If Marx and Engels were to rewrite The Communist Manifesto, they’d probably pen it this way: A spectre is haunting Edison – the spectre of Biryani. All the powers of Edison have entered into a holy alliance to expropriate this spectre: Punjabis and Telugus, Pakistanis and Delhites, Afghanis, Tamils and Gujaratis. Never in the history […]
We bet you haven’t seen anything like this, not even in Incredible India. Bizarre, indeed. Curry Holes on Oak Tree Road On a short, four-mile stretch of Oak Tree Road that runs through the New Jersey towns of Iselin and Edison in Middlesex County, there are now 56 Indian restaurants. Yes, schmucks. We said 56. […]
After the great New Jersey Samosa lawsuit, the stage is now set for the Mother of All Biryani Battles. Big Indian legal fights in the U.S. are all about life-changing things like Samosas, Biryanis and, who knows, maybe in the future, even Gulab Jamuns and Jalebis. 😉 No kidding, guys. And the venue for the […]
Oh Baby, Oh Baby! Besides sending us into an orgasmic swoon, Dakshin Express on Oak Tree Road in Edison (NJ) evoked nostalgic memories of that incredible shithole. Which shithole, you ask? India, of course. 😉 The vaguely human-looking waiters at Dakshin Express look like they’ve just escaped their cages from the nearest zoo and the […]
(For SI Blog Reader and ardent Kamal Haasan fan prasath.j) There was a time, really, when Ulaga Nayagan Kamal Haasan attracted crowds for his movies. Even in America, Tamil movie fans lined up to watch Kamal’s movies. We still remember going to Clearview Cinemas (now Anil Ambani’s Movie City) on Oak Tree Road, Edison (NJ) […]
Update -Tawa is Closed Eureka, after a long while we can rhapsodize about a New Jersey Indian restaurant that pampers battle-hardened desi palates rather than punishing them with effete curries. Folks, Tawa at 1357 Stelton Road in Piscataway (NJ) is da place for fans of our non pareil Indian cuisine. With curries that sing with […]