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"Spice
Root has
broken
the mold
for
typical
Indian
restaurants
in a few
ways.
Decor?
No deep
velvet,
carpeted
walls or
faux
tapestries
with
entertaining,
bejeweled
Indian
dancers
as the
motif.
No
sculpted
brass
plaques
on the
wall
either
and --
thank
heavens
-- those
unappealing
small
diner-like
metal
serving
dishes
have
been
replaced
by
attractive
pottery
with
multicolored
concentric
circles."
"First,
I'd like
to clear
up some
misconceptions:
All
Indian
food is
not
spicy
hot. It
is as
varied
as every
other
nation's
cuisine.
India,
is,
after
all, the
seventh
largest
country
in the
world.
Spicy
(if that
means
flavorful)
yes;
hot,
no."
"A
visitor
to
Manhattan
once
asked
Madhur
Jaffrey
(whose
cookbooks
I Highly
recommend)
if she
knew of
a
restaurant
where he
could
get some
good
Indian
food.
Her
apologetic
answer
was, "I
am
afraid
there is
no place
in New
York or
anywhere
in
America
where
top-quality
Indian
food can
be found
--
except,
of
course,
in
private
Indian
homes."
Not
exactly
music to
the ears
for an
Indian
restaurateur,
but I
think
that
most of
us who
have
dined at
Spice
Root,
would
politely
disagree."
Tastes
of India
By
Leslie
Teicholz
Special
to The
Berkshire
Eagle
Wednesday,
January
22, 2003 |
