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Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 18:54:37
Currying Favor
The latest entry in the Indian restaurant market, Amruth, is open where Kebab and Curry withered out in the Market Street Shopping Center. The month old restaurant utilizes the same red faux leather diner chairs and tables, but now the color has been toned down with tan tablecloths and curtains.
The food has also changed. Instead of the Anglicized, Brit-style curries of its predecessor, Amruth’s curries are deep and full of bite. The naan is fresh and soft, not chewy -- and the chai creamy and full of cardamom.
Lunch specials are simple but offer a good variety. They include an appetizer (pakora or samosa), rice, Naan, Gulabi Jaman (sweet balls in honey), and your choice of two dishes. Thursday’s choices included three veggie dishes: Thadoka Dal, Mix Vegetable Curry, and Chana Saag, and three chicken choices: Tandoori Chicken, Chicken Curry, and Chicken Tikka Masala. Choose from the veggie choices and the special is $5.48 plus tax; with one or two meat items, it’s $1 more. Chai runs $1.49. Other lunch offerings include the Chicken Biriyani ($6.48) and Vegetable Biriyani ($5.48).
Amruth Authentic Indian Cuisine is open seven days a week -- with lunch specials Monday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., a lunch buffet from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday through Sunday, and dinner service starting at 5 p.m. every night.
Mount Fuji still at pinnacle
Kat Robinson at Tie Dye Travels paid a visit to Little Rock's first sushi emporium, Mount Fuji, and finds the quality remains high.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 13:23:52
Woo Pig! Eat healthy
The Fayetteville Trucker reports from the friendly confines of Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville:
This will be the last home game for fans to try the health food inside Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium. This new healthy game-day food alternative is the Chickpea booth. The new food outlet, which features sandwiches and wraps that include hummus and other Middle Eastern flavors, has been increasingly popular as Razorback fans have discovered the booth, located near Gate 1. John McIntyre, the owner, has used the game day operations as a test market for an upcoming restaurant and catering business to be based in Springdale. He also plans to offer a more extensive Chickpea menu during Razorback baseball games next spring.
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Also note: McIntrye is a former Mizzou basketball player. After his college years, he played in Israel, where he was exposed to the the garbanzo bean and other regional delights.
Overwrought
After only eight months in business, Wrought Iron Grill and Pub has closed on President Clinton Ave.Capi's coming
Trio’s owners Brent Peterson and Capi Peck plan to open their new restaurant, Capi’s, in the Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center sometime before Thanksgiving. Inspired by the cuisine of Asia, Mexico, Spain and the South, the menu focuses on tapas, small plates designed for sharing. Lunch will also feature sandwiches and salads. Hours for lunch will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dinner will be served 5 p.m. until 10 p.m., 11 p.m. on the weekends.Monday, October 27, 2008 - 14:38:22
Vote now: Best restaurants
Balloting has begun in our annual Readers Choice restaurant contest.
You can go on-line to vote by clicking www.arktimes.com/restaurantballot
You get but one opportunity to vote. (There will also be a paper ballot in the Times this week.)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 10:35:46
Coming soon
The Station, a grocery and deli, will open, likely in mid-November, in the space that previously housed Little Rock Paint and Wallpaper, in the wedge where Kavanaugh and Markham meet in Stifft Station. Owners Holly Ingebo and Casey Pierce say they’ll serve local and organic foods in the deli, with a menu that fluctuates depending on the availability of local foods. Locally roasted coffee and fresh juices will be on hand, too. In the grocery, they’ll offer vitamins, supplements, natural body care products, local wines and beer, periodicals and goods from local artisans. The owners plan, too, to hold classes and events, like gluten-free meetings and discussions on how to eat well on a budget.Drink up
Catching on
Fair fare
Fall fare
Comfort food
Juanita's: New owner
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