Haldi Indian Cuisine recently opened a second location in north Glendale Arizona in Arrowhead. The original Surprise Location was awarded by Phoenix Magazine for BEST IN THE VALLEY for Indian Food. Haldi Indian Cuisine offers North and South Indian dishes. They also offer beer, wine, sodas, tea, coffee, mango lassi, basic cocktails and more.
Today we tried vegetable samosas.
They came with tamarind and cilantro sauce. Very tasty. Anyone would like them.
We also shared spicy chicken curry and vindaloo chicken (also spicy). They came with a bowl of fluffy basmati rice studded with cumin seed.
We ordered #4 out of 5 for heat spiciness. It was hot but not as hot as #4 from other places that we have been. ……We had lots of rice and tasty sauces left over so we took them home. .(OMGosh..the next day these not so hot with heat #4’s turned into #5’s and grew with lots of heat almost too much heat…WOW)……….The sauces both were very fragrant, delicious and were made with lots of exotic spices. The white meat chicken in both could have been more moist.
Haldi Indian Cuisine has recently opened in North Glendale AZ
NakedQ BBQ is a casual BBQ restaurant that serves dry rubbed barbecued meats at three locations in metro Phoenix. NakedQ BBQ is located in Glendale (Westgate), Scottsdale and in the Deer Valley part of North Phoenix. The Phoenix location is small and casual.
It usually has an appetizing smokey smell when you walk in.
You order at the counter and you pay and either take your tray of food with you to the table or they run the food out to you. This restaurant was featured in our local paper The Arizona Republic. According to Go Shindig the NakedQ BBQ in Deer Valley was listed on Go Shindig’s Ultimate BBQ Road Trip based on reviews and prices.
The meats they offer are pulled pork, pulled chicken, brisket, sliced turkey, jalapeño hot link and ribs. Only a couple times a year they offer a FORKING AMAZING smoked corned beef. Most meats are offered on sandwiches that are priced around $8 or $9 that includes a side. Platters are offered in one or two meat platters that include two sides and a corn muffin. Most platters are priced around $14-$20.
The atmosphere is casual and woody with Naked Q BBQ logos all around.
They have a roll of paper towels on every table. They also have a small station of house sauces that you can add so your meat isn’t naked. They offer a North Carolina Style vinegar based sauce, a South Carolina mustard based sauce, a sweet sauce and a spicy sauce.
This day I got the Turkey Salad because on previous trips the BBQ Turkey was always my favorite meat. ($9.00)
The salad is kind of average but it seems fresh. The Turkey really is very good, moist and is full of great flavors. I like that this is a sensible portion of food. Usually I get overly stuffed at BBQ places.
On a different visit I got the garden salad with turkey.
The above salad was only $9……It’s almost fast food priced and is bigger and better than fast food.
My husband got a two meat platter and a side of hot links.
Another time my husband got the same plate…On this day everything was tastier and even more succulent. This time he asked for the fatty. You should ask for the fatty if you want succulent.
Above are hot links to go.
I was lucky enough to get that amazing smoked corned beef sandwich twice. One was FORKING FANTABULOUS…..the other was from the lean side and tasted great but was a little dry.
smoked corned beef sandwich
Above is the one that was a little dry.
smoked corned beef
The above smoked corned beef sandwich were OFF THE CHARTS FORKING INCREDIBLE……OMG….Succulent …so amazing….These sandwiches made the same would be a best sandwich of Phoenix.
On a previous visit we had a 2 meat platter with brisket and pulled chicken, a slaw, green beans and a corn muffin.
Here’s a pulled pork, sausage, macaroni and cheese and a corn muffin with beans on the side.
Another time I had a one meat Turkey platter with slaw, broccoli and a corn muffin.
A one meat platter with brisket, macaroni and cheese, bbq beans and a corn muffin.
That was a taste of NakedQ BBQ in Phoenix AZ.
www.NakedQ.com
Every THING is subject to change and your experience may or may not differ.
I was watching a TV show called The Talk and chef Shota Nakajima was on. He is a James Beard semi finalist, and also a Top Chef finalist among other accolades. Anyways………one of the dishes that he made was this watermelon salad with miso honey dressing and everyone was going crazy tasting it so I figured that I should make it. I didn’t want to make changes to his recipe but I had to because the recipe was for one pint of watermelon and the recipe for the dressing contained three cups of oil and 2 cups of vinegar are way too much for me. I might have created something different but it is really great. Actually the flavors really are so FORKING AMAZING that I cut out all of the blended oil (3 cups) from the original recipe. I made a few other changes but they were only minor. I do recommend not to pre-dress the watermelon because the dressing after a while starts to break down the watermelon. This is FORKING DELICIOUS….You will want to make it over and over again. Portions are hard to judge. It’s say that it might make about 4 servings for most people.
Ingredients for around 4 servings
1 personal size watermelon, rind removed, cut into bite sized pieces
1/4 cup fresh basil – torn or chiffonade (original recipe calls for fresh mint. you can use mint or basil or even 1/2 and 1/2 would be delicious)
In a small mixing bowl mix together the miso paste, honey, ginger, vinegar, and oil. Taste and adjust to your taste. Set to the side.
In a large mixing bowl combine the watermelon and cucumber. Top with feta, togarashi and black pepper to taste. Top with fresh herb and sunflower seeds. Add dressing to taste.
Watermelon salad with miso honey dressing
A special THANKS to chef Shota Nakajima for his Forking Amazing recipe so that I could come up with this.
