Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thaths]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:44 AM Thaths  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've
> been thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food,
>


Over the last weekend I had the chance to visit one of these Indo-Mexican
fusion restaurant: Indimex in Greenslopes near Brisbane. It was not bad at
all. The owner apparently used to chef at a Japanese restaurant in Japan.

I also managed to convince two dinner companions who were initially
doubtful about the possibilities of Indo-Mex cuisine.

Thaths

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Zaheda Bhorat]

Hello Thaths,
Avatars is my favorite restaurant in the Bay Area. I'll make a trip to
Sausalito especially to eat there. The food is wonderful, they call it
Marindian :-)
The enchiladas are my favorite, covered in a tamarind and yoghurt sauce. A
wonderful blend of Mexican/Indian food.
You can sit close to the kitchen and watch them cook.
And the owner, Ashok is a great host.  He will remember your name the next
time you visit and what you ate and recommend something off menu if
needed to cater for dietary needs.
I'll be back in the Bay Area in January, we'll have to go then, if you're
around.

Zaheda

On Wednesday, October 21, 2015, Thaths  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food, but
> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>
> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>
> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>
> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>
> Uppuma made with masa harina
>
> ...
>
> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
>
> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Pranesh Prakash]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Vinayak Hegde  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko 
> wrote:
> > Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> > Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> > I'd like to fix that.
> >
> > -- b
>
> I like the Nachos bowl at California Burritos[1] (as much as I hate
> recommending a chain, I found them closest to Mexican or rather
> Yucatean food that I had in Mexico). Their guacamole was pretty good.
> Habanero was overpriced and extremely disappointing
>

+1 to both points.  Also, while I thought the fare in Chinita's was tasty,
it didn't really resemble the flavours of the American-Mexican food I've
had in the U.S. (having never travelled to Mexico myself) in San Francisco
or New Haven (which has a great, albeit grotty-looking, joint called La
Carreta on State Street).

In California Burritos, they have this unpleasant habit of passing off
something not made of corn as tortilla chips unless you ask for the "corn
chips" instead (in which case they charge you extra).

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Charanya Chidambaram]

On 21 October 2015 at 18:56, Naresh  wrote:

> Charanya yu lead! Numa /cobalt venue! New space ready early December
>
> Naresh Narasimhan
> Sent from my Phone
>
>
​happy to :)

Give me a few days and I'll have the thread up and running on our fb group
to get this going! ​

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Charles Haynes]

You and I should do a Mexican-Indian fusion dinner some time. I'll probably
be in Sydney sometime in the next month or so, or next time you're in
Melbourne...

-- Charles

On 21 October 2015 at 18:07, Thaths  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:02 PM Thaths  wrote:
>
> > These days my culinary skills are put to simple pursuits of feeding
> > friends and family.
> >
> >
> Also, what passes for Mexican food in Sydney sucks. So I have mostly been
> making my own sauces, salsas and dishes.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Preetha Chari-Srinivas]

Unamas is a great restaurant - do check out their beans bowl without the
burrito - spicy but worth giving it a shot!
-Preetha.
On Oct 21, 2015 6:14 AM, "Thaths"  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food, but
> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>
> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>
> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>
> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>
> Uppuma made with masa harina
>
> ...
>
> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
>
> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Charanya Chidambaram]

So much potential for experimentation! :)
I would love to try my hand at some of these and come up with some good
recipes.

Perhaps a dinner soon around this theme?

I have been to both Habanero and Chinita and both are far from being
authentic.

On 21 October 2015 at 06:14, Thaths  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food, but
> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>
> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>
> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>
> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>
> Uppuma made with masa harina
>
> ...
>
> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
>
> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thejaswi Udupa]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Thaths  wrote:

> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream


Toit has this Mexican Bhel thing, which is essentially a bowl of nachos
with some jalapenos and sauces mixed together like it were Bhel Puri.

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thaths]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:56 PM Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> Thaths, is this the latest iteration of your plan to start a restaurant?
>

Heh! I've given up on the restaurant idea. Though I do get the urge from
time to time. I gave up on being a restauranteur when I realized that
starting one means that I am signing up for 2-3 years of working 6 days a
week for almost no pay with no possibility of a vacation and having to
solve staff problems daily. And at the end of it there is a 15-20% chance
of being successful.

