Ms. Cinnamon suggested going to a favourite restaurant of her’s for dinner tonight, Kalachandji‘s, an Indian-inspired vegetarian buffet with international flavours. It is one of those places I think you need to know about to find as it is really not marked and is located inside a Hare Krishna house of worship.
I don’t much like Indian food, but the description of this place was so familiar I knew we absolutely had to go there. I just had a feeling about something, and that feeling was 100% bang on. Kalachandji’s is the Dallas answer to my favourite Ottawa restaurant, The Table.
The flavours were mostly familiar and tasted of ‘home’, and it was all just so hearty and wholesome and delicious. Here, the buffet is all you can eat for one low price. From the lemongrass tofu casserole to the cinnamon bread, the almond salad dressing to the pappadams, the tamarind tea to the mango-cashew halvah, and everything in between to sate all but the pickiest palate, Kalachandji’s is going to be a highlight of my winter.
The restaurant has an exterior courtyard that is just exquisite (you can see pictures on their site). It was the perfect place to sit and chat with Ms. Cinnamon for a couple of hours.
Local guides are awesome!
I LOVE Indian food! I have to go back to Dallas.
I wouldn’t consider this Indian food the way you would get at an Indian restaurant. The cuisine here is inspired by the flavours and names of Indian dishes, but even someone who isn’t crazy about Indian food (like me) would love this.
Oh rats! Easily a three hour drive from here; too far for lunch. But looks heavenly and I’m putting it on my Dallas list.