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Udipi Cafe

Udipi Cafe

5959 Hillcroft Houston, TX 77036, United States

Cafe • Asian • Vegan • Indian


"First of all, I 'll admit that the vegan friendly selections on the buffet are delicious! I absolutely enjoyed the dosa, fried bread and a green bean dish that they have on their buffet (I don 't remember the Indian name for these dishes though . But my initial enjoyment of the food is as far as it goes. I really regret that I made a second trip to the buffet table to grab a little more of the green bean dish! As I was standing there waiting for someone in front of me to get their helpings of the buffet, a friendly little roach just politely sauntered to the edge of the serving pans of food (but not going in the food itself. I don 't think.. Though I tried to point out the little critter with as much discretion as possible to the apologetic server, mostly everyone in the line saw it! I just went back to my seat empty handed, not able to bring myself to get anything else. I thought to myself Okay, self..you 're from the hood, it 's not like you haven 't seen a roach in a kitchen before .. So I talked myself into finishing the little morsels I had left on my plate that I had before. As I was finishing up that food, I picked up my fork only to detect a hair that was slightly thicker than any human hair, more like an antennae. Yikes! a roach antennae! I paid the tab (against my friend 's wishes and walked out never to go in this place again. To each his own, so if you don 't mind a little roach essence in your food, it 's worth a try. (shrug .. Updated from previous review on Thursday October 20, 2011"

Masalaa

Masalaa

3140 S Parker Rd Ste 8 Aurora, CO 80014-3160, United States

Soup • Indian • Vegetarian • Delivery Services


"We love East Indian food, and a non violent diet. Between us, we've sampled India cuisine in many cities,and in other countries. When we discovered this place 15 years ago, we were hooked. At the time, it offered southern style cooking, mostly based on coconut and very comfort food feeling. The place has apparently gone through several different management changes over the years, and different kitchen leads, but still provides vegetarian fare with pretty consistent quality. In particular, we will drive an hour or more to the Thursday night buffet, which comes with masala dosa as part of the deal potato inside, but you can ask for plain dosa also . The current chef cook must be a walking encyclopedia of recipes something new nearly every time. We'd never had pani puri until he brought it out for one of the buffets. From time to time here have been celebration special dishes when an East Indian national religious or agricultural festival occurs or for some other holiday. We've overheard 'new' people commenting that they could eat vegetarian if it was like this and Wow so many flavors! We've overheard meat eaters with their veg friends, commenting that veg eating can be interesting fun. Lately we've noticed that when they are busy, we may have to remind the wait staff to order our dosas, or remind them to put out more little bowls for the soup. Although the general management of materials and staff has slipped in the last year, it's a small inconvenience when considering the food which remains the reason for coming back."