Restaurant Experience

Lee and I went to Sangam Restaurant in Ballston on Wednesday around 5pm. We chose this location because we could easily take the shuttle to the Ballston building and walk a few blocks to get there. When we walked in, the place was desolate. The owner of the restaurant was very friendly and told us that his staff was in the back sleeping. So we sat ourselves and waited. An apprehensive waiter took our drink order (water with lemon). He said he hoped we didn't mind waiting on our food because the staff hadn't started up the kitchen yet. So we decided it'd be nice to have some Naan (bread) to hold us off in the mean time. Instead of the bread we were so excited to get, our waiter brought us out two baskets of what looked to be chips. When Lee asked our waiter what was in them, he hadn't a clue. We then ordered our appetizers (meat samosa & aloo tikki), which took a good 20 minutes to bring out. They were mediocre and interesting to try. Our waiter ignored us for a bit and then strolled to a corner and started to do something that looked to be tap dancing. Then he mysteriously disappeared and a completely different waiter came out to take our entree order. We ordered chicken biryani and lamb curry, which took about 30 or so minutes to come out. Lee was eating lemons meanwhile. Our main dishes were surprisingly better than we had expected - very new and unique to the taste buds. For dessert, we wrapped up with a simple kulfi dish, which is similar to sorbet or frozen yogurt. The menu had claimed that it was home made, but on the top of the dessert we could see letters. It was obvious the dish had been in a cup and flipped into a bowl. It tasted gritty and was very chalky, turning our tongues bright orange! It was a strange experience. We were uncomfortable in the restaurant unfortunately and were very eager to leave. We had fun though, and bonded a ton. (: