Saravanaa Bhavan

Last Thursday, Soren and I made plans to have lunch and then spend the entire afternoon at the movie theater. I suggested Saravanaa Bhavan in Murray Hill because the movie theater was in nearby and Indian food definitely would’ve kept us full for the entire day. I’ve had dosas in the past from The Dosa Man in Washington Square Park, but a lot of my Indian friends said that the Indian chain was the best dosa in New York:

The restaurant’s dosas are the largest I’ve ever seen; some of the waiters brought out dosas that took up half of a table! Since Soren and I were sharing, we decided to order one lunch special:

And one masala dosa:

Both were very good, but my dosa stuck to the tray and the onions and potatoes were really unevenly spread through the dosa (in fact, I didn’t even know my dosa had potatoes in it until I was halfway done). Soren’s meal was very good, especially with so many different sauces to dip the rice in – Soren didn’t even know it was entirely vegetarian because it tasted so hearty. Maybe not the BEST dosa I’ve ever had, but it was very good and very filling. Their prices are around $10 per dosa, but they are very large and come with lots of different chutneys.

The restaurant fills up really quickly around lunch time, but getting a seat wasn’t too difficult because the food is served really quickly. After our lunch, we watched Toy Story 3, Despicable Me, and Twilight – my favorite was Toy Story 3 (in 3-D) – my favorite character was the hedgehog that’s always in character – Mr. Prickle Pants!