So in order to satisfy my eternal quest to have the best masala dosa in town, me and my roomie went to the newly opened Madurai Thattu Kadai restaurant in W Spring creek, Plano, braving the icy cold winds ravaging the barren planes of Plano.
The ambience was cowboyish with wooden benches-table and brick finished walls. You can't miss the huge posters featuring the South Indian superstars. And the overly loud songs were a bit of distraction especially when one is trying to have an intellectual conversation.
Coming to food. We ordered Masala dosa, fish fry, chicken biryani, chicken sukka and filter coffee. Its self service restaurant. (-1). Taste wise the dosa was good. Size wise, too small. The server poured the orange chutney next to the dosa and was trying to do the same with the sambar. (Can you imagine!) I had to point him, "Hey, buddy! Won't it be a good idea, to serve the sambar in a small bowl?) The bulb glowed above his head, and he promptly got me a bowl for sambar which was delicious. The orange chutney was bit low on salt. The fish Fry was bland and spiceless. The chicken biryani was passable and again he had poured the gravy next to the rice. The chicken sukka (Bits of shredded chicken stir fried with some onion) was sad to say the least. My 6 yrs old niece could have prepared that! Filter coffee was average, not worthy of a south Indian restaurant though.
Some minuses here.
Plastic cutlery -1
Self service -1
Pouring the sambar next to dosa - Double minus 1
Overall, a below average experience. On a scale of 10, I would rate it to be a 4. My roomie gives it a 3.
The ambience was cowboyish with wooden benches-table and brick finished walls. You can't miss the huge posters featuring the South Indian superstars. And the overly loud songs were a bit of distraction especially when one is trying to have an intellectual conversation.
Coming to food. We ordered Masala dosa, fish fry, chicken biryani, chicken sukka and filter coffee. Its self service restaurant. (-1). Taste wise the dosa was good. Size wise, too small. The server poured the orange chutney next to the dosa and was trying to do the same with the sambar. (Can you imagine!) I had to point him, "Hey, buddy! Won't it be a good idea, to serve the sambar in a small bowl?) The bulb glowed above his head, and he promptly got me a bowl for sambar which was delicious. The orange chutney was bit low on salt. The fish Fry was bland and spiceless. The chicken biryani was passable and again he had poured the gravy next to the rice. The chicken sukka (Bits of shredded chicken stir fried with some onion) was sad to say the least. My 6 yrs old niece could have prepared that! Filter coffee was average, not worthy of a south Indian restaurant though.
Some minuses here.
Plastic cutlery -1
Self service -1
Pouring the sambar next to dosa - Double minus 1
Overall, a below average experience. On a scale of 10, I would rate it to be a 4. My roomie gives it a 3.
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