blake wrote on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:38:07 GMT:

??>> 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

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

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

bm> <http://www.tylercowensethnicdininggu...2006/09/welcom
bm> e_1.php>

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

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

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

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

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

bm> good luck.

I tried the first URL but the response was glacially slow.
Perhaps, I'll give it another try at a different time.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not