These days my culinary skills are put to simple pursuits of feeding friends
and family.

Thaths

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thaths]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 5:53 PM Charanya Chidambaram <
charanya.chidamba...@gmail.com> wrote:

> So much potential for experimentation! :)
> I would love to try my hand at some of these and come up with some good
> recipes.
>
> Perhaps a dinner soon around this theme?
>

A silk list culinary meetup does sound tempting. Maybe the next time I
visit Bangalore.

Thaths



>
> I have been to both Habanero and Chinita and both are far from being
> authentic.
>
> On 21 October 2015 at 06:14, Thaths  wrote:
>
> > Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've
> been
> > thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
> >  of 
> restaurants
> >  around the world that serve this food, but
> > I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> > Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> > Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> > (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea).
> I
> > was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
> >
> > Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
> >
> > Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
> >
> > Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
> >
> > Uppuma made with masa harina
> >
> > ...
> >
> > What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
> >
> > Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
> >
> > Thaths
> >
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thaths]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:02 PM Thaths  wrote:

> These days my culinary skills are put to simple pursuits of feeding
> friends and family.
>
>
Also, what passes for Mexican food in Sydney sucks. So I have mostly been
making my own sauces, salsas and dishes.

Thaths

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Venkatesh Hariharan]

In Mumbai, Sanchos is my favorite, closely followed by Quattro. Both these
places use fresh ingredients, making the meal an absolute delight. I can't
comment on authenticity though because I have no idea of what authentic
Mexican food tastes like.

Venky

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:37 PM Thaths  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 6:02 PM Thaths  wrote:
>
> > These days my culinary skills are put to simple pursuits of feeding
> > friends and family.
> >
> >
> Also, what passes for Mexican food in Sydney sucks. So I have mostly been
> making my own sauces, salsas and dishes.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Charanya Chidambaram <
charanya.chidamba...@gmail.com> wrote:


> So much potential for experimentation! :)
> I would love to try my hand at some of these and come up with some good
> recipes.
>
> Perhaps a dinner soon around this theme?
>

​I vote yes.

Udhay​

-- 

((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Thaths]

Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
 of  restaurants
 around the world that serve this food, but
I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
(Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.

Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:

Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream

Pani puri with tomatillo rasam

Uppuma made with masa harina

...

What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?

Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.

Thaths

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Charles Haynes]

Dal Makni made with black beans, cumin, and cilantro.
Channa masala made with mexican spices
Cochinta pibil made with kokam and tumeric

Just off the top of my head. ;)

On 21 October 2015 at 11:44, Thaths  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food, but
> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>
> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>
> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>
> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>
> Uppuma made with masa harina
>
> ...
>
> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
>
> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Biju Chacko]

Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
I'd like to fix that.

-- b
On Oct 21, 2015 06:14, "Thaths"  wrote:

> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've been
> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>  of  restaurants
>  around the world that serve this food, but
> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea). I
> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>
> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>
> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>
> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>
> Uppuma made with masa harina
>
> ...
>
> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
>
> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>
> Thaths
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Sumanth Cidambi]

Chinita in Indira Nagar. I liked it.

Habanero started out promisingly but has gone down over the last 2-3 years.  
Has multiple outlets. 

Sent from BlueMail



On 21 Oct 2015, 08:04, at 08:04, Biju Chacko  wrote:
>Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
>Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food
>and
>I'd like to fix that.
>
>-- b
>On Oct 21, 2015 06:14, "Thaths"  wrote:
>
>> Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years
>I've been
>> thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
>>  of 
>restaurants
>>  around the world that serve this food,
>but
>> I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to
>Avataar's in
>> Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from
>San
>> Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
>> (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the
>idea). I
>> was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
>>
>> Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
>>
>> Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
>>
>> Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
>>
>> Uppuma made with masa harina
>>
>> ...
>>
>> What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican
>dishes?
>>
>> Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
>>
>> Thaths
>>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko  wrote:


> Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> I'd like to fix that.
>

​I've heard good things about Chinita [1] although I haven't eaten there
myself.

