India Spice Kart — Restaurant in Portland

This was my second time ordering the chicken saag and it felt so good to be biking home over Tabor looking forward to my little feast. The sauce is rich and the flavors are delicious. The chicken is very tender and seems fresher and a better quality than you sometimes get with Indian or Thai. I did want to offer a bit of feedback in a spirit of kindness and honesty... I thought my dish today was too salty. With each bite the saltiness went past elevating the other flavors to overpowering them.

It might also have been a lingering baking soda taste, if the chickpeas are being soaked in a baking soda solution to peel them?

If it's salt, we can always salt more at home! If it's baking soda ... I don't know how the fix that? Maybe a super super thorough rinse before the chickpeas are blended into the sauce?

Whichever it was, it's not going to stop me from coming back and trying many other dishes. This spot...

On a complete whim, I went to the Hinterland food cart park to check it out, and I decided to buy a little bit here and there from the different vendors. Most things were ready in about five to ten minutes, but it took a good half hour before my beeper started buzzing letting me know my Indian food was ready...

...and I don't care, because despite living and dining all over the world, it is the best Indian food I have ever had in my entire life. There is no competition - reasonable prices, generous portions, quality ingredients, and the most authentic, best Indian food I have ever had.

The palak paneer is not a watered-down soup - it is a rich, thick, heaping bowl slow cooked over many hours. The malai kofta has incredibly flavorful vegetable dumplings that hold up in their thick creamy broth.

Seriously, you have to...

I'm here so often that I feel like I'm cheating on my partner by going to a different cart in the pod. When I get sick or have surgery and can't eat for a few days, the first thing I want is literally anything from Spice Kart. They have the best palak paneer and paneer korma I've had, and the rice is perfectly cooked and fragrant. Dishes are served steaming hot so it's especially good on a cold day. 11/10 never leave, it will...