Polo India Club
We had a busy fall with out of town visitors! In late September we took our Yukon visitors to Aroma Indian Restaurant. A few days later, we were back for more Indian with our Boston relatives!
This time, we selected the Polo India Club in DuPont Circle. It had been a number of years since I'd been to the Polo India Club, but I had fond memories of dinners there as well as the buffet lunch. Located a few steps up in an old townhouse, the Polo India Club was looking a little more dingy than I recall.
I had just got back in town from a trip to Woods Hole (see La Cucina Sul Mare) and was ready for another restaurant meal.
I was surprised to see momo on the menu under appetizers. I usually associate momo with Nepalese cuisine. Now I know that Indian and Nepalese are closely related, I rarely see them overlap in a primarily Indian restaurant, such as Polo India Club. But, since I love momo, I was willing to give them a try. For those of you unfamiliar with momo, they're a cross between a dumpling and a samosa. Steamed, not fried, the momo can have various fillings and side sauces; we got the veggie (Nepali spices and steamed inside the wheat bread served with Nepali aachar) and they were quite tasty.
For main courses, we decided to sample each others' dishes and not do a full sharing. It was the lamb thing. I was the only one who wanted lamb. Oh, and a spicy thing too. We had a mix of spicy and mild, so it was easier to get separate dishes. This was good news/bad news for me, I didn't get to try as many things, but it did let me get Lamb Vindaloo! What could be better than hot spicy lamb! Not much!
The vindaloo was very well done, but the lamb was a little tough. This was a problem with a couple of the other dishes, especially the chicken which was on the stringy side. Overall, the consensus was that the offerings were good, but not great.
Service was adequate, but we had some communication problems with our waiter and getting seconds on our wine and beer took a bit of time.
Tasty food, if you select right, but if you're looking for something a little more special, walk a few extra blocks and find Aroma Indian Restaurant.
Meal: Dinner
Rating: *** of 5
Date: 2 October 2008
Address: 1736 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20009
Website: http://www.poloindiaclubdc.com/
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