phood adventures

get your own plates here

last night, chris and i met a friend of his (who is from bangladesh) for dinner. we went to pakwan, which is a no-frills pakistani/indian restaurant. wow.

it smelled great when we walked in. when you get there, you order (we ordered eggplant bharta, lamb kabob, chicken tikka masala, regular AND garlick naan), you get your settings (we got our own dishes, silverware, our own caraffes of water) get any mini sidedishes (they had lime juice sliced onions, mint sauces and tamarind sauces used mostly for samosas), set up your table and then wait until your number is called. people even bring their own beer cans in brown paperbags!

the phood

• we had to wait a while until everythign was ready for, but when we finally got the food and it was amazing. the tikka masala chicken tasted like it was a creamy korma sauce, with a hint of chipotle in there. now that sounds like something i should try next time i make chicken korma, to give more of a fusion twist to this indian favorite. why hadn’t i thought of that already?


• the eggplant bharta had peas in it and was mashed up. you couldn’t see the eggplant slices in there, but it was still tasty. a tiny bit spicy, so even better.


• the kabobs were lamb. i am not one for lamb, but i didn’t have any problems eating it. very yummy. the kabobs had roughly chopped cilantro and some onions slices for decoration.


• the naan had been made fresh in the restaurant’s tandoori oven, where the kabobs had also been made. they were both delicious, except the garlick naan were just fabulous. what can i say, i’m biased

i would definitely go back to this place, in fact, recommend it to anyone who is ever in san francisco. sure, this place is more of a self serve sort of place, but it’s well worth it. unfortunately, since i hadn’t really eaten all day it seemed that we didn’t order enough for me to have my fill.

next time i go, i am going to have to order samosas!