Marigold

Samosas

We went to eat at Marigold in Uptown.  We had heard about this restaurant a while ago on Check Please.  We made some reservations and a few days before we went we looked on their website to see what the menu offered.  We were surprised to learn that they would be changing locations (from Uptown to Andersonville) and that their last night in Uptown would be the day after we were to dine there. We're not sure how it affected our meal.  The menu was pretty small but since we hadn't seen previous menus we didn't know if that was normal or just because they didn't have much food left in their kitchen.

drinks - juice and lassi

Appetizer:

Samosa - potato & cilantry filled pastry, with onion date & mint chutney. Despite being to a few Indian restaurants, this was Nick's first time sampling a samosa. Much like other savory filled dumplings it was great. We wish there were more.

Chicken Tikka

Saag Paneer - spinach and cheese

Murgh Makhni - Boneless chicken tikkas in a fenugreek spiced tomato cream sauce.  We ordered a smaller portion so we could try more things. We probably shoud have ordered a larger portion of this. It had a vast amount of flavor and the chicken was super moist.

Saag Paneer - Sauteed fresh spinach in a coconut curry with house-made paneer (cheese).  We also ordered a smaller portion of this. This too we had no trouble finishing off.  It reminded Nick of an Indian version of a spinach dip. It was probably the most mild dish of the night.

Lamb Shank Vindaloo

Lamb Shank Vindaloo - Lamb shank braised in a Goan sauce of chilies & cider vinegar.  It was a little to spicy for Natalie's taste. Nick liked the spice and flavor but there was so little meat for the work that it required to get off the bone.  He would have like it more if the lamb had been diced up and a little easier to eat. It was so tough to cut into and at one point the sauce splashed all over the two of us when Nick tried to cut it. 

Garlic Naan - you can never go wrong with some warm Naan bread.

Lamb Shank in front with smaller chicken and spinach dishes in the background

Mango Lassi - refreshing mango, mint and yogurt smoothie with a hint of sugar.  Fun smoothie - we wished there were more.Mango Juice- refreshing on a hot day but not as sweet as Nick remembers from his days in the Phillippines 

Kama Sutra Cake - spicy flourless chocolate cake (spicy due to smoked paprika) with raspberry syrup - the spiciness due to the paprika really sets this apart from other flourless chocolate cakes. Whoever thought to put spice with chocolate (maybe the Mayans) were geniusses.   

Kama Sutra Cake

Final Thoughts on Marigold:

Food - Tasty Indian food, slightly westernized for general consumption (and at western prices).  We should have just ordered larger portions of the chicken and spinach and skipped the lamb and we would have been very happy.

Service - very good service, nice that they didn't let this lapse on their 2nd to last night in that location

Atmosphere - we enjoyed ourselves despite the fact that this restaurant will be moving locations. Once again we were the first customers in a restaurant - but there were other people who came in later so it didn't stay this way the entire time we ate dinner.