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Best Indian
India Oven
READERS' PICK: India Oven seats several dozen diners, but the waitstaff has a winning way of making each of them feel as if he or she were the sole patron. That courtesy and attention to detail exactly matches India Oven's range of carefully prepared dishes, from vegetarian delights like tandoor-roasted eggplant to carnivore-pleasers beef vindaloo and tikka masala. Open every day, the restaurant boasts a big lunch buffet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., populated with several meat and vegetable courses, naan bread, basmati rice and samosas. Nirvana awaits.
READERS' POLL RUNNER-UP: New Delhi Palace, 6751 E. Broadway.
A perennial favorite of Tucson's Indian-food lovers, the New
Delhi Palace never fails to delight and entice. Owned and
operated by the Kangara family, the restaurant offers a full range
of Indian favorites, from tandoori meats and seafood, rich and
aromatic curries, cool cucumber raita, crispy samosas, saffron-flecked
basmati rice, and a trio of chutneys that glisten like jewels,
to sweet gulab jamun and the coolest, creamiest rice pudding in
town. The Indian breads accompanying your meal may include naan,
which can be flavored with garlic if you like, and crispy pappadum,
a lentil flour wafer that is surprisingly and pleasingly spicy.
If it's Indian beer you crave, a Taj Mahal, which comes in its
wine-bottle-sized vessel, will be brought to your table along
with the frostiest mugs we've seen since A&W had stands around
Arizona. Upon entering the slightly dark and very exotic dining
room, you just may feel like you've made the passage to India
without ever having to show your passport.
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