Comments on: $20 Fancy Indian Buffet Food, For Under $10 at Utsav

By: paneer junkie

paneer junkie — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:01:27 +0000

A note to those who eat late lunches, like me: the downstairs buffet is only open until 2pm. I showed up at 2:15 – the nice gentleman took pity on me and brought me the goods from upstairs, but I wouldn’t count on him to do it again.

I was looking especially pathetic – besides the cold wet day, Minar was closed! for the day due to a gas problem. I couldn’t decide whether to go on a Godzilla-style rampage or curl up on the sidewalk and die. I wasn’t the only one either – when I was walking back from Utsav I counted three more hollow-eyed paneer junkies lingering around the sign in a stunned trance. The sign said something about their other location on 53rd (54th?), but that is not good enough. They need multiple redundant backups, on-site, or there will be naan riots.

By: Eaterer Explorer

Eaterer Explorer — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 19:03:07 +0000

Someone start something like this for the Bay area please. The closest I came to food reviews is this place called http://www.e4d5.com/
Don’t go by the interface which looks like a child of three doodled, and did not do good.
And now I am hungry..

By: chowsue

chowsue — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:17:01 +0000

thanks again! This is across the street so a quick option today. Just what I needed with the chemical explosion in our building on the 45th floor delaying building entry today at lunchtime.
It was delicious. I got the veggie option. It was a lot of food for $8-something including tax.

This is a wonderful little secret. Noone was at the lunch-to-go counter. Same food as the pricey restaurant upstairs, but quicker, cheaper. Cool.

By: DP

DP — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:20:51 +0000

Thanks for the tip! I thought that the takeout was too much food also! Great nan and saag, and a delicious chicken dish that the takeout guy made me take over my usual lamb. I just started working in Times Square and it was nice to know its not a culinary wasteland. Keep up the great work Zach!

By: JacksonH

JacksonH — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:56:13 +0000

“I’m ashamed of you Zack. You could have forced down that last tender lamb.”

Criminal, ain’t it?

“A lot of Indian restos these days are putting chick peas in their saag instead of paneer.”

That’s fine by me. No me gusta el paneer.

By: sze

sze — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:24:37 +0000

I was wondered what that mini buffet thing on the first floor was. I always eat on the second floor for the real buffet. Also isnt that Peruvian place just two blocks away?

By: Rudy McBagel

Rudy McBagel — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:27:23 +0000

People say Heather Mills/Mcartney is unbalanced.

Paul says this can easily be resoved by unscrewing her leg a few turns.

Sorry, had no sheep jokes….well apart from those involving the welsh…. and im in enough bloody trouble.

By: Crackhead

Crackhead — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:56:25 +0000

Got it today. Delicious! Saag paneer today, though it doesn’t have a whole lot of cheese, and also has corn in it. The chicken tikka masala is wonderful, as is the dal.

By: Mala

Mala — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:55:57 +0000

Vishal – How dumb does one have to be to mistake chickpeas for paneer? I mean, wouldn’t that make you feel…sheepish?

By: kt

kt — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:35:49 +0000

As word gets out on this they are going to have a real problem – that setup isn’t going to be able to handle many people! Can you delete the post now that I know about it?