Aarti and I both independently sent each other texts messages about this place because it's Indo-Chinese, which is totally us! There are a few locations but we went to the one in Williamsburg and when we stepped in, I had visions of us being there before when it was some other SE Asian restaurant and remember it being bad. So that was kind of a bad omen (Note: this restaurant has since closed, so I guess my gut was right). I've been to Indo-Chinese places before in the city (Chinese Mirch) and loved the combination, so I was excited to try this place out.
Unfortunately, it just wasn't very good. We split the bhel salad ($9), I got the banana leaf fish ($25) and Aarti got the dry hakka chili with tofu ($14). The bhel salad was bhel mix, chutney, avocado, chili, onion, cilantro, and cucumber. Bhel is an Indian snack that's kind of like a rice puff snack with lots of spices and flavor. The salad was waay to spicy and too sweet at the same time. Neither of us enjoyed it very much. Sadly the same can be said for our main entrees. My fish dish was fairly expensive for what it was - white fish, steamed inside of a banana leaf with okra and onion. The fish was covered in spices but not in a good way. If it's possible, it tasted like an unhealthy fish dish. The waiter had sold Aarti on the dry chili hakka dish saying it was a classic and really good. All it was was stir fry with fried tofu - very meh too.
Sadly, I'm not surprised this place closed down. It had a lot of potential and Indo-Chinese isn't something that you see very often but it just wasn't executed very well here. Total price: $31/pp with tax and tip
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