Jerry C wrote:Robin, is there a suggestion on which Indian restaurant to try the chicken dish?
I know I'm not "Robin," but another suggestion (that worked for us) is to start with unsauced dishes.
Our first time trying Indian food was at Gaylord's in Chicago maybe 40 years ago; we ended up at McDonald's for dinner the Indian food tasted so bad! We tried again around 20 years ago with tandoori chicken and a tandoori seafood dish (either fish or shrimp, I forget). They were relatively plain, with a spice overlay that was more "exotic" than the Chinese and Vietnamese food we liked, but more to our palate.
We then went to Chinese curries; we found them much more "tame" (maybe moderate? maybe sweet?) than the Indian, and developed a taste for them. Finally we went to a high-rated Indian buffet, and suddenly found we really loved much of the food, ranging from the tandoori dishes to various sauces to some (albeit not all) of the curries. We also went to Dak Shin, and while we still find the place dark, dingy, and uninviting, by ordering from different sections of the menu (representing different Indian food regions) we found some more to our liking than others.
DK if it might work for you, but that's how we developed a taste and appreciation for the range of Indian cooking.