249363 Sun Apr 23 14:46:38 -0700 2006 1 19 Outer Boroughs 0 1325940 After this week's near-perfect take-away meal from MADINA (C.I.Av. @ Beverley Rd.), I'll offer up some praise. While I haven't quite figured out why there aren't any traditional doughy vegetable samosas here, I have been impressed by the available appetizers, mains and breads...and they won't set you back a boatload. Chicken tikka chunks are large and lovely spiced. Equally good are the tandoori chicken legs. The long, lean chicken kababs (a buck a piece) are minimally charred and have the right peppery kick and cilantro-studded throughout. I had some complex-flavored spinach with chicken (just beware of the bones) over the "plain rice" which is really a classic mix of basmati, cumin seeds and enough oil to make it glisten. Complimentary salad included. Wiped it all up with a "Butter Naan" made fresh by the tandoor attendant (in this case a woman who carefully tended the oven 'til perfection was reached). Sprinkled liberally with sesame seeds and butter-brushed, the naan had a contrasty pillowy edge and crispy thin center. Can't complain at all, even if, as they say, it's really pizza dough - but then some of us love that sesame pizza! A definite cut above the steam-table Indi-Pak-Banglas on the CIA strip...worth the trip and compensates for the closure of Bukhari down the road aways. It's the location which (until a legal battle) was called KANTACKY Fried Chicken. Sun Apr 23 14:46:38 -0700 2006 0 Mike R. 1 1326258 One quick correction...it's BUKHARA (with the blue sign) on the east side of CIA that's shuttered and changing, not BUKHARI. Fri Apr 28 09:10:41 -0700 2006 1325940 0 Mike R.