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The Shudders
Where: John Henry's
When: 9 p.m.
How much: $5 suggested
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Sunday
What: Bad Wizard and
the Witnesses
Where: John Henry's
When: 7:30 p.m.
How much: $5
Today
What: Beltline
Where: Luckey’s
When: 10 p.m.
How much: $3
Saturday
What: Big Band Ballroom Dance Party
Where: StaverDanceSport, 55 W.
Broadway
When: 9 p.m.
How much: $5
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■ Restaurant review
A Taste of India's flavorful buffet
satifies appetites, bank accounts
l ne buffet-style restaurant
provides the perfect place
for a nice, low-key lunch
BY NA1ASHA CHILINGERIAN
SENIOR PULSE REPORTER
I remember visiting an Indian buf
fet restaurant in London when I was
15 that was a complete disappoint
ment. The servers didn’t show my
companions and me where the buf
fet was located, so we had to search
for it ourselves. When we found it,
we almost wished we hadn’t. The
food consisted of something that re
sembled ground meat, a mixture of
beans and a bowl of iceberg lettuce.
Walking into A Taste of India for a
buffet lunch gave me a few flash
backs to this tasteless incident, but
fortunately, I walked out having re
newed my faith iq Indian food buf
fets. While the looks of the $6.99 buf
fet reminded me a bit of the London
eatery (A Taste of India’s small food
cart held only a few choices and in
cluded an iceberg lettuce salad), dish
es were satisfying and flavorful.
Lunchtime diners at A Taste of In
dia can pick from fried, crispy
dumplings; soft, chewy nan bread;
curried potatoes; and buttery, saf
fron-spiced basmati rice topped with
either hearty lentils or a veggie-filled
yellow curry sauce. Tandoori chick
en is also offered; it’s decent, a little
spicy and might taste better if it
weren’t for its off-putting orange col
or. Out of this short list of dishes, the
rice and yellow curry sauce is what
the thing to get seconds of — skip
the iceberg salad.
Unlimited coffee, tea and soda are
available with the buffet, which is of
fered daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and
on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The restaurant also has a full menu,
which is available during lunch hours
and from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day
except Sunday. Highlights of the
menu include Indian breads for less
than $3; lamb, chicken and vegetari
an curries; shrimp dishes and kebabs.
Entree prices range from $7.95 for
most of the vegetarian curries to
$15.95 for the Tandoori Mixed Grill
plate. You can also get the buffet to
go, either in a large container for the
same price as the sit-down buffet or
Danielle Hickey | Photo editor
A Taste of India, at 2495 Hilyard St., offers a great lunch buffet that features items
such as rice, lentils and nan, an Indian bread.
in a small container (a special for
University students and students of a
few Eugene high schools) for $3.
Although the restaurant’s exterior
is an unattractive blue building, the
decorations inside are charming.
The walls sport photographic por
traits of Indian scenes and giant fake
trees with leaves and branches that
spread across the ceiling. Tables sit
looking well-groomed, and in a cor
ner a fountain gently trickles water.
The mood is relaxed and comfort
able. While the servers were pleas
ant, they were not as accommodat
ing as I would have liked. After a
waiter told my companion and I to
sit where we liked, he pretty much
left us alone, and 1 had to get up and
find him to request my beverage.
A Taste of India is a cheap,tasty
dining option, perfect for a casual
weekend lunch outing. It’s by no
means gourmet, but if you’re nearly
broke and longing for something on
the exotic side, check it out.
natchilingerian@ daily emerald, com
John Henry7s: A relaxed Eugene atmosphere
Continued from page 8
Employees were in here re-painting
and working on the place because we
wanted our jobs back. It’s been doing
a lot better than it was before. ”
For all the theme nights and its
punk-rock shows, John Henry’s
manages to maintain a relaxed at
mosphere.
“We’re a pretty straightforward
bar,” bartender Molly McKeown said.
“I think the craziest thing we’ve done
here is pudding wrestling. By the end
of the night, I was the only person not
covered in pudding. ”
Despite being pretty straightfor
ward, the place does have its points of
interest. The bathrooms have a wide
range of reading material and the list
of bizarre drink orders is interesting.
One is the Cement Mixer, a drink in
volving Baily’s, lemon juice and a few
other choice ingredients. I’m not too
sure how this works, but apparently
the drink curdles in your mouth as
you drink it. While vomitting is not
guaranteed, it is a likely prospect.
The other was the wonderfully
named Irish Car Bomb, which in
volves placing a shot glass full of
Jameson and Baily’s inside half a
glass of Guinness. To illustrate, the
man drank two of them while I was
there. I stuck with coffee, which was
about as heroic, given what the
coffee tasted like.
Overall, the bar is one of the best
hangout spots around. Business
doesn’t pick up until around 10 p.m.
and until then, things stay pretty
quiet. Prices are decent, the pool ta
bles are in good repair and the light
ing is dim and moody. You can’t ex
pect it to get better than that.
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