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Thursday April 5, 1990
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Add ethnic spice to your meal
!""" o you ever get the itch to be
D ethnic? If so, I've got a satis-
fying scratch to offer you. The
India Palace, on 157 East
i S Rosemary Street, offers a
wide variety of tasty Indian cuisine.
All right, so I can't pronounce
everything on the menu. I'm not an
authority on Indian food, just your
average struggling-to-find-inner-har-mony
college student who knows good
food when she tastes it, and having
consumed solid food for most of my
life, I do claim some expertise.
First, the atmosphere is excellent.
I recommend it for intimate dining,
i.e. parties of four or fewer. The lights
are dim, the tablecloths red, and the
air thick with the unmistakable aroma
of exotic Indian spices.
Start off with an appetizer (I rec
ommend the samosas), then try the
Tandoori Indian Breads. The entrees
include a variety of Tandoori spe
cials, all of which are prepared in a
large clay oven known as a tandoor.
Tandoori is barbecue Indian Style.
For vegetarians, the India Palace
offers eight different dishes of vege
tables and spices. Seafood lovers have
five distinct shrimp plates to choose
Mondy Lamb
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from and more fish dishes are com
ing soon.
At this restaurant the diner is re
sponsible for his or her own tastebuds
when ordering an entree, the diner
chooses how hot the meal is pre
pared. The choices range from mild
to hot, and every degree between.
I ordered my dinner mild, which
is a crime because the real joy of
Indian food is in the spices. In fact,
that is what makes the India Palace
so enjoyable everything I tasted
had a new and different spice. In
their quest to deep-fry everything,
Americans completely ignore their
spice cabinets. Everyone needs to
escape to Indian food to remember
they are actually able to taste such a
variety of things.
The prices seem moderately high,
but I am a starving college student
and, as my roommate said, it is good
food the moral of this story being:
this ain't no Taco Bell and if you
want good food (no slight to the 49
cent taco) you are going to have to
pay for it.
The India Palace was opened in
October of '89 by Indian-born Par
amjit Singh. Two Indian chefs are
responsible for the authentic meals.
The India Palace is open seven days
a week with a daily lunch buffet; lunch
is served 11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m. Dinner
is served 5-10 p.m. during the week
and 5-10:30 p.m. on weekends.
When you are tired of cafeteria
food, couldn't possibly stomach an
other comdog and are willing to spend
a little extra money, then the India
Palace will provide an exotic and
refreshing change.
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Our Italian and Chinese Chefs are arguing. . .
Can you help?
Chef Giovanni from Florence. Italy, insists that his Polio Alia
Sorrentina sauteed with eggplant, prosciutto & spinach in a
red sauce then topped with mozzerella cheese is the best
Italian dish in the Triangle area!
However, our Chinese Chef Simon Chan thinks his General
Tao s Chicken looks, tastes &) smells just as good!
Chef Giovanni interrupts to add that his Gamberi Creole, which is created with fresh
clams, shrimp, prosciutto. sauteed with onion, green peppers and mushrooms over
a bed of rice, is delicious as well as the best value in town at only $1 0.95!
Chef Chan disagrees! He favors the Seafood Basket which has lobster meat, large
shrimp, scallops e) king crab meat. This dish is served with crispy vegetables in a
unique potato basket and Chef Chan insists it is the freshest seafood dish ever created!
Whose dish is best is debatable, but the fact that these are the best
Italian & Chinese Chefs in town is certain!
At Marco Polo, we are committed to have good food and good
service Ask some of your friends who have been in Marco
Polo and they'll tell you we are totally dedicated to good food
in our 1 00 item menu I guarantee that you'll he pleased
with our cuisines form the different countries of the world
Let us host your next party in our beautiful formal China Room. Beginning with cocktails, appetizers
and finish with a sit down dinner.
Please Bring Your Friends for a Lavish International Sunday Buffet
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Prime Rib " Shrimo Vegetables
Curried Chicken
Six fresh & mixed salads
Chicken Picante
Spring Rolls
Beef Broccoli
Shrimp Cocktail
Fresh fruit & dessert
All You Can Eat $8.95
children under 10 half-price
Lunch: 11:30-2:30 (except Sat.)
Sunday International Luncheon Buffet 11:30-2:30
Dinner: 5:00-9:30 (Sun. - Thurs.)
Weekends: 5:00-11:00
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