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My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

My follow-up review for this restaurant. Read my previous review for this restaurant here

I’ve eaten at India’s Finest quite a lot and their food is wonderful except for the Vindaloo, which can (in my opinion) be a bit underspiced. However, today I visited again and I was in the mood for vindaloo, and because the rest of their menu is virtually perfect I was determined to get their vindaloo spiced to my taste. I asked the waiter for it to be made very very spicy – extremely spicy. When the food came out it was fairly spicy, but still not as spicy as I’m used to in Indian restaurants in England. I told the waiter that it was pretty good but not quite as spicy as I was used to. He then told me that he’d get some extra green peppers for me. I was skeptical that peppers added after the meal was cooked would do the trick. He brought out a little dish of small diced green peppers (about the size of chili peppers) – I mixed these in and the meal was exactly as spicy as vindaloos I’ve had in England, and the spices brought the vindaloo flavour out perfectly – exactly how vindaloo is supposed to be. He said the secret was the green peppers – they actually add spice where other peppers/spices wouldn’t have the same effect. So if you’re visiting India’s Finest and you find the vindaloo not as spicy as you like, ask for them to make it spicier by adding the green peppers – they’ll know what you mean. Be careful adding them though – they do add quite a bit of heat to the dish. I swallowed a good two glasses of water and a beer and I was perspiring a little by the end of the meal – just the effect I feel a truly great vindaloo should have.

So I guess the moral of the story is that if you want a meal spiced a certain way, all you have to do is let them know.

All-in-all, with this little trick with their vindaloo recipe, I’d have to say that this is the best Indian restaurant I’ve visited in the US – and I’ve visited a lot in both Southern California and in the Boston area. I’ve tasted many of the India’s Finest dishes and they are all phenomenal. The sauces are perfect and they will spice food to your taste if you make them aware of exactly what you want. The wait staff is very attentive and friendly and so I’d have to say that this is actually the best Indian restaurant I’ve ever eaten in – and that includes Indian restaurants in England. No lover of Indian food should be disappointed after a visit to this fabulous restaurant.

I’ve been going regularly to India’s Finest for a couple of months now and not only is this restaurant one of the best Indian restaurants I’ve ever eaten in, but it has to be one of the best food experiences I’ve ever had in any restaurant. Their food is uniformly brilliant, with a great selection of excellent quality Indian food of all kinds.

I’ve never had a meal here that wasn’t good and filling. They offer home-style meals cooked at a fast food pace. They will cook virtually anything you want any way you want it. Breakfast here is especially good and they often have a line waiting to be served, but the line moves fast because the guys cooking the food are about the fastest cooks I’ve ever seen. The only criticism I have is that, presumably due to the demand for food at a fast pace, their home fries and roasted potatoes are sometimes a little undercooked.

Harringtons is an English style restaurant/pub with a great atmosphere and food that is a little more upscale than standard pub/restaurant meals. I’ve literally never had food here that I didn’t like and I really don’t have any criticisms. The restaurant itself is small but the booths are quite roomy. The decor is very English or Irish, with dark wood panelling and I’d say this restaurant would be well suited to a casual business meeting, a casual date or family dining. The bar area is not intrusive and is very clean indeed.

Omelette Headquarters is a family breakfast restaurant in a building that used to be a train station. The decor is nothing to write home about – it’s just 50s style diner tables in a room that has about as much ambience as the average office building. They serve good omelettes, and I could forgive the bad decor if all their food was as good. Sadly I’m a big fan of home fried potatoes and I’ve never had a meal here with properly cooked home fries. They are always significantly undercooked. In the end I stopped going to Omelette Headquarters because of this issue. It’s a pity because if it wasn’t for this problem the rest of the food is both good and filling.

This is a great muffin place. They have a gingerbread muffin that’s out of this world. Wakefield has a lot of good food places and this is one not to be missed. The only problems are the line out the door and the fact that they close at 6pm.