On Wed, 16 Apr 2008, dank wrote:
I ate at the Shalimar Indian-Pakistani restaurant on Polk Street
in San Francisco last night.
[etc.]

Al Eisner wrote:
The Chron (i.e., sfgate.www.com) lists a Shalimar on Jones St. Is the
above a different place?

Guy Bannis wrote:
There are two Shalimars in the City and they're related. I believe
there's also on in Berkeley but the East Bay folks can speak to that.

There's one in Fremont, close to the BART station, and one in Sunnyvale
on El Camino near Bernardo. I've also been to the Jones St. branch,
but not the one on Polk. Of those three, I prefer the Fremont branch,
but they're all good. Just don't go expecting a "fine dining" experience.
It's counter service, no alcohol is served, and the decor seems to be
whatever the last occupants of the building put up. But you won't find
tastier tandoori meats or naan anywhere. The curries are very good, too,
despite (or maybe because of) being a little on the oily side. Get the
chicken tikka (a quarter chicken cooked in the tandoor), the goat
curry if they have it that day, spinach with paneer, or the chicken
meatball curry. And naan, of course.

Now I'm hungry, and I just had dinner.

-Joe