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"Hi
Todd, Have been a fan of yours since City Paper days. But I am
sorry to say that your choice of picking Indian Restaurants - most
of them disappointing. We first drove all the way to Bombay - New
Hampshire Avenue- Disappointing! - We went to Sarvana Place -
terrible! And now the latest JOKE is that you are saying that
Masala Wok is better than Indique.
Masala Country, not Wok. And
yes, the food is more interesting and exciting than what's coming
out of the kitchen these days at Indique."
Todd Kliman@ Washingtonian
Magazine
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There's a new place opened recently in Centreville - Masala
Country. http://www.masalacountryva.com/ Looks promising..
busybee May 05, 2007 02:09PM
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Only place in the DC tri-state area
where there are so many kinds of dosas and the most extensive
Indian-Chinese menu to complement that.
- Anonyomous
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Word of Mouth ...
... It's hard for me to restrain my enthusiasm for the
two-month-old Masala Country in Centreville (6007 Centreville
Crest Lane, Centreville; 703-815-8000; www.masalacountryva.com),
the first outpost of the Indian fast-food chain in the region.
Don't turn up your nose at the designation "fast food"; nothing on
the menu at McDonald's has ever tasted as bright and pungent and
alive as even a single spoonful of Masala Country's mint chutney.
Diners accustomed to conventional tandoor and curries are in for a
surprise from the menu, which mingles Indian street snacks (the
poofy, spiced lentil-batter doughnuts called madu vada, the
steamed cakes called idly), Indian-Chinese staples (Chilly
Cauliflower, in which battered cauliflower florets are submerged
in an incendiary garlic-chili sauce, and hakka noodles) and a
fierce, cross-cultural imagination (howsabout a Mexican dosa? It's
just one of -- count 'em -- 36 varieties). This is legitimate
cooking that rivals, at its best, what you'll find at many more
tastefully appointed Indian restaurants around the area. Of
course, it beats most of them when it comes to price: The most
expensive thing on the menu is $9. ...
Todd Killman@Washingtonian
Magazine
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Hungry for something that wasn't Korean, we roamed around
Centreville until we stumbled across this new Indian restaurant.
Actually, scratch that - Indian Fusion restaurant. I'd never
heard of Indian Fusion - there was no menu on the door, but there
were a bunch of Indian people inside, so figured, "why not?".
To
the newbie at Indian Fusion, the menu is non-descriptive, to say
the least. They simply list all the products available, but don't
actually describe what they are. Some things are vaguely
familiar: "Oriental Indian Thai" includes Thai Red Curry and Thai
Panang Curry ($8). "Oriental Indian Chinese" includes 'Schezwan',
'Sweet and Sour', 'Honkong Chicken' etc ($9). Other things weren't
slightly familiar to me: Harabhara, Mysore, Paneer Oriental
Delight. Okay, so if most of that sounded vaguely familiar, but
still not very descriptive, you may understand why I was standing
there looking kinda dumb and indecisive.
The result?
I asked the cashier what his favorite was :-).
We ended up with Harabhara Masala and Chicken Oriental Delight.
OMG - YUM!!!!
I was so shocked at how yummy the food was, how cheap it was, and
how big the portions were.
I'll definitely be going back here :-).
Nat.H @ yelp.com
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