Sichuan Gourmet, Billerica, 7/10

Sichuan Gourmet, Billerica, MA
502 Boston Rd, Billerica, MA (978) 670-7339

Update 6/4/14:
By far one of the best Chinese places this side of town, frequented by many Chinese (indication) as well. Its not American Chinese (like P F Changs, which is nice, but Americanized), but good Sichuan food.

Lo mein - 7/10
Kung pao chicken 7/10
Shredded chicken with cayenne pepper 8/10

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Indian style lo mein ("chow mein" in India). The Chicken lo mein (or veggie lo mein) comes closest to it. Its not wet and sloppy like some Chinese restaurants. - 6/10
Shredded Chicken with Cayene Pepper - chicken with 50% hot peppers. Very nice. - 7/10. The item # is "J2" on the menu.

Pongal, Billerica MA

Pongal, 786 Boston Rd Billerica, MA 01821
(978) 667-3443

Update 4/25/10

By far the best Indian restaurant this side of town! It also has a good selection of Indo-Chinese food.

Chilli paneer dry - 8/10. Very good, well made, comes very close to the Indian Chinese style, probably without much MSG

Chilli chicken dry - 8/10. ditto. The real deal, not adulterated by green peppers and such, although it has onions (the Indian one is just green chillies and chicken)

Chicken chettinad - 8/10. Very tasty and flavorful. It didn't feel like chicken thrown in some standard gravy, as we also ordered veggie chettinad. The chicken was juicy and prepared well.

Vegetable chettinad - 7/10. Good stuff.

Lamb seekh kabab - 7/10. This one was a bit disappointing, given the other good food and expectations, but not bad nonetheless. Could have been a bit more moist and flavorful.

Overall, this is the place to goto if you are in the Northwest area.

Update 1/1/10

The weekend buffet is good, 7/10 on average.

They have a good mix of veg and non veg. Their tandoori chicken is much better than the average fare elsewhere. Its well marinated.

Goat curry - 7/10

Lamb biryani - 7/10

Naan - 7/10

Chicken tikka - 7/10

One of the best in the area.

This restaurant replaced Masala. The decor is better, but the food is average.
Update 4/9/09Heard from many foodies that the buffet is much better on weekends.

Buffet included:
Tandoori chicken - 5/10
Chicken tikka masala - 5/10 - the chicken pieces were dry and the gravy as usual
Lamb meat balls - 6/10 - nice flavor, but the gravy could have been better - the ingridients and spices werent well mixed in, which left the gravy chunky (much like an amateur cook - how most bachelors cook at home :)
Ginger chicken - 5/10
Bhindi (okra) entree - undercooked okra
Garlic naan - 6/10 (was fresh and served as part of the buffet)
Service was slow.

Masalaa Boston (aka Masalaa)
786 Boston Road,Billerica,MA 01821
(978) 667 3443

South Indian vegetarian restaurant. I prefer the food at Udipi.
The food is generally ok for a South Indian restaurant.
Masala dosa - 5/10.