Monday, July 11, 2005

Great India Restaurant

6127 Geary Blvd. (between 25th and 26th Avenue), San Francisco, CA 94121
(415) 751-4433

We had the lunch buffet for $6.45 per person excluding tax. The buffet runs from 11am to 3pm. For that price, it was definitely worth it. Taste-wise, the food was above average (think Naan-n-Curry) and although the spread was large, it had a good variety. They had basmati rice, plain naan, chicken tikka masala, lamb curry, tandoori chicken, pakoras, samosas and a about four more dishes that I can’t pronounce nor spell. :) I think it was another chicken dish, a kurma/daal dish, spinach and the yellow-colored cabbage. I liked the chicken tikka masala and Zhuang liked the lamb curry, the tandoori was okay, nothing to shout about. The sauces that they had to accompany the meal was authentic, although I’ve had better mint. They also had the creamy yogurt sauce that goes really well with the mint and tandoori chicken and naan. For dessert, they had gulab jamun. I think it’s a bread ball in syrup -- tastes better than it sounds. Good item to cleanse the palate after a spice-filled attack of curries. I’m a little peeved that we weren’t served fresh naan even though other tables were. They had naan on the buffet spread, but they were also serving baskets of fresh naan to other tables.