We are regulars at Surya Indian Cuisine. My daughters, notoriously fussy eaters at home, love everything about this restaurant. Chicken pakora (basically a chicken tender), rice, and naan bread make a sweet meal for a couple of elementary school girls, who also love the never-ending stream of Bollywood videos playing on a pair of flat screen televisions. I write this because many people are intimidated by Indian food, thinking that the heat will be more than their palette can handle. Trust me. If my daughters enjoy the food, it won’t be too hot for you, provided you order your entrée “mild.” Take my matter paneer, for example. A rich, creamy sauce, masterfully blending a myriad of spices, covers squares of semi-soft Indian cheese and peas. (For connoisseurs of Indian cuisine, Surya uses a bit more cream in their dishes than other Indian restaurants, making them a little heavier than the same dish served at other restaurants.) Serve the matter paneer over rice and mop up the extra sauce with bread. Flavorful, yes. Spicy? Not really. If you order the dish “medium,” however, the flavor of the cream recedes and the intensity of the spices increases, and the heat of the dish can be felt. Order this dish “hot” and, to my taste buds, the heat becomes intense, for me too intense to enjoy the flavor. But the choice is yours. Order the dish mild, medium, or hot. Heck, you can order the dish with chicken instead of cheese, if you like. The Surya kitchen is happy to prepare the dish to fit your palette. And you won’t be disappointed. -JD