Goldband snapper sag aloo with garam masala from Ding Dong. The piquant gravy was an appetite-whetting cross between tangy assam and powdery curry which the soft fish soaked up unreservedly. Elsewhere, the soft spinach displayed a multiculturalism Social Studies teachers would fawn over, speaking fluently in Chinese despite its Indian…
The Mannuvasanai Menu from Muthu’s Curry (Race Course Road), which pays homage to Chettinad in South India. Spiciness exists on different levels across the dishes, from non-existent (Vazhathandu Kootu or banana shoots, supposedly good for your internal pee bags) to the cumulative slow burn (Vendaikkai and Mochai Mandi or white kidney beans and…