Bay Area Restaurant Review - Dosa Place in Santa Clara

I am totally spoiled for veggie food choices in the Bay area. I want to spread the word, so, you are going to read a lot of restaurant reviews from now on. And its ok if you dont live in the Bay area. Hopefully, this blog should come as a handy reference when you visit, or, you could get inspired and try some of the fantanstic dishes at home.

We went to the Dosa Place for dinner last night. The restaurant has just opened this week, and my husband and I truly enjoyed some good ol south indian hospitality. The appetizers - medhu vadai and potato bonda were pretty routine, but got us hungry enough for the main course - the dosas. The menu has the widest variety of dosas I have ever seen, including some really creative ones like California dosa, and Guacomole dosa (er.....i'm not sure if i'll ever end up ordering that). Traditional treats like Adai, pesarattu upma, and kal dosai are also available. With the chef's recommendations, K ordered Chettinad dosa and I ordered the California dosa. My dosa was pretty good - a lighter version of a masala dosa, but with the masala spread all over the dosa (instead of a lump in the middle), and with chopped almonds, a little cheese and lots of green peas.

K's Chettinad dosa was incredible. Again, the masala was distributed almost throughout the dosa, and rolled up in a rather unusual way. It had the trademark chettinad saunf masala taste, and it was absolutely lipsmacking. I usually do not praise restaurant food a lot, but this dosa was too good. I am the type that usually ends up requesting for a second cup of sambar, but we ended up leaving the sambar virtually untouched, as the dosas had to be enjoyed fully. The chutneys were pretty good - apart from the usual coconut chutney, they serve an unusual peanut chutney and really spicy red chilli chutney.

We finished the meal with some creamy mango lassi and chai. I cannot wait to go again. I may just give the guacamole dosa a try!