That sign was there just like that like 30 years ago
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I have an Indian grocery owner (as in nearly 100% of his stock is imported from India) here who does basically the same thing.
His number is on the door. If you come during business hours and it’s closed, it’s because he went home to hang out with his wife while she makes hot meals to sell at the store for lunch and dinner. They live just down the block. If you call he’ll be there in under 5 min.
It’s fine, if I owned a place that didn’t get a lot of traffic during the day, I’d probably do the same thing. He’s always around in the afternoon when people are actually likely to show up, and most of his customers are people from his community that he knows personally, so it seems to work for him.
How are the wife's meals?
You know, I’ve never actually bought one, so I don’t know yet. It’s in a location I usually only get to around noon (how I know about his going home), and I typically only eat in the late afternoon/evening, so it just hasn’t really lined up, but I should get one to have later one day. Maybe I’ll do that Wednesday since I have an appointment in the area. Could use more bulk spices and lychee candies anyway :)
Indian food is amazing
Hard agree there. I recently tried palak paneer for the first time, and while it looks truly horrific, it tasted lovely :)
I'm not an expert or anything, so I'll be basic and say I usually get tikka masala. I like getting it extra spicy though. It's not good unless your scalp is sweating lol.
I do really like chana masala as well. And I haven't had palak, but I've had saag paneer which was good. They seem similar according to google.
I’ve had saag paneer as well, also looks horrific but goes beautifully with coconut rice.
Palak paneer was spicier, but largely similar taste profile, yeah. I’m not super into really hot food all the time, I like it sometimes, but typically I’d like to get through more than a couple bites before I have to stop, and I’m a bit of a wuss unless I’m in the mood for it, so the paneers and stuff have been good. I’m also a fan of a good goat vindaloo, and really I’ll try just about anything.
I just learned the other day that masalas are spice blends that form the backbone of a dish’s flavor profile. I was under the impression that it was a preparation or something, what with it being in the name of so many dishes, but no. And there are many many many kinds of masala, grouped by region, sort of a family recipe sort of thing, which is really neat.
Yeah, I made butter chicken once from a recipe I got online, and had to buy a packet of garam masala (still sitting in my cabinet lol).
Turned out great actually