NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2003 22:04:23 EDT Organization: Road Runner - NC Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu triangle.dining:19018 My wife and I tried this place for the first time Wednesday evening. We have always felt compelled to drive all the way out Capital Blvd. from Cary in order to go to Taj Mahal, our previous favorite Indian restaurant. But Suchi is every bit as good if not better. The style of cooking is called Hyderabadi after a major city in India. The manager is very friendly and obviously was passionate about his food (always a good sign). He took the time to explain many aspects of the meal and made some good suggestions. The appetizer we got was called chicken-65, medallions of chicken breast meat sauteed in a very hot cayenne mixture. We asked for it to be hot and he obliged, good thing we had plenty of beer (Taj Mahal and another one I had never heard of before called Ambara (sp?) ). Two chicken dishes and a freshly-made garlic nan were the main course. One was a chicken biryani which was thighs of spiced chicken buried in fresh basmati rice, the other was called Kadai chicken which was chunks of meat in a savory sauce. Both were absolutely delicious! The manager is giving a course on Indian spices at Duke this fall. We were so taken with this restaurant we just might take the class as well. This place is at the corner of Maynard and Chatham, across from the old Circus restaurant. This shopping center is a mini-India as it has so many Indian shops as tenants. Go give this place a try, it is terrific! David
Raleigh-Durham, NC
Suchi - wonderful Indian food
Someone wrote: >My wife and I tried this place for the first time Wednesday evening. We >have always felt compelled to drive all the way out Capital Blvd. from Cary >in order to go to Taj Mahal, our previous favorite Indian restaurant. But >Suchi is every bit as good if not better. > >The style of cooking is called Hyderabadi after a major city in India. The >manager is very friendly and obviously was passionate about his food (always >a good sign). He took the time to explain many aspects of the meal and made >some good suggestions. The appetizer we got was called chicken-65, >medallions of chicken breast meat sauteed in a very hot cayenne mixture. We >asked for it to be hot and he obliged, good thing we had plenty of beer (Taj >Mahal and another one I had never heard of before called Ambara (sp?) ). > >Two chicken dishes and a freshly-made garlic nan were the main course. One >was a chicken biryani which was thighs of spiced chicken buried in fresh >basmati rice, the other was called Kadai chicken which was chunks of meat in >a savory sauce. Both were absolutely delicious! > >The manager is giving a course on Indian spices at Duke this fall. We were >so taken with this restaurant we just might take the class as well. > >This place is at the corner of Maynard and Chatham, across from the old >Circus restaurant. This shopping center is a mini-India as it has so many >Indian shops as tenants. Go give this place a try, it is terrific! > >David > Our favorite is the Taj Mahal. We tried Suchi twice. The first time, we had the buffet, which, although small, was very good. The second time, we did the a la carte, which was terrible. It was obviuos this was a previously frozen preparation, whcih also resulted in stomach problems. Everyone to their own, I guess, but always the Taj for us - fresh preparations, never frozen. G