Village Tandoori

Description:

• You can spend a lot of time admiring the weavings, paintings, chastened brass, and woodcarvings that adorn the walls of this restaurant, a network of dark rooms that evoke an antique house in the Punjab or Rajasthan regions of India. Food is flavorful, exotic, and extremely good, with a wide array of dishes to choose from. Many of the recipes were passed down from someone's mother or -- in the case of the lamb tikki marinated in yogurt and spices -- somebody's grandmother. Those with a carnivorous streak will opt for the Lahore-style lamb marinated in a tantalizing chili sauce or the spicy Punjabi chicken that is as good as anything this side of Calcutta. Delectable prawns come flavored with either paprika or garlic, and the house specialty, for those who want a taste of everything, is the "village grill" with a three-way marriage of prawns, chicken, and lamb.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010