Tamil Nadu Bhavan

5

Also known as Dosa Hut - which is a bit confusing. I suppose it's easier just to call it Dosa Hut.  Dare I say that this place is better than Saravanaas, which gets all the press? The nice thing was that we didn't have to wait in any sort of line, and we had the whole back corner of the restaurant to ourselves. I don't expect much in the way of decor at Indian restaurants, but this one was pretty weird. there's a strange indoor awning on the walls covered with fake grass that you'd expect on a hula skirt and random fake flowers inserted here and there.

So of course we focused on ordering the namesake of the restaurant, and we were not disappointed. There were numerous kinds of dosas, with as many kinds of fillings as you could imagine. My dosa was crispy and spicy, with just the right hits of cilantro and chile in every bite. The inside was coated with a dry spicy chile powder and was filled with onions. Wayne ordered the paneer masala dosa, it had a mysterious spicy pungent flavor that I couldn't identify but was completely addictive. Jen ordered the thali, it included an iddly, a vada, a dosa and an uttapam. By far way too much food.  The three chutneys - coconut, some kind of red chutney, and a cilantro chutney were the perfect accompaniments. The portion was so huge though that I couldn't finish it, so I had plenty of leftovers to bring home.

Definitely a place to go for a cheap bite that fills you up.