The beautiful colors of the sari shops on 74th street, Jackson Heights.
I wanted to head to Jackson Heights after work because I needed last minute goodies for the curry banquet that night. We headed straight to Patel Brothers, which is an Indian grocery super-store. It has literally everything you could ever imagine you'd need for curry night!
whole wall full of dhal (lentils)
and rice!
I picked up some paneer, poppadums, naan (packaged) for impromptu curry nights, and a couple of condiment bowls for the chutney!
On the way to get some fresh naan and samosas, we did some more window shopping. Check out the bling, Bollywood-style.
We finally got to a nearby restaurant to get some takeout naan and samosas for our dinner.
The lovely man at the restaurant let me take a shot of him. Here is retrieving some naan from the tandoori. The procedure, I observed, was to take that dough to his left, dimple it a bit, put it on that white spongy thing in front of him, and use it as a sort of mit to stick it into the oven. Then he would retrieve the cooked naan with that stick. The result is a lovely, fluffy, and warm piece of perfection!
We got back on the F with bags in tow to get home and start cooking!
2 comments:
oh wow! Wish there was a Patel Brothers store here - I want to go and browse there NOW!
Me, too! All those beautiful saris! And now I'm hungry.
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