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Remember Madras Cafe on Second Avenue in East Village area of NYC?
Madras Cafe (bet E 5th & E 6th St) was primarily a South Indian vegetarian restaurant with a few North Indian curries on its menu.
But the South Indian vegetarian restaurant positioning couldn’t save it.
No Sir, No.
Madras Cafe has been gone for more than a year now.
Does anyone even miss it?
Madras Cafe – Gone Baby, Gone
By the way, here’s an excerpt from our review of Madras Cafe: Continue reading »
Vexed with seeing 43 Violation Points for Brick Lane on East 6th St, Rats, Mice, Food Contamination issues at Chola NYC or for that matter 39 violation points for Copper Chimney on E. 28th St?
So are we. So are we.
But despair not.
The hygiene picture is not all gloomy with Indian restaurants in NYC.
For instance, Tabla Indian restaurant located at 11 Madison Ave in Manhattan has been issued A Grade by the New York City Health Department on September, 20 2010 based on the health inspection conducted on August 26, 2010.
Though Tabla scored A Grade, it still received 10 violation points and here are some of the hygiene issues identified by NYC Health Dept. (Critical Violations in red color):
*1)Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage-associated (FRSA) flies present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas. Filth flies include house flies, little house flies, blow flies, bottle flies and flesh flies. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. Continue reading »
Just a few short months ago, your favorite blog SearchIndia.com got one helluva orgasm after a meal at South Indian vegetarian restaurant Saravanaas a.k.a Saravanaa Bhavan on Lexington Ave in New York City.
It looks like we were not the only ones to get a mind-blowing, body rippling orgasm from the food at Saravanaas NYC.
Honor for Saravanaas
Today, the prestigious Michelin restaurant guide put out a statement confirming what the wise souls at SI said several months ago i.e. that Saravanaas is a divine place for Indian vegetarian food in New York City.
Guys, if you are looking for the specifics here it is: Saravanaas continues to retain its place in the Michelin Guide New York City 2011′s Bib Gourmand category.
Saravanaas: A Michelin Favorite
Read the full story at SearchIndia.com
If there’s one NYC Indian restaurant that deserves the epithet of shit-hole, it’s Satinder Sharma’s Brick Lane Curry House on E.6th St. in the East Village in Manhattan for its unhygienic conditions.
The restaurant often fares poorly in the NYC Health Department’s inspections.
In three out of the last four NYC inspections, this Indian restaurant has received a miserable 38 or more violation points.
Of late, the hygiene picture at Brick Lane Curry House has worsened with the restaurant receiving 49 and 43 points in two consecutive health inspections.
Whopping violation points received by Brick Lane Curry lately:
Sep 23, 2010 – 43 Violation Points
Aug 9, 2010 – 49 Violation Points
What a disgrace.
Brick Lane (E.6th St) - An Unhygienic Shit-Hole
Rats, Roaches, Horrible Scene
Some of the hygiene issues at Brick Lane Curry identified by the NYC Health Department in their last two inspections (September 23, 2010 and August 9, 2010) include:
* Live roaches in the facility’s food and/or non-food areas
* Evidence of rats or live rats present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas
* Facility is not vermin proof
* No facilities available to wash, rinse and sanitize utensils and/or equipment
* Hot food item not held at or above 140º F
* Hand washing facility not provided in or near food preparation area and toilet room
* Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan
Folks, we don’t know about you but we’d think twice, even thrice, before dining at Indian restaurants like Brick Lane Curry that are so careless about hygiene in their premises.
Hello, does anyone now remember Indo Munch on Lexington Avenue in the Murray Hill area of NYC?
Indo Munch (bet 31 & 32 St) was an Indian Chinese restaurant set up by Dinu Mullolli, an ambitious young fella from the South Indian state of Kerala.
With its Indian Chinese cuisine positioning, Indo Munch’s menu included items like Salt & Pepper Gobi, Vegetable Manchurian, Egg-Vegetable Fried Rice, Chilli Vegetable Noodles, Chicken in Hot Garlic, et al.
Initially, the restaurant on Lexington Ave was only a la carte affair. Maybe that wasn’t enough to attract the crowds because Mullolli’s Indo Munch went the buffet route later.
