New carry-out Indian place in Palatine

There are Indian restaurants popping up all over. New India is a small, strictly carry-out and catering Indian place in Palatine at Quentin and Northwest Hwy. (The other new places are Indian Bistro in Palatine and Vishnu Vilas in Schaumburg in the old Sizzle India )

We have ordered from New India several times and the food is nicely spiced and reasonably priced. The owners must do quite a bit of catering, because when ordering they will suggest that a certain dish was made for catering that day and that it might be a good idea to order that dish. We had a nice okra dish that was suggested in this way.

Here is the partial menu. Give it a try.

Tasty Japanese food in Elk Grove

Kurumaya is a great casual Japanese restaurant in Elk Grove Village. We went there again last night for dinner. Here’s a prior review on Kurumaya. I really like this place because it has reasonably priced sushi, tempura and other traditional Japanese dishes.

We had two sets of maki rolls as an appetizer, one of which had cilantro, jalapeno and avocado.  Then we ordered a third appetizer, fried oysters that were served with a Japanese hot mustard. The oysters were lightly breaded, but moist and flavorful inside. Really good. For entrees we had udon noodles and soba noodles in a flavorful broth along with some tempura ($11). It was not too crowded on a Saturday night, maybe half full. This place continues to be one of my favorites.

New Schaumburg Indian restaurant Vishnu Vilas

Vishnu Foods opened in 2002 in Schaumburg near Motorola. They sell Indian food ingredients and prepared foods like samosasdosas.

Recently, the owners of  Vishnu Foods opened a restaurant next door to their retail store in the space formerly occupied by “Sizzle India.” I stopped in to Vishnu Foods a few weeks ago and the owner said they were thinking of opening up a restaurant to serve good Southern Indian food with “some healthier options,” but he added that he was afraid of the economy (wise man) . He forged ahead and Vishnu Villas is now open. Review will be forthcoming.

Best Thai in NW suburbs

Thai House in Hoffman Estates has the freshest Thai food around. I was getting tired of the other Thai places nearby my house.

It is a little hard to get into and out of since it’s on the east side of Roselle, between Higgins and Golf, but definitely worth it.