Aside from entertainment at Somerville Theatre and Johnny D's, you'll find a long list of restaurants in Boston's Davis Square neighborhood. Some of these establishments include Indian restaurants. The next time you find yourself in David Square, try one of the Indian restaurants and experience flavors and spices from different regions of India.
Namaskar features modern interiors with ambient lighting and a bar. Southern, northern and western Indian specialties are served. Try the rice and lentils pancake or paneer selections, which are dishes made with cottage cheese. Choose from many vegetarian items or order a chicken, lamb or beef specialty and pair it with basmati rice or Indian bread, such as chapati or paratha. A lunch buffet is served Monday through Friday, and dinner is served seven days a week. A brunch buffet is available on Saturdays and Sundays.
A small, casual-dining Indian restaurant, Passage to India offers a menu with a long list of items to choose from. The chef's specials include saffron chicken, ginger lemon tilapia with masala sauce, shahi veggie lamb and kasoori methi gobhi, which is cauliflower cooked with fenugreek, cumin seeds, tomatoes, ginger and garlic paste. Some of the most popular dishes in the restaurant are vegetable samosa, chicken tikka masala and palak paneer, which is a combination of spinach cooked with cottage cheese. Passage to India is open every day and delivery and take out is available daily.
Diva Indian Bistro offers guests booth and table seating and a bar in a casual dining environment. The restaurant's menu consists of more than 100 dishes from the different regions of India. Special regional dishes from Bangalore and Madras include dahi bhala, which are lentil dumplings; and chaat papri, which is wheat chips and chick peas served with tamarind and yogurt. Dishes from Bombay include dosa, Indian-style crepes made of rice and lentils or dosa stuffed with barbecue chicken or lamb with potatoes. Nightly chef specials are also available. Diva Indian Bistro is open every day for lunch, dinner and takeout and offers a brunch buffet on weekends.
Bengal Cafe serves home-style halal, meaning permissible according to Islamic law, Bangladeshi food. The difference between Bangladeshi food and food served in other Indian restaurants is the combination and amounts of spices used in the food. The small, casual-dining restaurant's specialties include boneless hilsa fish, goat chop kabob, beef kabob and golda chingri Malai curry, which is a prawn curry. Bengal Cafe is open daily for lunch and dinner, and a lunch buffet is served every day.
