Word: vindaloo
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...menu offered favorites found in most Indian eateries in America—such as Tandoori Chicken, Lamb Vindaloo and Saag Paneer—as well as more exotic regional specialties from Banglore and Madras. Dosas—South Indian style crepes filled with rice and lentils—were also featured with stuffing ranging from potatoes and onions to barbecued lamb...
...times it's disconcerting--to feel unfamiliar in your own skin, to wake up, as I have, ensnared in a cultural Venus fly trap slowly eating away at your former self. And more unsettling than a vindaloo--fiery hot with cinnamon, cardamom, cumin and peppercorns--is the suspicion that, innocent and unaware, I was anesthetized by an urban predator, and now must lay paralyzed as the city alters my very being...
...waiter raised his eyebrows when I ordered chicken vindaloo and insisted that we wanted it hot. He demurred a little, voicing the fear that Americans couldn't handle the spicing, but then reluctantly acquiesced. The dish came as advertised, a dark brick red from the roasted chilies and very hot. Indian hot is fascinating, not hitting the top of the palate quite as directly as, say, Mexican heat, but sneaking in somehow on the oil in the dish. You take a bite and another, and then suddenly the heat rolls in, causing a grab for the water glass. I liked...
Falafel, baa ganoush, crab Rangoon, chicken vindaloo or salmon roe--you name it and the Square has got it. Ethnic food is the latest in trendy cats and its lucrative entry into one of Cambridge's more competitive districts seems to be proof of its staying power...