Sizler, I Drive

I finally marked this last of the Indian restaurants down here off my list on Saturday night. It has such a ridiculously generic and misspelled name that I never took it seriously. I figured they just took over an old Sizzler and painted over a "z" after a cease and desist order. It was ok. The lack of AC and confused decorating didn't help. It seats about sixty inside and twenty outside. They have to be pressured into accepting AMEX. It's only open at night. There were four families there at eight. I had a mixed tandoori plate that had three pieces of some kind of flank steak, ground beef kebabs, chicken tikka, chicken tandoori and another kind of chicken each. It came on a "fajita" like serving pan with sauteed onions underneath. It cost $17. It was pretty good. The service was good enough. Not very talkative. They seemed to just be clad in their own clothes. They may have had a "corporate" T shirt in common. I got the sense that it is more Islamic Indian than Hindu Indian. I think they said it has been open for ten years. I'll neither recommend nor criticize it. There are a few Indian places in the area (across from Yama's) and there isn't a huge difference in them. I mean once you get used to the aggressive spicing of Indian food, it's hard to separate the nuances and the food kind of tastes the same. The quality and freshness of the ingredients then becomes the defining element and I'm sure that can fluctuate. I will say that my tum-tum felt a little queasy for 24 hours after eating here. It could have been just it's increasing inability to digest beef or one piece of the chicken seemed a little raw or the general strain of eating Indian spices.