India Curry House, Arlington, Va.

My friend Bruce is in town this week to personally investigate the American history he studies and teaches up in Canada. Thursday evening, Bruce came to Matt's and my office, and we went out for dinner in Clarendon. After walking up and down the streets perusing menus at various restaurants, Bruce decided that we should go to India Curry House. We've been here multiple times in the past, but always for lunch and their very reasonable and good lunch buffet, so this was my first time to order from the menu.

We started with vegetable pakora as an appetizer. Pakora are pieces of vegetables that are dipped in a batter made from a type of dried chickpea (garbanzos) flour, then deep-fried. Meanwhile, Bruce sipped on some fresh mango juice and Matt and I tried two of their Indian beers.




For our main course, we agreed to share entrees. We got a nice lamb korma (almonds and cream sauce), some spicy chicken saag (with spinach), and a chickpea and potato dish called channa masala (tomato sauce). Basmati rice came with the meal. We also ordered and shared some garlic naan and whole wheat roti breads. These are all pretty standard Indian entrees, but I thought they did them well.





After dinner, we were sitting around chatting a bit, and the manager brought us a complimentary dish of kulfi, the traditional Indian "ice cream." This one was flavored with mango and chopped pistachio nuts.

Oh, here's Bruce's Kody Pose for the evening.