of mojitos and other madness: the place for hot gossip!

it has been a good 4 years (or more come to think of it!) since i last step foot into chat masala for dinner. little has changed...the decos the same, the place still abuzz with a quiet hum with all tables (both inside and out) full and yes...most importantly, the food is stil awesome.

indian food to me is simple...just bring on the hot garlic naans and curries, no need for the briyanis and tandooris. thankfully g's more or less on the same page on this one as me (*grin*) so dinner was simple... one order of palek paneer (cottage cheese in screamed pinach sauce), one order of mutton curry and one order of spicy butter chicken. we first started out with one garlic naan each and when the curries came, i thought hey...no problem! we should be able to finish it.

4 naans later....we did finish it...pretty much to the last drop!

the paneer was good, not overly rich with just the right mix of cream, spinach and cottage cheese. it was a toss up between the paneer and the mutton curry for me, if i was to name favourites... just because the mutton was extremely tender (no muttony smells) and curry, truly flavourful. solution to the favourite isssues? combination dip of the naan in both! laced with the fresh garlic coating the hot crispy naan breads, power! nt to discredit the butter chicken...if you like the rich cream based curry...you will without a doubt fall in love with chat masala's version. everything is just so good that no matter how stuffed you are, you will reach out and ask for more of those naans, just to get that bit more curry off the bowl!