Kalamazoo Restaurant Reviews

Reviews of restaurants of Kalamazoo and West Michigan

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Curry Corner

Feb 27

Posted by Aimee in Indian Restaurants, Portage Restaurants | 2 Comments

Curry Corner

This past Saturday, after doing our dreaded taxes, Jeff and I decided to try out a newly placed Indian Restaurant called The Curry Corner.  Indian is one of our favorite cuisines and we wanted to see how this small restaurant compared with its competitors-Indian Cuisine in Portage and Saffron on West Main Street.

Jeff previously visited The Curry Corner for their lunch buffet on one of his Friday lunch hours.  Then, On a separate occasion, Jeff brought home their carry out and surprised me with my favorite Indian dish of all time-Palak Paneer!   This dish consists of Indian homemade cheese with spicy creamed spinach, naturally served over simple rice.  The Palak Paneer at The Curry Corner was one of the best I have ever tasted.  Come to find out, Nira, the owner and recipe- inventor makes her Palak Paneer with mustard greens instead of spinach.  She says it gives the dish a stronger flavor. Read the rest of this entry »

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ChocolaTea in Portage

Feb 21

Posted by Aimee in Coffee Houses | 7 Comments

ChocolaTea

If anyone knows me well, the first thing they know is how much I love tea. Tea became an obsession of mine when I was just a young girl. My mom made me “sick tea” consisting of orange pekoe tea, milk, and honey. My sister and I still joke about who’s going to inherit my great grandmother’s tea cup set. I have a strong case against her because of my love for specialty and fair-trade teas.

I first stumbled upon ChocolaTea last summer while driving to Centre St. for work. As I walked in, the clean, bitter tea leaf aroma excited my senses. My eyes were busy examining a few of the dozens of tea blends they have stacked on wooded shelves. All of ChocolaTea’s are organic and most are fair trade. I can spend an hour just deciding on which tea to go for. After purchasing about four little Ziploc bags of loose leaf teas, I knew this would be my new favorite place to spend my time and cash. Read the rest of this entry »

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