LEO's Eats with Robin Garr
Just imagine what it would be like if you had a good friend who was Indian, and he invited you over for dinner while his grandmother was visiting from Mumbai. If you enjoyed Indian food at all, much less loved it as much as I do, you would surely look forward to these authentic goodies with great anticipation.
Now put your imagination into reality mode: You get there and find the house filled with amazing aromas, and there’s some truly delicious stuff on the table. But you might also discover that visiting grandmothers don’t necessarily give you white-tablecloth service. You sit at the kitchen table, you eat what you’re given, and if she’s in a cranky mood, she might glare at you and mutter in a language you don’t understand … until she warms up, breaks out in smiles and makes you warmly welcome.
Let’s just say that Little India Café is kind of like that, too. So small and out of the way in Hikes Point that it’s easy to miss, Little India doesn’t always get a mention when foodies recite our local roster of Indian eateries.
To tell you the truth, it is so well hidden — you have to hang a right at the McMahan Plaza Kroger and drive down past Feeder’s Supply to find it tucked into the shopping center’s far corner — that when I first checked it out early in 2010, I thought I had better review it in a hurry, while it lasted.
But it seems to have come to stay, making its mark among serious Indian food aficionados, who whisper its name like a well-kept secret, and among those who simply love the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet for $7.95.
Service can be unpredictable — think of your friend’s busy Indian grandmother bustling about, trying to cook and talk and get the table set, straightening the pictures and sweeping a corner of the floor and not always keeping up — but it’s well-intended. And as long as you keep an eye on the buffet and jump to grab the goods when they’re fresh and hot, you really can’t go wrong with anything you choose from the noonday spread.
Which is not to imply that the evening menu isn’t a worthy choice, too. With the buffet put away for the evening, a good, regionally diverse Indian menu comes into play ...
Read the full review on LouisvilleHotBytes,
http://www.louisvillehotbytes.com/bring ... india-cafe
And in LEO Weekly:
http://leoweekly.com/dining/bring-patie ... -caf%C3%A9
Little India Café
3099 Breckenridge Lane, Suite 101
479-3353
http://littleindialouisville.com
Rating: 82