Jewel of India Indeed

Since my beloved works for Microsoft (who doesn't in this area, right?), we are able to get some pretty sweet deals at local businesses including restaurants. One night while craving naan and korma, we relied on the guidance of this massive corporation and discovered the joy which is the Jewel of India restaurant located in the University District. This is another place that I had concerns about because of location and appearance, but the food by far exceeded expectations.

I ordered a vegetable korma, spice level 5 stars, and let me tell you they are not messing around with the heat. Holy Hindu Cow, that korma was hot! And I loved every sweaty minute of it. I don't know about my other Caucasian Asians out there, but it has been my experience in that past that as one who is very fairly complected that sometimes my spice requests are not taken seriously in restaurants. "Stupid white girl. She has no idea," I imagine the servers thinking as I boldly order the hottest hot sauces available. There have only been 2 other times where the food was exceedingly hot thus meeting my expectations, both of which occurred in the past year and both of which were in Phoenix. One was a Nigerian restaurant and the other was a place that served "ridiculously hot" hot wings, which is funny since when my friend asked me how hot I wanted my wings I told her "ridiculously hot" not knowing anything about the menu. But I digress. . .

Jewel of India is a gem of a place in the midst of college students, hipsters, and passers through. The husband and wife team that own it are fantastic, the food is homemade, and I swear they have the best garlic naan ever. Better yet, if you live close they deliver. We don't so those dreams of Indian food appearing at our doorstep were shattered. However, we determined they were worth the drive even if we didn't have our magic discount card. Plus, I love supporting local places with genuinely nice proprietors. Two korma covered thumbs up on this one and pass me some water!

http://www.jewelofindiaseattle.com/