Urban India, San Diego, CA 7/10

Urban India

1041 4th Ave

San Diego, CA 92101

 

Overall a nice place in downtown San Diego.

 

Mixed non veg grill - 7/10

The grilled shrimp and the chicken were pretty tasty.7/10

The seekh kabab could have been better (more finely minced and subtler spices) 6/10

Goat curry - had spoken to the Punjabi chef (who is a vegetarian btw) and asked to make an authentic Indian curry. He did a good job, but would have been better if he cooked the onion tomato gravy for a bit longer. 7.5/10

Naan was good and fresh - 8/10

DeAfghanan (Afghan Cuisine), Fremont, CA

http://deafghanancuisine.com/
37395 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536(510) 857-1009
There are a couple of locations for this one.
De Afghanan - Google search

Would recommend this place overall.

Very flavorful lamb shish kababs (cubes, not seekh kababs), moist and well marinated. Not hot (as in chillies, as most Afghani food isnt very hot in general), but with a good mix of spices. 9/10
Their menu item - Lamb Kabob
Charbroiled lamb shish kabob marinated with special seasoning  
 
Chaplee Kabob (Spicy)
Beef patties mixed with green onion, eggs, and other Afghan seasoning, grilled until cooked thoroughly
This was very tasty as well and spicy too. 8/10

Shalimar Restaurant, San Francisco, CA
532 Jones St, San Francisco, CA
(415) 928-0333

I had heard about this restaurant being good. I asked the chef for his recommendations (below):
Murgh Boti Tandoori - 5/10. Nothing great. The chicken was not well marinated and suffered from the same 1/2 mm of flavor problem (the surface has some marinate, but inside is unmarinated "white" meat). This dish is marinated chicken cubes "kabob", not minced.

Seekh Kabab Mughlai (beef) - 6/10.

Bhuna Gosht (lamb pieces) - 6/10. This was nice, but just about that.

Below is what I should have had according to some local sources:
Chicken Kofta
Chicken Leg
Aloo Parantha

Nan N Curry, Turk St and Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA
Nan N Curry, San Francisco, CA
533 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA (415) 693-0499

Lamb seekh kabab - 8/10
Mutton biryani - 8/10
These 2 were great! Their chicken tikka masala was the most popular dish and was nice too (juicy chicken chunks in creamy sauce, tasty).
Chicken tikka masala - 6/10

There are at least 2 Nan N Curry restaurants in SFO. I had these at the new one at the intersection of Turk St and Van Ness Ave, not the Jackson St one below. But this one may have the same stuff.