in to his order book in hand.

We were gently told that today being a holiday they do not serve lunch menus as such.We chose “A la carte”.My friend since a lamb lover chose to taste the medium spiced Rogan josh with some Garlic Naan.I ordered for myself Chicken Tikka Masala (obviously hot spicy as i love it) and my wife ordered for Hot Dal Makhani( her favourite).The Dal Makhani was duly served in a small eye catching Indian style traditional bucket .

We ordered for some thick and creamy Raita as a side dish to keep the check on the spicy affects of the food and plate of vegetable Salad .The Salad was served in a huge plate to us. Since i am a big rice lover ordered for a fluffy plate of hot Basmati rice which looked so attractive on the table.All this time we enjoyed our meal.

We talked about ….

Indian food and Indian culture, Latin America and the Spanish restaurants in Prague and life and business and all that was so pending to be talked about in our minds:)

The yummy Rogan josh ,spicy chicken tikka Masala ,thick condensed Raita and the yummy full of butter Dal Makhani gently melting in our mouths .While we laughed and enjoyed our chatting and i could see the empty hall to which we had entered into was now slowly getting filled up.

On looking around more than half of the place was full with Indian tourists .They were lavishly enjoying every bit of the yummy food here.

2 hours almost flew by..

as we chatted and enjoyed our meal.It was by now that i could feel and see that we all have had our fill of the lunch and its time for those yummy Indian sweets:))))))

I and my friend we ordered for hot Gulab Jamun and my wife chose to try the thick Rice Kheer what they had on board.

We enjoyed every bit of our food in Indian Jewel Restaurant and the time so well spent with the restaurant almost full by now as we were leaving.

The serving staff so pleasant and smiling that it just elevated the appetite for the guests i presume…..

We agreed on our return to this place next month again for another round of yummy Indian meal.Next on the agenda would be some Spanish food at a place of choice of my friend:)

For me,The Indian Jewel Restaurant remains a feather in the cap for the Indian food in Prague with its original indigenous and authentic way of cooking and serving the true Indian food in the heart of Prague………

Enjoy your meals and lots of love to you all…

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Chicken, Curry, Indian Food, Lentils, Meat, Rice Dishes, Salads, Spices

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Indian food in Centre of the town-Lal Qila

April 25, 19

Lal Qila in Prague is a newly renovated Restaurant providing Indian food right in the Centre of Prague where i had my mind blowing lunch yesterday. Lal Qila means the Red Fort in English is a historic fort that takes us back to the history of the Medieval India.In the modern day now it has become famous for its street food and range of exciting restaurants that have come up around the Lal Qila In Delhi.

The place had been closed for some time for renovation. It has come up really beautiful from inside out .The food they offer is a buffet menu during the lunch hours,happens to be fully refreshing and filling ,right with a new start Indian food in Centre of the town i guess:)

The buffet menu……

It had wide menu starting with some yummy Tomato Soup and further included spicy Potatoes mashed in aromated Indian spices,Rajma tenderly cooked,Paneer masala,Mixed vegetable dish(a mixture of different vegetables cooked gently in Indian spices) with some fresh Salad on side.

The non vegetarian dish was a yummy Traditional Indian Chicken Curry accompanied by hot fluffy Basmati rice.To my big surprise they had on board soft and tender hot Chicken wings as well included in to the buffet although this is not a very Indian combination of dishes but i decided to have a bite of it and enjoyed it:)))))

The hot Naans were served to each table separately coming in nice metallic traditional Naan Plate.

I ordered for some Salted Lassi (my favourite) for drinks which was duly served promptly with due care and attention.

The service of the place is awesome some what unique with the serving staff wearing Red Kurta on them ,a some what traditional Bengali feature i would say.It looked awesome and soothing with the light and cool interiors of the newly renovated place.

The back end music played was a mixture of Hindi and Bengali songs creating a some what pleasant an experience.

I finished my lunch with some sweet Sooji Halwa what they had for dessert adding to my full satisfaction….

