 WAZWAN
This clean, brightly lit restaurant at the
foot of the Masjid Mosque in Itaewon has some of the best
Indian food in town! There's a smattering of dodgy Indian
restaurants in the vicinity of the ‘hooker hill’
area, and I was quite skeptical when friends suggested we
eat at Wazwan. Much to the delight of my tastebuds, Wazwan
lived up to it’s delicious reputation.
The decor at Wazwan is very simple. They have a few rugs hung
on the walls and a few Middle Eastern-looking accents. There
are shiny festive tablecloths and the flourescent lighting
is a little bright. In the background, there's a TV playing
the latest Bollywood film. However, this restaurant isn't
about dining in a fancy setting and eating mediocre food.
It's about eating fantastic quality Indian food!
Wazwan has quite an extensive menu and it may be difficult
to choose. To start off, you can order a lassi, a yummy yogurt
based drink which is typical in India. Basically the menu
consists of chicken, mutton (lamb), paneer and vegetarian
choices. (Paneer is Indian cheese which tastes a bit like
ricotta, but has the consistency of tofu or feta cheese).
There are different sauces and curries to accompany the meats
and veggies. For example, you can get chicken, dal (lentils)
or paneer makhani.
Makhani is a tomato cream based curry with
Indian spices. You can also get veggie, chicken or mutton
biriyani. Birianyi
is a curry made with a mixture of Indian spices such as coriander,
cumin, cardamom, onion, garlic ginger, cinnamon and cloves.
You can also get shrimp, chicken and mutton masala.
Masala is a curry made with aromatic Indian
spices, red chilies, tomato and garam masala.
You can get all the Indian favorites such as Samosas, Seesh
Kebab, Chicken Tikka, Butter Chicken, Chicken Vindaloo, Rogan
Josh (lamb and tomato with special spices). To accompany your
meal, you can have saffron rice, tandoori roti, onion kulcha,
butter or garlic naan. The naan at Wazwan is especially tasty!!
It’s flaky, and crispy as opposed to the soggy or doughy
naan available at many of the other Indian places around town.
If you just can't choose one thing, you can
order a set menu which includes a variety of dishes. There
are set menus available for 1-2 people or 4-6 people. The
set menu for 4-6 people includes all you can eat naan and
it's a copious amount of food. Aside from the food, the best
thing about Wazwan is the affordable prices. You can feast
like royalty without breaking the bank!
732-151 Hanam 2 dong
02-798-1253
http://wazwan.50megs.com
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