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Park to Shop - Chinese Megastorejimswside wrote: Storefronts seem to be filling up. Good to see a mall not dying.
Speaking of....
I hit up "Mall Of India" down the street from Park To Shop.
I was in there a few months ago - prolly a year, actually. Looks like they have 3 or 4 food vendors that are functioning. I had chicken Rogan Josh platter (very good helping of bone in rogan josh and 2 small, flaky/chewy, parathas,) and I also ordered one potato samosa, and one onion samosa. They gave me a side of grilled green skinny peppers that were salted. They sizzled me good. It was the kind of hot that I felt in my eyeballs. I thought I made a bad mistake and they were gonna keep getting stronger, and put a hurtin on me, but it dissipated pretty quickly. I'd suggest hitting the places up, and starting a list. The trial meal I had was very promising. It was a little bit busy, and I was a little short on time, so I couldn't get a great understanding of all the menus. But it looks like 2 of the vendors had a decent list of gravy dishes, one vendor had a good list more tinged towards biryanis, one vendor was more tinged towards sweets, but had a few savories, and one vendor was geared up for "Street Foods" at which I saw some orders that looked like Bhel Puri type snack/treat things. Big seating area, lots of folks enjoying foods. Pretty much a mall food court. That grocery store attached, "Indiaco" has a food counter in the back of the store - all vegetarian. I was VERY impressed with the one take out order we got there. There's also a small butcher attached a little further down the corridor from the food court.
I know this whole post is a bit off topic, but in that same mall area of Mall Of India, on the south side, but across the parking lot, there's a Hyderbad House "coming soon."
If I lived in the area, I'd be thinking this mall food court is worth visiting on the regular if you have interest in Indian food. I'd suggest this Mall of India food court deserves a thread if anyone is interested, and able to make visits.
OOOH, also, the food vendor I ordered from...they were so foreign that they had me pronounce my one syllable name like three times. IMO - that is a good thing. Please don't come at me for some idea of shaming. He had a thick accent, I'm sure he thought I did, too. We had a mildly hard time understanding each other, but we laughed together a few times. It's not a bad thing. He was extremely friendly, and I hope I came off as friendly in his eyes. The sweets guy, ignored me however. So when he skipped over me for someone else, I left. I don't care. I'm too old and too happy to even consider caring. I don't make extra effort to give people my money anymore.
Mall of India776 Illinois Rte 59, Naperville, IL 60540
Hours:
Friday-Saturday 9 AM–9 PM
Sunday-Thursday 9 AM–8 PM
Phone: (630) 528-0000
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