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lewlkewl t1_j6c18cf wrote

Reply to comment by Peaches4Puppies in A Waltham taqueria ranked among Yelp's top 100 restaurants in America by parrano357

I'm indian, and we have a lot of indians here, but the indian food here is also average at best. It doesn't hold a candle to anything you'll find in NYC,NJ,Chicago,Houston and a bunch of places in cali. Imo, in terms of ethnic food, the best thing Boston does is Thai. Even the average thai food in boston is as good as some of the best places in the cities i mentioned. There's also tons of great options outside of Boston too

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Hi_Jynx t1_j6eczch wrote

All that tells me though is that Indian food must be to die for in NYC because I feel like even our apparently shitty Indian food is still pretty delicious.

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lewlkewl t1_j6kevje wrote

I'm not saying it's shitty, just not nearly as good as those places. The issue with around here is you get very basic indian cuisine, basically the equivalent of "american" indian food. There aren't a lot of authentic places around here.

I still go to these indian restaurants, so im not telling people to avoid them haha.

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Repulsive-Bend8283 t1_j6ec49c wrote

Have you been to the Indian restaurants in Norwood? My only basis to judge is what I enjoyed, and I 've had some good meals down there.

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gunnersaurus95 t1_j6cz0u1 wrote

Any good Indian spots you'd recommend?

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lewlkewl t1_j6kf4x0 wrote

Imo the one thing we do well here is vegetarian. Honest up in Lowell is pretty good, i don't mind dosa n curry, and mahraja isn't bad either (although haven't been a fan post covid). There used to be a few amazing dosa places near central MA, but unfortunately they shut down during covid

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SomePolack t1_j6dffi9 wrote

+1 to amazing Thai food! So many options here.

Other ethnic foods are very lacking, even the Polish food :/

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Ohkaz42069 t1_j6dwihv wrote

There's some decent Pakistani food though. See Dabar and Manosalwa.

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lewlkewl t1_j6dxw3o wrote

Decent is definitely the way I'd describe those haha. As I said , the places I mentioned are just so far and beyond have better offerings. Manosalwa I'm definitely sick of tho cuz every Pakistani wedding ive been too in the past 5 years caters from them haha

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Ohkaz42069 t1_j6dzfo6 wrote

Definitely agree. I lived in NYC for 10 years and have spent a lot of time in Houston and Chicago. Funny enough, the best desi food I've ever had is in Kenya =).

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StudioBrighton t1_j6iwnr2 wrote

Really? Thai? I've been mostly EH on all the Thai places I've been to, except one on Boylston Street that closed.

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lewlkewl t1_j6keg0o wrote

I like cha yen in watertown, brown sugar on comm ave, kala thai in haymarket, rod d next to fenway. There are more but those are just the ones i've had more recently, and imo each one is good at something different. I actually live closer to central MA, and even there there are a lot of great options.

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