bangladeshi lunch @ little dhaka & exotic ice cream @ saffron spot

bangladeshi lunch @ little dhaka & exotic ice cream @ saffron spot
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this was my first time having bangladeshi food and my first introduction to what will be one of my favorite starches..paratha, which is a big homemade tortilla served warm, soft and buttery from the oven. little dhaka really is little but boasts a lot of flavor as well as groceries for those venturing into southasian cooking.

i sampled the beef curry, which was cooked in a yellow sauce spiced from some well-hidden green chilis that could easily be mistaken for green beans. i also had the chicken curry, in a similar more liquidy sauce but not as sweet as the beef. you could really taste the chickenness of the chicken curry, like the fat in a good chicken noodle soup. to balance out all the meat, we had a tasty vegetable dish that consisted of cauliflower, peas, potatoes & carrots.

the guys working here were so nice and happy to repeat for the zillionth time what all the dishes are. the food is so cheap. for $10, you get two entrees, a huge plate of basmati rice or naan, a drink and dessert. the dessert they brought us looked unusual, but tasted good. i'm not sure what it was but i would describe it as balls of cake in a coconut yogurt
sauce. it's one of those hole in the wall discoveries you really have to check out.

Afterwards, we went for ice cream at saffron spot, which has some unique flavors. you won't find rose & saffron ice cream or kulfi kreme ice cream anywhere else. i ate the badam pista, which had almonds and pistachios mixed into a saffron infused ice cream, and the kulfi kreme, which was very sweet and had strong vanilla flavors.

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