Tamarind Bay Restaurant Review

Restaurant Review – Tamarind Bay is one of America’s most creative Indian restaurants. Celebrity chef and Indian TV star Wali Ahmad uses eclectic ingredients like lobster, salmon, and quail not usually found on the traditional menu. Each dish is cooked individually to order, allowing the complex mix of fresh spices to shine. Boston Phoenix food critic Robert Nadeau called Tamarind Bay’s cuisine “the best Indian food I’ve ever tasted.” Nestled down a flight of stairs on Harvard Square’s JFK Street, this small basement dining room is elegantly decorated. A large bronze Buddha at the entrance welcomes you in. The interior is decorated in beautiful yellow and gold with rich wood ceiling panels and striped banquettes. Start with their savory Shahi Nan - buttery bread cooked with sliced cashews and raisins. Excellent appetizers include the Saag Aloo Tikki - spinach and potato cakes with mint chutney; and the Imliwala Bhutta - baby corn and scallions in tamarind sauce. For main courses, try the Machli Meethi Curry - fenugreek flavored trout cooked in onion gravy; or the Rogan Josh - goat meat cooked in cardamom and fennel sauce. Fans who want to learn Chef Ahmad’s cooking secrets can also attend his Spice of the Month Club tastings – a narrated three-course culinary adventure – at his sister location in Brookline. For Indian food like you’ve never had it before, a visit to Tamarind Bay is essential.
Tamarind Bay, 75 Winthrop St., Harvard Square, Cambridge, 617 491 4552.
http://www.tamarind-bay.com/bistro.html

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