We went with our usual order of a naan sandwich and a chaat. This time we opted for the basil chicken tikka naan roll. They definitely stuff a lot of filling into the naan but the flavors are a bit muddled. I couldn\u2019t detect much basil taste, just a lot of different spices. We asked for the sandwich to be spicy hot, and it definitely delivered in that regard. My sinuses were cleared after eating that sandwich. The order came with a small pile of french fries (regular straight fries with some random bits of curly fries \u2013 weird!) and a sad little side salad that we pretty much ignored.<\/p>\n

$\"Basil$

Basil chicken tikka naan roll<\/p><\/div>\n

For our chaat, we debated between alu chaat and chicken chaat. Josh was lobbying for the chicken, which was described on the menu as boneless pieces of broiled chicken and sounded kind of boring to me. I pushed for the alu chaat, which listed spiced potatoes and chickpeas in the description. I thought the spiced potatoes would be seasoned like the filling of a samosa, or the kind that dosas are wrapped around. I won the debate but boy, was I in for a huge disappointment. The potatoes were basically boiled and unseasoned, and very unpleasant. Biting into a piece of plain waxy boiled potato, barely cooked through, is not appetizing at all. Which is too bad because the standard chaat toppings of mango, tomato, cucumber, onion, and the yogurt and tamarind sauces are really good. They just weren\u2019t enough to hide the bland boringness of plain boiled potato chunks. Ugh. I definitely won\u2019t order this again, and I should have deferred to Josh and gotten the chicken chaat instead. Plain broiled chicken is WAY tastier than plain boiled potato.<\/p>\n

$\"Disappointing$

Disappointing alu chaat with bland, almost raw potatoes<\/p><\/div>\n

Overall this was not the greatest trip to Indus Express, though it\u2019s not somewhere that we go often. There\u2019s much better Indian food in the area but this is always an option when we\u2019re looking for something super quick. We were in and out of there in 20 minutes, and I was soon back at my desk slaving away again.<\/p>\n

Indus Express
\n<\/em><\/a>48 West 48<\/em>^{th<\/em><\/sup> St. between 5<\/em>^{th<\/em><\/sup> and 6<\/em>^{th<\/em><\/sup> Ave.
\nNew York, NY<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"}}}