Udhay

[1] http://www.chinita.in/​

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Lakshmi Pratury]

The only one that I have been to is "habaneros" http://www.habanero.in/

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko  wrote:

> Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> I'd like to fix that.
>
> -- b
> On Oct 21, 2015 06:14, "Thaths"  wrote:
>
> > Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've
> been
> > thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
> >  of 
> restaurants
> >  around the world that serve this food, but
> > I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's in
> > Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> > Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> > (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the idea).
> I
> > was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
> >
> > Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
> >
> > Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
> >
> > Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
> >
> > Uppuma made with masa harina
> >
> > ...
> >
> > What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican dishes?
> >
> > Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
> >
> > Thaths
> >
>



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Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Gautam John]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> I've heard good things about Chinita [1] although I haven't eaten there
> myself.

Does a reasonable impression of Mexican food.

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Charles Haynes]

Habanero bills itself as "Tex-Mex" which, while potentially delicious, is
not "Mexican." (It does, however look relatively authentically Tex-Mex. The
proof is in the eating, anyone can write a menu.)

Chinita does not look especially Mexican either. The menu looks pretty
generic. "Mexican" food is pretty regional - Oaxacan food is quite
different from Yucatecan food for example. "Mexican" food makes about as
much sense as "Indian" food.

-- Charles (grew up on the Mexican border, has travelled in Mexico, loves
Yucatecan food.)


On 21 October 2015 at 14:24, Lakshmi Pratury  wrote:

> The only one that I have been to is "habaneros" http://www.habanero.in/
>
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko 
> wrote:
>
> > Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> > Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> > I'd like to fix that.
> >
> > -- b
> > On Oct 21, 2015 06:14, "Thaths"  wrote:
> >
> > > Inspired by the biography of M.N.Roy for the last couple of years I've
> > been
> > > thinking of Indo-Mexican cuisine's possibilities. There are a handful
> > >  of 
> > restaurants
> > >  around the world that serve this food,
> but
> > > I've haven't been to any of them yet (came close to going to Avataar's
> in
> > > Sausalito, but they were closed the day I walked to Sausalito from San
> > > Francisco). Their menus seem to full of "curry" in mexican clothing
> > > (Chicken Tikka Burrito, Prawn vindaloo enchiladas..., you get the
> idea).
> > I
> > > was thinking of food that was fused the other direction.
> > >
> > > Some of the potential dishes I've been dreaming of:
> > >
> > > Bhel puri with chorizo (or soyrizo), pico de gallo, sour cream
> > >
> > > Pani puri with tomatillo rasam
> > >
> > > Uppuma made with masa harina
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > What are some dishes that you think would make great Indo-Mexican
> dishes?
> > >
> > > Bonus points if you can actually whip up and share a recipe.
> > >
> > > Thaths
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Radhika, Y.]

wash that down with Desmondji's Blue Agave line!

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Udhay Shankar N]

Thaths, is this the latest iteration of your plan to start a restaurant?

--
((Udhay Shankar N))  ((via phone))

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Rajesh Mehar]

I've eaten at Chinita several times. The lady who designed the restaurant,
and runs it along with her husband and brother in law, is of Chinese
ethnicity but lived in the US mostly. So, I guess it's reasonable to expect
a certain degree of 'fusion-y-ness' in the food.

Having said that, at Chinita, the flan (the Mexican take on the Caramel
Custard), their braised pork tacos, and their pico di Gallo, all tasted
authentic, in an all-the-ingredients-told-a-credible-story-together way.

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015, 11:10 Vinayak Hegde  wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko 
> wrote:
> > Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> > Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> > I'd like to fix that.
> >
> > -- b
>
> I like the Nachos bowl at California Burritos[1] (as much as I hate
> recommending a chain, I found them closest to Mexican or rather
> Yucatean food that I had in Mexico). Their guacamole was pretty good.
> Habanero was overpriced and extremely disappointing
>
> -- Vinayak
> 1. http://www.californiaburrito.in/
>
>

Re: [silk] Indo-Mexican fusion restaurants and recipes

[Vinayak Hegde]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko  wrote:
> Starting the obligatory thread drift: does anyone know of an authentic
> Mexican restaurant in Bangalore? I've experienced little Mexican food and
> I'd like to fix that.
>
> -- b

I like the Nachos bowl at California Burritos[1] (as much as I hate
recommending a chain, I found them closest to Mexican or rather
Yucatean food that I had in Mexico). Their guacamole was pretty good.
Habanero was overpriced and extremely disappointing

-- Vinayak
1. http://www.californiaburrito.in/