S. Indian in Oakland

 dei wrote:
 > Bombay Rama is gone, replaced by Swagath.  Just opened last week.
 > Vegetarian buffet $5.99, I didn't have time to check it out.  Had vegetable
 > biryani, I'm not expert, but was just what I wanted today.  $2.99 for a big
 > styro container.
 > They will supposedly be open 7 days, from 7:00AM (!) to 10:00PM.  Breakfast
 > - idlis & sambhar!
 > P.S. they don't have a preprinted menu just yet.

 Just wanted to chime in about the new place...  I tried it Friday
 afternoon and my first experience was very positive.

 I tried the chicken biryani, to go, thinking I'd try something basic to
 compare with other places I tried in Oakland and was very surprised - a
 much different style of cooking and the dish was much more elaborate and
 different than I'm accustomed to.

 A very generous portion, especially for the price, of moist rice well
 spiced with pronounced flavors of nutmeg, bay leaf with cashews, a spicy
    bean of some type and more than I can remember... The rice alone
 would have made a tasty satisfying meal by itself but came with a side
 of chunks of white chicken meat prepared in a nice curry sauce that I
 spooned over the rice.

 Like I said, much different from what I've come to think of as birayni,
 but very good, I'll definitely go back, soon!

 Paul Galvanek - Ver. 4.0