{"id":5173,"date":"2008-05-05T10:31:16","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T15:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5173"},"modified":"2008-05-05T11:08:49","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T16:08:49","slug":"hot_breads_teh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/05\/hot_breads_teh\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Breads = Teh Yum"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago we were in North Jersey, and went with friends to a new restaurant called “Hot Breads,”<\/a> in Parsippany. I thought the idea of a cafe style restaurant along these lines was great, and I immediately thought, “hey, someone should open one of these down in Philadelphia!” When I got home, I hit Google, and discovered there are already two<\/a> within 20 miles of my house, not to mention numerous franchises in California, Georgia, Maryland, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Virginia. [UPDATE: Abhi also gave his own take on this place two years ago, in this SM post<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n

Hot Breads specializes in stuffed croissants (tandoori chicken, paneer, etc.), but also offers a menu of other light foods (wraps, chaat, desi-style pizza) as well as dessert pastries. (See a typical menu here<\/a> [PDF].) The format itself is a nice change from a typical Indian restaurant — with the year-round Christmas lights and sometimes shoddy service.<\/p>\n\n

After the Parsippany experience, we went to the one in Lansdale\/North Wales, and liked it even better. I particularly liked the Dabeli<\/a>, a kind of Gujarati version of Vada Pav. I also found my Chicken Tikka wrap quite satisfying, and the chutney free version of the “Bombay Sandwich” we got for Puran was also good. We got stuffed Croissants to go, though perhaps they suffered a bit by being not quite as fresh when we actually ate them the next day. Next time, I’ll be curious to try the “Alu Chilli Pizza” — or perhaps the “Pav Bhaji Pizza.”<\/p>\n\n

Oh, and everything tastes better with Limca!<\/p>\n\n

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