60726 Mon Jun 07 19:23:34 -0700 2004 3 2 Los Angeles Area 0 321404 Ate with my veggie friend, everything was great: uthappam (HUGE veggie pancake), dosai (HUGE veggie crepe), idly (fluffy rice cakes), and the knockout chutney (coconut?). Appreciated the bits of jalapeno in the uthappam and dosai. Thought about stopping at Tommy's on the way back, but I was stuffed. Mon Jun 07 19:23:34 -0700 2004 0 Robert Lu 1 321576 This is , by the way, one of my favorite restaurants in the world. Idli, dosai, uthappam are all excellent. Next time, try the... baratha? Giant fried poofy bread. -thi Tue Jun 08 21:34:42 -0700 2004 321404 0 Thi N. 2 321635 "baratha? Giant fried poofy bread" Bhatura - dough fermented overnight with yogurt, and a slather of oil, in addition to other leavening agents, then deep fried to pouffiness (see link below). Woodlands possibly makes the largest Bhaturas this side of the Atlantic! Eaten with "chhola" - spicy garbanzo beans. As opposed to "paratha" - thence the confusion - these are stuffed rotis, usually with spicy potato mix (aloo paratha), minced mutton (keema paratha), fenugreek greens (methi paratha), or radish (muli paratha), or plain paratha with no stuffing. These are pan fried. The street side chicken and mutton rolls in India are served in wraps which could be called "bharathas" - fermented like bhatura dough, but pan fried like parathas. You don't get them here. Link: http://www.cuisinecuisine.com/Bhatura.htm Wed Jun 09 13:02:46 -0700 2004 321576 0 Suvro 1 321694 And the Woodlands has a good lunch buffet, I believe it was about $8, where you can try all sorts of stuff at once. Caution: the buffet is closed on one weekday, Monday if I remember correctly. Wed Jun 09 18:49:20 -0700 2004 321404 0 91106guy