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Indian restaurant coming soon to Washington Ave. - Page 3 — Brooklynian

Indian restaurant coming soon to Washington Ave.

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  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Whatchuwant wrote: Ordered in from them tonight. I went the typical route and got samosas and chicken tikka masala.

    Samosas were excellent! The tikka masala, while rich in taste, was not the thick sauce I'm used to. It was downright thin. The portions were a nice size and I went with their take out deal where you get a choice of app, choice of main course, it comes with naan, the dipping sauces (which were really good, btw), and rice pudding for dessert all for $13.95.

    Worth it.

    Nice phone lady too. :thumright:
    OMG, we are all agreeing on something.

    Who is going to be the first to tell this place our impressions? ...i.e. let them know about this fine thread?
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    Out of curiosity, are the owners actually Indian? Or, are they Bangladeshi (like the guys who own Bombay Masala)?

    I'm kind of fascinated by the idea that Bangladeshis would opt to coop the Indian restaurant as their own. As if Indian restaurants have become a standard staple of Americana (along with the "Italian" pizza joint, the "Irish" pub, and the "Chinese" take-out).
  • naugastyle
    naugastyle
    I think it's just good business sense. Many of the people owning Mexican restaurants aren't Mexican either (and I don't mean obvious stuff like the Chinese-run places). But how popular is a Guatemalan restaurant going to be? Make some tacos, have margarita specials, and the chances for success are so much higher. When I lived in Williamsburg, I was saddened when a Salvadorean place I loved began serving Mexican food alongside a reduced Salvadorean menu, then completely dropped the Salvadorean items, but I could understand why. And then another Salvadorean place that I was more neutral about switched to Mexican soon after.

    Are there any real Bangladeshi places in New York besides Spicy Mina's? It would probably be harder to guarantee clientele, but people love Indian food.

    Sorry for the tangent, I haven't been to Sapid yet and have no idea about the owners!
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    the bangladeshi-running-indian restaurant thing -- like the vietnamese/chinese, korean/japanese, and, historically, greek/italian set-ups --is really common. i even read a sociology book about the bangledeshi/indian combo a few years ago that i could scare up the title of if you're interested.

    even more complicated is that the restaurants tend to serve a lot of punjabi food. plus chicken tikka masala, which is from england. (and vindaloo, which is sort of from portugal if you go back far enough -- it's a portuguese dish that was profoundly altered during the colonization of goa. now, due to an assumption that the name (which is portuguese) is actually hindi, it usually contains the non-traditional ingredient of potatoes: "aloo" in hindi.)
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    sweet tea, very interesting ... I had no idea. I guess we're usually stuck with Punjabi food since those guys were the first of the South Asian restauranteers.

    But I'd certainly patronize a Bangladeshi place. I mean, Bombay Masala and the one on Washington have almost the exact same menu, which they share with most of their kind. Who else would go to a Bangladeshi place? I bet they'd have an audience in this 'hood.

    I would be interested in that book, if you could remember the title.

    naugarstyle, I had never heard of Spicy Mina's. Great reviews on Chowhounds.com.
  • naugastyle
    naugastyle
    It's quite good. Inconvenient from this neighborhood, though.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    i did find the book, which is really about bengalis, my mistake -- however, since bengal borders bangladesh and was part of the same country until 1947, i think my memory that it talks about bangladeshi restaurateurs may not be wrong:

    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/dFood+habits+--+India+--+History./dfood+habits+india+history/-3,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dfood+habits+india+bengal&1,1,

    you might also be interested in Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&SUBKEY=indian food/1,40,40,B/frameset&FF=Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&12,12,
  • ex_spectator
    ex_spectator
    Carnivore wrote: [quote=Architecture Biscuit]In addition to the good response here, Sapid is also getting very good reviews on Yelp ( http://www.yelp.com/biz/sapid-indian-food-brooklyn ).[/url]
    Burgess B's review on Yelp looks remarkably similar to ex-spectator's. :wink:

    Close! Burgess is my girlfriend. :wink:
  • javabro
    javabro
    I ate here once, wasn't very impressed, but not turned off at the same time. I will give it another try :)
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    We ate at Sapid last night and we were impressed. We'll definitely be going back, if only to support a business on that part of Washington (but we also liked the food.)

    Washington's restaurant scene is nothing to sneeze at. Sure, it's not upscale, but I love having these great places in my nabe!
  • krowonhill
    krowonhill
    sweet tea wrote: i did find the book, which is really about bengalis, my mistake -- however, since bengal borders bangladesh and was part of the same country until 1947, i think my memory that it talks about bangladeshi restaurateurs may not be wrong:

    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/dFood+habits+--+India+--+History./dfood+habits+india+history/-3,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dfood+habits+india+bengal&1,1,

    you might also be interested in Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors

    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&SUBKEY=indian food/1,40,40,B/frameset&FF=Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&12,12,
    Thanks sweet tea! These look excellent. And I appreciate that you located them at the library.
  • unicyclist-courier
    unicyclist-courier
    I went to Sapid last night and was happy with the food -- esp. the vegetarian lentil/spinach/tomato soup which was really great and perfect for cold rainy weather! It's a yellow lentil soup, much more of a lentil experience than a tomato experience, and includes something that looked like mustard seeds. Yummy.

