Restaurant: Spice of India
Location: Achter Het Vleeshuis 27, 6211 GR Maastricht, Netherlands. +31 43 321 6375
Date: July 1, 2023
Cuisine: Indian
Rating: Slow, and too much sugar
I was excited to get some Indian as I’ve had pretty much nothing but Turkish for 3 weeks. This place in Maastricht is a favorite of my friend Gus’.
The town of Maastricht is super cute and lively — it’s been a bustling trade city since Roman times.
Cute interior.
We had as huge table.
Perfectly pleasant petite chablis.
My cryptic notes.
Papadum. These were good.
The chutneys didn’t look like much but the raita was great and the red one had a nice complex sweet spice. There was also a super hot one (not pictured) that was the only really hot thing of the night.
Fried Shrimp. Very panko fry.
Samosas. We had veggie, chicken, and lamb. The shells was nice and thin and crispy, more phylo, but the interior was dry.
King Prawn Kashmiri. Very creamy and mild. VERY creamy as in about 50% heavy cream.
Chicken Tikka Masala. This was the palest creamiest CTM I’ve ever had. Flavor was nice, buit it was really sweet and very mild (and creamy).
Saag Paneer. This had a rougher texture which I liked.
Vegetable Korma. Again super mild and creamy.
Lamb Vindaloo. Supposedly spicy but it wasn’t. At least it wasn’t mostly cream.
Daal.
Fish Dhamask. Nice and garlicky. Fish was scarce.
Lamb Korma. You guessed it: mild and creamy (but nice).
Basmati Rice.
Naan.
Mixed Tandoori Grill. Not enough real meat here.
Ganesh supervises. The food was tasty but WAY WAY too creamy and sweet. Almost dessert like. Also, we had a massive service gap. The apps took awhile and then there was a 2 hour gap between the samosas and a sudden drop of every other item simultaneously. We ate all the papadum and chutneys during the wait! Still, it’s interesting to see Indian in different countries. Still, the company was so good we enjoyed ourselves.
I always find trying “3rd party” national cuisines abroad very interesting. By 3rd party I mean that this was Indian food (3rd party), in the Netherlands. Trying Dutch food in NL or Indian Food in India would of course be more direct, but here it’s Indian filtered through a Dutch lens: in this case a mild and creamy lens!
