Namaste Cafe<\/strong> Open Monday through Saturday – Lunch 11:30 am – 2:30 pm, Dinner 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Lunch buffet is $8.95 ($5 for kids) and dinner entrees run around $9-14.\u00a0 Lunch buffet $8.95 ($5 for children).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n My brother and his girlfriend got two chicken dishes, tandoori and tikka masala ($14), both of which they liked very much.\u00a0 Miriam had some too and kept asking for more of the masala sauce spooned over rice.<\/p>\n Chicken Tandoori<\/p><\/div>\n Tikka masala is a protein of choice buried in a fragrant fenugreek sauce.\u00a0 Tandoori has no sauce at all and the protein is baked in a clay oven then served on a sizzling hot platter with some vegetables.\u00a0 Michael and I got the mahi mahi tandoori and the fish was ever so slightly underdone, but still flaky and flavorful.\u00a0 That iron platter stayed hot for the entire meal and the vegetables left behind burned.\u00a0 At that point it occurred to me is what we should have done is to have let it cook for a couple more minutes then quickly transferred it all to our plates.<\/p>\n Mahi Mahi Tandoori<\/p><\/div>\n I asked the staff about egg in their food and, fortunately for us, they don’t use very much.\u00a0 Only in the naan (bread).\u00a0 They told me most of their dishes have cream added and all of their breads are wheat-based.\u00a0 Because Miriam and I can both get away with occasional dairy and gluten, I didn’t worry about it.\u00a0 But another reviewer mentioned getting dishes made without cream, so it seems dairy-free is possible.<\/p>\n We started off with complementary crackers and a tamarind dipping sauce.\u00a0 They were light and crispy but had little flavor, despite being studded with spices.<\/p>\n Cousins eating crackers<\/p><\/div>\n We got ourselves some roti, which is a plain wheat grilled bread (we ordered it without butter, which is how it usually comes) but that turned out to be a mistake.\u00a0 It was rather plain but hardened up just enough so you couldn’t soak up sauces with it.\u00a0 The basmati rice with peas ($1.50) was delicious.\u00a0 My brother’s family ordered aloo paratha ($3) which was a baked flatbread with potatoes and spices and raved about it all night.<\/p>\n Michael’s and my other dish was channa amchaur, a beautifully spiced chickpea dish with enough sauce to justify eating the perfect (but carby) rice.\u00a0 I could have easily finished the bowl of it myself.<\/p>\n Chickpeas, rice, and bread<\/p><\/div>\n Michael had an Indian beer and my brother some chai tea.\u00a0 We all skipped dessert.<\/p>\n The inside of the restaurant is warm and inviting with no scents except for the lovely ones coming from the kitchen.\u00a0 Because the place is small, there is a single door to the outside and no way to sit away from the drafts.\u00a0 It was cold outside and we had to wear our jackets during the meal to stay warm.\u00a0 In summer it wouldn’t matter, and it has been unseasonably cold here (30’s and 40’s at night).\u00a0 I didn’t check out the restroom.\u00a0 The dining area is wheelchair accessible.<\/p>\n I do look forward to coming again but next time I want to try the lunch buffet.\u00a0 Hopefully it will have more of those chickpeas.<\/p>\n Namaste Dinner<\/p><\/div>\n Chowhound Places<\/a> My brother, his girlfriend, and my 10 year old niece came to visit us and shop at the local outlet mall.\u00a0 Last time I saw them all (at the Marin County Fair the 4th of July) I brought a huge picnic lunch for everyone but this visit I decided not to cook.\u00a0 I’d been wanting 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\n1390 No McDowell Blvd., Ste, A
\nPetaluma CA 94954
\n(707) 664-9245<\/p>\n![\"Chicken](\"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/namaste_chicken_tandoori_0383.jpg\" "\\"namaste_chicken_tandoori_0383\\"")
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Other Reviews:<\/h3>\n
\nChowhound Review Dec 2007<\/a>
\nChowhound Review May 2008<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"