    Chana shag was also good. Fried potatoes were french-fry like rather than spicy-Indian-like, but garlic naan nicely garlicky. Food was a little slow to arrive, but I think on account of the many take-out orders going out. But it was good to see the many take-out orders, as otherwise it was pretty quiet there on a rainy Monday night.

    Overall, liked it and will be back (though I won't completely abandon the very nice people at India Place on Vanderbilt)!

    Update on wall decorations and Bollywood movies: no Bollywood while we were there (or anything else on the TV), and there are some wall decorations up now. :)
  • guyonatlantic
    guyonatlantic
    I've ordered from Sapid now a couple of times and have been really impressed. Probably the best Indian food I've had in Brooklyn (Not saying a whole lot I know.) The first time I just got the Lamb Vindaloo for myself and it was fantastic. The sauce was spicy and complex and the lamb itself tasted really fresh. Last weekend I ordered for a group and we got the Butter Chicken, Bharta, Chana Masala which were all wonderful. The biggest surprise was the Kashmiri Pulao, a saffron basmati dish with nuts and fruit. Definitely order this.
  • pittiecity
    pittiecity
    mr. met wrote:

    Best Indian food i've had is Roti Boti in Queens.
    Gotta head to Astoria y'all...
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    PittieCity wrote: Gotta head to Astoria y'all...
    None of them deliver here?
  • bkchickie
    bkchickie
    PittieCity wrote: [quote=mr. met]

    Best Indian food i've had is Roti Boti in Queens.
    Gotta head to Astoria y'all...

    I would love to know where the good Indian restaurants are in Astoria! Share!
  • trainsmoke deleon
    trainsmoke deleon
    I felt left out so I also ordered from Sapid and also liked eating it. Now can I hang out with guys?
  • xlizellx
    xlizellx
    I walked past today and saw 1/2 the tables full around 4:30. Good to see. I'm going to order this week since I'm only reading good things.

    Next door there was an awning that said "Noah's Juice" or something like that. Anyone know what that is? I hadn't seen it before...
  • whyfi
    whyfi
    Trainsmoke DeLeon wrote: I felt left out so I also ordered from Sapid and also liked eating it.
    +1
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Trainsmoke DeLeon wrote: I felt left out so I also ordered from Sapid and also liked eating it. Now can I hang out with guys?
    Anyone can, whether they have eaten at Sapid or not.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    yes, guys are notoriously indiscriminate about hanging out.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    sweet tea wrote: yes, guys are notoriously indiscriminate about hanging out.
    .....part of me wonders if you can relate.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    i hang out with you, don't i?

    qed.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    hmph
  • xlizellx
    xlizellx
    xlizellx wrote:

    Next door there was an awning that said "Noah's Juice" or something like that. Anyone know what that is? I hadn't seen it before...
    Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    xlizellx wrote: [quote=xlizellx]

    Next door there was an awning that said "Noah's Juice" or something like that. Anyone know what that is? I hadn't seen it before...
    Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

    I can confirm the newness of said awning only.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Update: Decorations now on walls. Food remains yummy

  • tacamahac
    tacamahac


    sweet tea wrote:i did find the book, which is really about bengalis, my mistake -- however, since bengal borders bangladesh and was part of the same country until 1947, i think my memory that it talks about bangladeshi restaurateurs may not be wrong:



    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/dFood+habits+--+India+--+History./dfood+habits+india+history/-3,-1,0,B/frameset&FF=dfood+habits+india+bengal&1,1,



    you might also be interested in Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors



    http://iii.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D/Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&SUBKEY=indian food/1,40,40,B/frameset&FF=Xindian food&searchscope=63&SORT=D&12,12,


    I'm loving that this restaurant discussion has an anthropological back story. But has anyone confirmed that the proprietors of Sapid are Bangladeshis?

  • che
    che

    I've been several times recently, and our impression has been that Sapid is a cut above the other places in Brooklyn, none of which have made me want to return. So, better than we were expecting given the local track record. Channa Saag (chickpeas and spinach) and Saag Paneer (spinach and paneer cheese) with poori, garlic naan, and onion naan were all flavorful and enjoyable. And not very expensive. So, recommended.

  • bkchickie
    bkchickie

    Finally made it back here last night. The food was again delicious, and the service was still attentive and friendly.

    I'm just getting this thread up here again, because we were the only customers in there. I hope that they're doing well with delivery and take-out, because this place needs to stick around to be my in-nabe Indian spot.

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