On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:03:44 GMT, "James Silverton"
> wrote:

>Hello, All!
>
>Does anyone have any strong opinions as to the most authentic
>Indian restaurants in the Washington DC metropolitan area? To
>take an example, where would, say, a Bengali go for homestyle
>cooking? There are a number of Indian restaurants that I like
>but I know little about their authenticity and I will never
>learn Hindi or Urdu.
>
> James Silverton

james, i can't help you out of personal knowledge, but in case you
don't know of it, here's a pointer to tyler cowen's guide to ethnic
restaurants in the metro area:

this one is searchable, with some bullets for regional cuisines:

<http://www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com/2006/09/welcome_1.php>

this is most of the same information in a different format, along with
some comments about eatin' that kooky ethnic chow:

<http://www.gmu.edu/jbc/Tyler/tyler_cowen.htm>

as far as i can tell, he knows his onions. for instance, on joe's
noodle house in rockville:

Superb Szechuan food. Many little items. You order and they bring it
to your crowded table. As close to real Chinese food as you are going
to get around here. A very exciting place to visit, highly
recommended. Plus the best dumplings around.

he's been doing his blog quite a while, and covers a lot of places.

good luck.

your pal,
blake