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2017-11-27
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Since I live about three blocks away, it was inevitable that I would stumble upon the new Masala Train restaurant in Wan Chai. The cute, colorful smiling train logo in bright red and yellow, advertising “healthy Indian food” caught my eye, since I like Indian food and always am looking for healthy food as well. Though it’s not necessarily easy to find, tucked under the MTR overpass that connects Immigration Tower with Johnston Road, right off Lockhart Road. It’s worth looking for.It’s not ideal
It’s not ideal for a group of people to sit and eat,with about three or four stools across from the serving area, so a lot of the Masala Train’s business is take-away. I highly recommend the vegetable samosas, which are some of the best I’ve had in Hong Kong. Light and free of the excess oil you often encounter at local Indian takeaways. Very tasty, It also offers something called a vada pav. I once made the mistake of telling the very friendly proprietor that it was sort of like a nice spicy mashed potato sandwich. “Hmmm, I don’t think many people would say that sounds so appetizing,” came her reply — and I agreed, I need to find a better description. Suffice it to say, it’s a very nice, filling snack that is extremely tasty; I’ve had it three times.
I’ve tried the chicken tikka Masala — very tasty, with succulent chunks of tandoori-style chicken in a mildly spicy sauce that has nice aromatic sprigs of fresh coriander. All of their main meal boxes come with chilled vegetables (mostly cucumber and red and green bell peppers) and nice fluffy long grain rice. The rogan josh, an Indian classic, is also nice, kind of a heart Indian lamb stew. Both the chicken and vegetable versions of biryani make a nice meal, and like the previous reviewer I also tried and very much enjoyed the paneer bhurji roll, kind of a kebab-like wrap consisting of spiced minced Indian cottage cheese.
My only disappointment was that the original menu had falafels and a falafel roll on it, but they never had it. Eventually, it looks like it was simply taken off the menu, so even though I do like falafels, I don’t feel like I’m missing anything any longer.
I mentioned the friendly proprietor; Masala Train is definitely a “service with a smile” kind of place, which is something of a rarity these days, and a couple of times when it’s not too busy, I’ve had engaging conversations with the owner, who is also very well read and a great conversationalist from whom I’ve learned a few interesting things about India.
张贴