The over all place seems so quiet,comfortable and well served with some good food and service on board.The service of the place is just excellent .The incoming guest feels so enlightened and happy right from the moment you are in there.

I would highly recommend this place to friends and others to go to for true Indian food experience.

Enjoy your meals…..

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Chicken, Curry, Indian Food, Spices, Vegetables

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Cozy Family Run Restaurant in Prague 10-Sada Punjab

April 18, 19

Sada Punjab translated from Punjabi language in English as “Our Punjab”,Its a small and cozy family run Indian Restaurant where i enjoyed my lunch today.The place is so different than many of the fancy Indian restaurants in the town with their homely atmosphere.

Its run by a family who dedicatedly brings to the town a close to the home made Indian food with their authentic home touch service.

The interior of the restaurant is so informal and ground to earth with the food equally so tasty and close to what you would eat in a typical house in Punjab.

Like any where else they had the “all you can eat” buffet to my surprise, which included of some Aloo baingan sabzi (Eggplant mashed with spiced Potatoes cooked so tasty with that home made touch),Chicken tikka Masala, Kala Chana, Raita withVegetable Salad with the hot plain rice and Naans duly served separately to each of the guest .

This serving of the Naan separately to each Guest was so reminding of that very family and cohesiveness and of the home made meal back in India:)

Mr Rasal Singh with his wife and 2 beautiful kids have made the place, so comfortable cozy family run restaurant as home and you could feel it in the air of the place .The not so many guest sitting seemed to be pretty happy and content around.

I had some coke for the drinks accompanied and some sweet mouthwatering Rasgulla to finish the homely experience of lunch

Was offered a hot cup of tea immediately after the content lunch making it the true home experience that i would have had back in India.

Shall be returning back here next time with family whenever would have that nostalgia of home back in India:))))

Enjoy your meals…….

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Quick lunch at Rangoli-The new colourful restaurent .

April 10, 19

Being in Prague 5 area today after meetings i decided to have a quick lunch at the recently opened Indian Restaurent Rangoli.

Rangoli in Hindi means an ancient traditional art form passed on from generation to generation.

The entrance of the restaurent looked attractive and beautifully designed but the hind side of it is that there is no immediate parking place near to the restaurent.So after doing a little bit of spade work on the parking place i could finally get to the restaurent.

Right at the reception on the ground floor was greeted by the guy there and was directed to the basement for the Buffet lunch menu.

The buffet display of lunch menu was alluring with beautiful traditionally Indian carved dish containers full of all the yummy looking dishes.

Was greeted by a staff incharge of the place with a some sort of tiredness in voice and face,but the plates on the table looked attractive and big:)))

This is the time of Hindu Navratari (when non vegeterian including of egg is not eaten by many in India),so i went on filling my plate with some vegeterian dishes in place.

To my delight ,There was Rajma, Dal channa , shimla mirch (Capsicum)masala which caught my eyes immediately.On careful inspection i could find also a dish called Broccoli masala(not a traditional indian dish or perhaps i never heard of it ever).Never the less i had a serving of it as well to get the taste.(Tasted good)

The Naans were brought in hot.The table had to my surprise some thing unique i had never ever seen at any other place in Prague,it had more than 6 varieties of chutney (or sauces perhaps,i could not taste them all).

The menu had some good crispy papadums which were really yummy and to my full enjoyment.

The interior of the restaurent is decent and felt good but looked empty to my surprise (time was just 1:30 pm).The place had more of the working staff wandering here and there rather than the customers.

The quality of the food i enjoyed in general if only the simla mirch masala had some more capsicum in it than the load of potatoes it had.Also if the Rajma (really yummy cooked) container was refilled etiquettely while the customers were still enjoying meals and not left empty.

The experience was more or less good with me finishing the lunch with some sweet kheer they had on board.

I did not order any thing to drink as usually i do with my non alcoholic beers or some mango/salted lassi this time(could be due to the level of service not with standing what i had expected)

I do hope this shall improve in the times to come for them till my next visit there.

Enjoy your meals……….

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Appetizers, Chutneys, Indian Festivals, Indian Food, Vegetables

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