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New York City: Sapphire

Location:

1845 Broadway, New York, NY

www.sapphireny.com

After taking in the last runway show at NYFW one evening, I was in the mood for Indian food. We ended up at Sapphire which is near the Lincoln Center and across from Central Park. 

The piping hot peshwari naan is, hands down, the best I've ever had! Our food was served onto our plates. The salmon was marinated and flavourful. And our request for less mutter (peas) and more aloo (potatoes) in the aloo gobi mutter dish was in fact, granted and well-executed. 

Everything was incredible! We literally cleaned up every dish to the last morsel. 

We were so content with our meal that we went over to thank the gentleman at the front and tell him that we thoroughly enjoyed our meal. He ended up being the owner, Satish Arora, who then very graciously offered us drinks and desserts at the bar. We obliged and was amazed when we saw a bottle of Crown Royale in his name! 

We had a wonderful time chatting with Satish about his life in NYC and also found some common links of his in Toronto. The decor is all authentic and brought over from India and the restaurant is very popular with celebrities as well.

Thank you for showing us a delightful time Satish, we look forward to coming back soon! 

Sapphire on Urbanspoon

tags: Indian, Roti, birayni, iindian food, kashmiri naan, naan, nyc, nyc indian, peshwari naan, salmon, sapphire nyc, seafood
categories: Indian, New York City, Spicy, Travel
Monday 03.05.12
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 4
 

Amaya Express

Location:

1574 Bayview Avenue, Toronto

The "real" Amaya was closed for lunch and only opened at 5pm so we went express!

Looking like a somewhat modern-retro (isn't that an oxymoron?) cafeteria, we were the only group sitting inside the restaurant; the rest were outdoors on the patio.  We felt like we had the whole place to ourselves! Our server was quick to take our orders and ORDER WE DID!

Spicy Fries:

Mango Lassi:




Lamb Biryani

Sweet and Sour Eggplant


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Malai Fish

Chicken Vindaloo


Amaya Prawns

 


Roti


Naan




I was in the company of like-minded gourmands (including A&M who we met back in my "SAD" King review) and we all agreed that the dishes were excellent in flavour and presentation.  Those spicy fries were a highlight and are only superseded by the ones had at Haldirams in Delhi!

Amaya Express on Urbanspoon

tags: Amaya, Foodhogger, Roti, amaya express, amaya indian, amaya toronto, lamb biryani, malai fish, mango lassi, naan, spicy fries, spicy fries toronto
categories: Dinner, Fish, Indian, Lunch, Seafood, Toronto, Uncategorized
Wednesday 09.01.10
Posted by Smita Jacob
Comments: 1