4/8     does anyone know of a book about how to make indian bread?
        i have found lots of general indian cookbooks, but never one devoted
        to bread.
        \_ Indian bread?  As in "native american"?  Why would you want that?
           99% of indian food sucks.
           \- there are a lot of types of indian bread. you have to name the
           bread before chasing a recipie. --psb
        \_ are you talking naan or frybread? - paolo
        \_ indian as in india.  i don't want to pick one bread, and find a
           recipe, i want to have lots of recipes for different breads.
        \_ there's a restaraunt called Breads of India.
           \- The Breads of India phenomena is kind of fascinating. First, it
           should really be called "Comfort Food of India", secondly, it's
           not that good nor particularly cheap ... certainly not worth waiting
           outside inthe rain for 30 minutes. For some reason, the crummy
           location and the crummy decor or something has convinced people it
           is "authentic" and cool or something like that. Vik's also basically
           sucks but it is "cool" to go over to the other side of the railroad
           tracks and eat in a warehouse. In quality Raj on university is
           better than BoI and best chaat i know if in the bay area is at Dina
           Bazar in Fremont. --psb
           \_ How does Cafe Raj on Solano compare to Raja on University?
              \- the one on univ is a real restauarnt. the other one is a
              hole in the wall in a decent neighborhood. cafe raj is basically
              bad or went through the natural evolution of indian restaurants
              at an initally hyper accelerated pace. ok tnx --psb
              \_ Hm.  I didn't particularly like raja on university.  In
                 order, my preferences in berkeley are Vik, Chaat Cafe,
                 kamal palace, raja, viceroy.
                 \- well admittedly i havent been to raja on univ in a while,
                 and i provided some off-menu special instructions for how i
                 wanted some stuff prepared. does anyone else find the tables
                 disquietingly far apart there? --psb
                 \_ good thing your expert directions saved them from
                    fucking it up.
                    \- dont be stupid ... the point is "i was biased to like
                    it because they met me half way" not becuase i am a good
                    cook. it's like saying "i prefer place X to Y because you
                    can choose your burger toppings/how you want the meat
                    cooked." --psb
           \_ Bavika's (sp?) Chat House on El Camino Real in Santa Clara is
              pretty good if you like South Indian style Chat.