Sangam

by on March 29, 2008 at 4:49 pm in Food and Drink | Permalink

That’s the new Indian food place in the Food Court, at the Johnson Center at George Mason University.  It’s excellent, at least so far, thereby making it the first good food at GMU, ever.  I’d put it in the top quarter of local Indian restaurants, though I expect time and the crowds to take its toll.  The vegetarian sampler is the best dish and they serve Halal food as well.  The samosas look overfried.  The analytical question is why this took so long to happen, or alternatively why it has happened at all.  I have read there is also a wave of innovation in hospital food as well.

RNB March 29, 2008 at 4:55 pm

It’s good to see more Indian food around, I love it.

But, an incidental point, you are implying that “Halal” is a good thing. By “Halal” you mean killed according to ancient superstition and not according to the latest scientific research on what actually causes least suffering to the animal being slaughtered?

Naadir Jeewa March 29, 2008 at 5:31 pm

Food in universities across the pond has also improved, but surprisingly I’ve yet to see much Indian food served at the various outlets around the University of London apart from SOAS.

Many do halal food however, but you have to wonder what miracles have been performed to list “Pork Meatballs (halal)” on the Uni. of London Union menu.

tw March 29, 2008 at 6:14 pm

An all night donut shop at Ninth and Hennepin in Minneapolis. Chuck Weiss and I are having coffee at the counter, late, caught in the middle of a pimp war between two 13-year-old kids. One outside on the street, firing live ammunition, the other running into the cafe, diving behind the counter, unarmed, and screaming, “Leon you’re a dead man!”

A toothpick dispenser hurls toward the street, the beater of a blender, a spatula, and a handful of forks. Bullets hit the stove, a framed dollar bill, a china dog. Chuck and I drop to the floor while the jukebox pounds out “Our Day Will Come” by Dinah Washington. Each bullet changes the selection on the Wurlitzer to a different song, each more poignant than the one before.

Ali Choudhury March 29, 2008 at 8:16 pm

Mexican and Thai food seems to serve the same niche in America that Indian food does in the UK.

Karuna March 30, 2008 at 1:57 am

Since we are thinking aloud here, and as someone that didnt visit George Mason, what is the question here?

Is the question that why did the powers that be give a contract to an indian (apparently muslim and likely non-indian restaurantuer) who happened to be at the right place at the right time now rather than why didnt this happen before?

sarah March 30, 2008 at 7:02 am

Does it seem to anyone else that more schools are offering halal options?

Adam March 30, 2008 at 10:09 am

More schools are offering halal options as the children of immigrants have grown up and are going to college. They have Kosher options everywhere and there are usually just as many, if not more, Muslims on most campuses, especially on the coasts.

Barkley Rosser March 30, 2008 at 10:24 pm

My daughter who is a freshman at GMU, says that Ciao now has the chef who used to be at Bistro,
which means that its food has improved. However, she agrees that Sangam is pretty good, and it
is her current fave eating locaion on the Mason campus.

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