I recently had dinner at Surya Indian Restaurant, 299 Shrewsbury St., Worcester. The atmosphere is very friendly, casual and bight; the wait staff incredibly nice and attentive. The method of serving our group was a little different in that rather than knowing who ordered what they just came to the table announced the dish they were holding and asked who ordered it. When they announced, “lamb pasanda” I raised my hand. Even though we were 19 at the table, all of the orders came together. The description on the menu for lamb pasanda reads, “Lamb curry cooked with light cream sauce & cashews.” It was chunks of tender lamb about 1″ to 1 1/2″ square and some cashews in a very rich and tasty curry sauce — delicious! After I finished the lamb, I dipped the bread … the nann in the sauce and cleaned my plate. The serving size was definitely enough for a meal — I just couldn’t resist the sauce!
The food is so good and the service so prompt that it’s hard to understand why we were the only ones having dinner. Perhaps its location, tucked behind Funk Murphy’s, doesn’t draw many people in — or maybe people just don’t want to try Indian cuisine — whatever it is, it is definitely not the quality of the food. It is well worth a visit — just remember that if you don’t like hot spices ask them to tone it down. I asked for medium and it was great — just hot enough to make my eye balls sweat but not so hot that I couldn’t enjoy it. -RS