But the restaurant still didn’t last long.
No Sir No. Mullolli pulled the shutters on Indo Munch and started an Indian vegetarian restaurant called Yogi’s Kitchen in the same location.
Indo Munch has been gone for more than a year now.
Does anyone even miss it?
Indo Munch – Gone Baby, Gone
By the way, here’s an excerpt from our review of Indo Munch:
Remind us to buy a hearing aid for our deaf waiter at Indo Munch.
Or maybe we should reserve our contempt for the restaurant’s inconsiderate chef. Continue reading »
Copper Chimney Indian restaurant is slipping on hygiene.
Slipping badly, folks.
A recent inspection by the New York City Health Department found raw, cooked or prepared food at Copper Chimney on E.28th St and Lexington Avenue in New York City to be adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
Besides the food adulteration issues, the NYC Health Dept. inspection report of September 17, 2010 also cites inadequate personal cleanliness, outer garment soiled with possible contaminant and effective hair restraint not worn in an area where food is prepared.
Copper Chimney – Poor Hygiene
Copper Chimney located at 128 E 28 St at Lexington Ave in Curry Hill area of NYC received a whopping 39 Violation Points in its September 17, 2010 NYC health inspection.
Sanitary Violations observed at Copper Chimney during the September 17, 2010 inspection:
(Critical Violations in red color):
*1) Cold food item held above 41º F (smoked fish and reduced oxygen packaged foods above 38 ºF) except during necessary preparation.
2) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
3) Appropriately scaled metal stem-type thermometer or thermocouple not provided or used to evaluate temperatures of potentially hazardous foods during cooking, cooling, reheating and holding.
4) Personal cleanliness inadequate. Outer garment soiled with possible contaminant. Continue reading »
Little Thai Kitchen (231 E 53rd St, NYC) owned by Bollywood Actor Shiva Natarajan continues to be plagued by live roaches and plumbing issues.
Live Roaches at Little Thai Kitchen NYC, Again
For the second time in a row, in its inspection of this Midtown East Manhattan restaurant on September 1, 2010 the New York City Health Department has cited:
Live roaches present in facility’s food and/or non-food areas.
Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
As if live roaches in facility’s food and/or non-food areas and plumbing issues are not bad enough, the NYC Health Inspection report of September 1, 2010 also pulled up Little Thai Kitchen on the grounds that the food is not protected from potential source of contamination Continue reading »
Remember Masala Bollywood, the Indian restaurant on Lexington Avenue in the Curry Hill area of NYC with all those pictures of Bollywood stars festooned in the dining area as well as the rest rooms?
Masala Bollywood (located next to Pongal) had on its menu entrees like Big B’s Vegetable Tandoori, SRK’s Tandoori Chicken, Devgan’s Chicken Tikka, Sholay Lamb Vindaloo, Mangal Pandey Channa Masala, Rang De Basanti Dal Makhani, Bluff Master Chilli Potatoes, Hera Pheri Paneer Dosa etc etc.
Masala Bollywood – Gone Baby, Gone
Alas, neither SRK nor Amitabh Bachchan could save Masala Bollywood. Continue reading »
While the big-name Indian restaurants in NYC like Chola fare very poorly on the hygiene front, lesser-known names like Gandhi on E.6th St and Desi Deli Punjabi Dhaba on 10th Ave have scored A grade in the New York City Health Department inspection recently.
Here’s the Sep. 1, 2010 sanitary Inspection Report for Gandhi (Critical violations marked by Health Dept. in Red color):
Violation Points: 9
1) Raw, cooked or prepared food is adulterated, contaminated, cross-contaminated, or not discarded in accordance with HACCP plan.
2) Non-food contact surface improperly constructed. Unacceptable material used. Non-food contact surface or equipment improperly maintained and/or not properly sealed, raised, spaced or movable to allow accessibility for cleaning on all sides, above and underneath the unit.
Now here’s the August 27, 2010 sanitary Inspection Report for Desi Deli Punjabi Dhaba (Critical violations marked by Health Dept. in Red color): Continue reading »
What: Discussion with Author Gurcharan Das
When: September 30, 2010 from 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Where: Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Contact: 212-288-6400
