India House used to be a restaurant before the f******g covid pandemic (located in Forum). It is said that the then head chef used to cook as an extra for the Indian Embassy. While their lunch buffet was forgettable (like most buffets in ethnic/asian restaurants), their list was packed with excellent dishes, full of distinctive flavors and spiciness. Since then, India House operates only as a catering business, dealing mainly with selected K supermarkets. One of those is the K market located in the central railway station's basement, near the subway entrance. And so, we bought one Palak Paneer & one Chicken Tikka Masala (400gr tray/8-10€). Tbh, these have nothing in common with the dishes we used to eat in the restaurant back then. Devoid of flavors and spiciness. In short: very, very bland. Pity really, because by wanting to please the greatest number, they're losing their identity. Indian food must be packed with flavors and should be a minimum spicy. It's part of its dna. It's like removing chilis from the italian Arrabiata tomato sauce or from the thai papaya salad. It doesn't make any sense, and surely not any business sense because by doing this, they're just alienating customers like us who like the real indian food. And it's a sure one way ticket to commercial failure. Sad.
Anyway, to go along we bought a some extras in one the few ethnic groceries where we regularly shop: drinking yogurt, creamy yogurt and mint to do a raita (with a few more ingredients we already had at home), and a couple of freshly baked naan breads.
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