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Monday, November 15, 2004

Rate-A-Restaurant, #53 in a series

Restaurant:India Sweets and Spices

Location: 3126 Los Feliz Blvd (just east of Griffith Park)

Type of restaurant: Fast-food Indian

They stipulated: Like your veggies. India Sweets and Spices sticks to a non-meat menu.

What we ordered: Bengan bartha (eggplant); chickpeas; vegetables and mushrooms

High point: Food is served cafeteria style -- you can grab and run. Plus, the adjacent Indian grocery is huge -- and carries a wide variety of product, including imported British candy bars (Nestle Aero bars!)

Low point: The menu says a medium serving of rice costs $2. The woman behind the counter insisted that it cost $2.50. I challenged her, but she wouldn't budge. I finally gave up.

Overall impression: Cheap, good Indian food in a pinch -- perfect when you're just not in the mood to cook. But this is by no means a replacement for tastier spots like Electric Lotus. In particular, the Bartha was kinda disappointing (we're big eggplant fans) -- way too salty.

Chance we will go back: Definitely-- when we're looking for a quick dinner option.

For a complete archive of our Rate-A-Restaurant reviews, check out our companion ratearestaurant.blogspot.com website.

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