What I don't know I know people who know

[muckefuck]

monshu and me met for dinner before the preview party for ArtChicago (six-word review: good thing our tickets were free) at Klay Oven, a modest upscale Indian joint in the shadow of Fort Kennedy with the sort of brief North Indian menu you'd expect. One entry stood out for me, though, from the list of breads: "ajwain paratha". We racked our brains, but neither of us could remember coming across "ajwain" before.

Our server did her best to describe it, but it mostly came down to saying what it was not: it wasn't cumin (either kind), nor caraway, nor fennel, nor kalonji, though it bore a resemblance to several of those spices. "You can Google it later," she told us.

"I've got something better than Google!" I replied. "I have tyrannio!"

Comments

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

"good thing our tickets were free"

Best review EVER.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I wrote up some comments as a separate post.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

I forgot to say that she also burbled about gujhia, which I think may peg her as Rajasthani.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I know almost nothing about Rajasthani food, except that innerdoggie was nice enough to make me a Rajasthani watermelon curry once (recipe from one of Camellia Panjabi's books).

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Sweet samosas, basically. She described the filling as a mix of khoya, coconut, and dried fruits. I'll be looking for them on Devon tonight even though she described them as a Holi specialty.

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

I checked Achaya, who says that Rajasthani Rajputs eat a lot of pork