Halal Chinese

This is a 3.5 rounded up.  We had a party of four on a moderately busy Saturday night with a couple of large parties.  We got the Veggie Sampler appetizer, and Goat Bhuna, Chicken Tikka, Chicken Khofta and Sesame Chicken for mains.  Had some garlic and regular naan to go with it.

The food was all around good.  The veggie sampler appetizer had samosas, paneers, and vegetable pakora, all of which were really well done.  

I haven't had goat at very many places, and usually it's kind of tough, but not here.  The flavor of the Bhuna sauce was amazing.  If you like umami this is your dish.  They offer spiciness on a scale of 1-10--I had it at a lower spice level (4) so it's like the best brown gravy you've ever had.  One caveat--the dish advertises boneless lamb so I thought the goat would be boneless but it was on the bone.  Not unusual for Indian food but something to keep in mind.

The other dishes we ordered spicier (6).  The Chicken Khofta was OK, the dumpling texture was a little squishy but the sauce was good.  The Chicken Tikka and Sesame Chicken came out quite spicy, just as ordered.  The flavor of both dishes was marvelous, great depth.  Chicken Tikka was slightly dry but really not bad at all.  

The food was great, but on this evening the service was glacial and that put a bit of a damper on the enjoyment.  The staff was very polite but pretty overwhelmed.  I guess that does not always happen but it would be good to be prepared to wait.

They have a single very large restroom which was clean and ready when I was there.  The furniture is nice and somewhat fancy but no decoration in the dining area.  The TVs were not playing anything so it was a good place to talk.  Can absolutely recommend it for the food.

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