http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/03/28/indian-resturants-in-seattle Comments On: Indian Resturants in Seattle by Charles Mudede en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
In fact, I've only known one single Indian guy in my entire software career, and it was NOT due to a lack of persistence on his parents part. He eventually succumbed, and now his days of going out for lunch are over.
Posted by Free Lunch]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:06:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by crone]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:59:00 -0700 The Stranger Yet-another-Greenwood-kebab-place is just using their old sign now.
Posted by dirge]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:29:58 -0700 The Stranger Posted by SchmuckyTheCat]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:14:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by DeaconBlues]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:00:53 -0700 The Stranger
Is the tip-stealing at Cedars just a rumor, or is it something you've witnessed?
Posted by d.p.]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:20:39 -0700 The Stranger
I haven't set foot in Redmond since Preet's closed.
Posted by d.p.]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:10:44 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:58:50 -0700 The Stranger
And yes, Punjab Sweets is fantastic but different (I just returned from there with some take out). They are very strict vegetarian, wholistic but spicy delicious...no lunch buffet!

And of course they are also a Confectionery full of delicious rice balls and other treats!

http://punjabsweetsonline.com/

In fact, Kent East Hill is an Indian expatriate community (as well as Ukraine, Thai, Somali, ...........)

Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:49:39 -0700 The Stranger Posted by mmmmmmmmMMMyum]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:46:34 -0700 The Stranger Posted by gloomy gus]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:44:49 -0700 The Stranger Posted by K X One]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:34:01 -0700 The Stranger
For starters, Seattle could really use a few branches of the globally ubiquitous Nando's Chicken, or some local entrepreneur's version of the same. Sadly, Seattle's immigrants are mostly shut out of the city's lifeless retail scene except on the periphery. What you are really talking about when you bemoan the lack of Indian restaurants is the lack of cheap usable retail spaces where entrepreneurs can get started. In Seattle, it's impossible to find space that is both small and crummy enough to be affordable but also where sufficient quantities of people with money go, because all the people with money are white, and won't go to weird neighborhoods (which barely exist). A recent immigrant from Michoacan or Bangladesh or Guizhou isn't going to be able to get a tiny storefront in Wallingford.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:33:39 -0700 The Stranger
No restaurant in Seattle, Indian or otherwise, can touch Vij's, on W 11th just east of Burnside. But that's not Seattle's fault; the fact is, it's one of the great restaurants of the world, and no Indian restaurant ANYWHERE can touch it.

I think you will find that virtually 100% of the tikka masala and balti joints in the UK are Bangladeshi, not actually Indian, whatever it says on the sign; indeed, not just Bangladeshi but almost entirely from the region of Sylhet in the far northeast of that country. Tikka Masala was invented by a Bangladeshi immigrant to Glasgow, Scotland in the 1960s.

Cedar in the U District is OK, but you should be aware that the owner keeps all the tips. All of them.
Charles would have his mind blown by spending a couple of hours hanging out in Crossroads Mall.
Posted by Fnarf]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:12:51 -0700 The Stranger
Nuff said. @30 is correct, but it shows up differently on the balance sheet, due to lobbyists messing up the tax code.
Posted by Will in Seattle]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:09:36 -0700 The Stranger Posted by schmacky]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:58:47 -0700 The Stranger
http://www.newgeography.com/content/0022…
Posted by j-lon]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:48:48 -0700 The Stranger
I agree that Pabla in Renton is good too. Punjabit Sweets down in Kent is also good. The spot in the strip mall near Trader Joe's on Bell Red Road and Northup Way in Bellevue is also good. I don't mind the spot in Northgate that someone else mentioned (Masala). Not a bad buffet. I quite like the buffet at Roti down in lower QA too (it's better than the Northgate spot).

The spot out in Bellevue at the Cross Roads Mall (on the north side near the licensing spot) it also good, and definitely a different style than a lot of the other spots in Seattle.

I'm sure Seattle probably isn't a great Indian food town and I have heard that there's some Indian up in Vancouver that is supposed to be amazing. But I haven't had it, and for the most part, I don't feel deprived of tasty options in Seattle. But I definitely might feel differently if I'd had the stuff in BC.
Posted by j-lon]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:44:27 -0700 The Stranger Posted by seandr]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:40:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Tawnos]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:32:41 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Tawnos]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:30:10 -0700 The Stranger Posted by laterite]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:25:29 -0700 The Stranger
Also, why is this news? Isn't Microsoft FTE like 30% Indian born now? They've been importing for twenty years. I'm a born US citizen, and I've had job recruiters hang up on me when they find out I don't need my visa sponsored. I might ask for a living wage.
Posted by SchmuckyTheCat]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:19:03 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Central Scrutinizer]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:17:04 -0700 The Stranger Posted by TheVripper]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:14:20 -0700 The Stranger