Famous Yakitori One and Spicy Garden
In today's paper, Other Reviewer Richard tells us about Famous Yakitori One, a new Japanese restaurant in lower Charles Village. It sounds like just the kind of place that could do very well these days.
Meanwhile, Rob Kasper got takeout from Spicy Garden, a new Indian restaurant in Catonsville. His Best Bite: Tomato utappam, $6, a savory rice pancake with tomatoes and chilies, served with green chutney.
(Gene Sweeney Jr./Sun photographer)
Comments
Looks like Spicy Garden is a Tamil place, which explains why he found the vindaloo disappointing. That is a Goan dish.
Utappam is wonderful, and one of those things that can be cooked 3,000 different ways, depending on mood and leftovers. Vadu are a basic breakfast thing. Sambar shouldn't be mild, so while the vadu proper is often on the bland side, it is a very bad sing that the sambar wasn't oh-my-gods spicy.
Still Southern Indian food is a lot harder to find than Northern Indian food.
Posted by: Lissa | April 2, 2009 6:58 PM
Still Southern Indian food is a lot harder to find than Northern Indian food.
Which is why I'm hopeful about the Carlyle Club.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | April 2, 2009 9:45 PM
They have Gorn dishes? Awesome!
Goodnight Elizabeth
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy 2 – Death on Denial | April 2, 2009 10:25 PM
Goodnight John-boy.
Posted by: Hal Laurent, VoR | April 2, 2009 10:43 PM
With that, I'm headed to bed. (Y'all are up late tonight, back there in the Eastern Time Zone.)
Posted by: Bucky | April 2, 2009 11:26 PM
Tiny Yakitori One needs time to digest the new friends from the Sun review. At 6PM Thursday, it was full, had so much cooking smoke people's eyes had tears and the staff looked panicked.
Posted by: chowsearch | April 3, 2009 9:25 AM
They were also spoken of well in the City Paper, last week, I think.
Posted by: Cheap Jim | April 3, 2009 10:49 AM
from my review...
"...but I wonder what a big crowd would do to the pace and to the place's essentially good nature"
Posted by: gorelick | April 3, 2009 10:56 AM
Yakitori One was at least as slammed Friday night. The front room's going to need a serious ventilation overhaul; the staff seemed eager and amiable about their newfound popularity, even while trying to juggle the door open against the high winds. If and when the place calms down a little, that'll be no small help. The space reminded me of any of a number of hole-in-the-wall joints in Japan.
The skewers were delightful; even the gizzard got eaten. The combination platters were a convenient tasting menu; the rib options were among the favorites at the table. The donburi was flavorful, generous, and hearty.
Posted by: El Generalissimo | April 4, 2009 3:00 AM
Spicy Garden has been slowly degrading in the food quality and quantity lately. My 6yr old who used to love eating there doesn't prefer going there anymore. We are totally disappointed with their service. Its frustrating to see the Indian Restaurants not maintaining their quality after an year in the market.
Frankly, we decided not to go there anymore.
Posted by: Sony S | August 22, 2010 5:12 PM