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Huge samosas & fresh garlic naan at Zaika Indian Bistro

My server came and filled my water goblet.  She asked for my naan preference and I was ecstatic that I was able to order garlic naan. Typically, you only can get plain naan or crispy chapatis with Indian buffet.  The garlic naan arrived piping hot, oozing with fresh garlic and butter.  It was HEAVENLY.

The buffet area is a corner at the front of the restaurant.  The chafing dishes were presented very well with individual chafing dishes.  It was kept very clean as the server kept going by to wipe the area and rearranging the food in the trays to make it more appealing. Quality vs Quantity

The buffet was on the smaller side with only a fraction of what I was accustomed to at the Pongal  or Chettinad Grill in Burlington.  Despite the limited offerings, I did not feel like I missed out.

The vegetarian samosas were HUGE and stuffed to the brim with spicy potato and peas.  The pastry was perfectly fried to golden perfection.  I could barely finish one.

One of the staples at Indian buffets is the tandoori chicken.  At Zaika, there was a roasted chicken drumstick that was marinated with herbs and spices sans the artificial red food coloring.  It was OK.

Other buffet items included the most popular chicken tiki masala and a few dishes to suit vegetarians such as saag paneer and hearty lentil stew. The chick pea battered fried fish was delicious. I've only seen fried fish at one other buffet so it was nice to see a change.

I loved the fried fish so much that I made fish tacos using my garlic naan.  I added some mint chutney, tamarind chutney, raita yogurt sauce and onion relish. They were exceptional.

I didn't have room for dessert but there was a couple of choices including the sweet deep fried balls of dough, "Gulab Jamun."

I'd definitely go back again.  At only $8.95 for a high quality buffet, I'm sold. My only request would be for them to offer one Indo-Chinese item to their buffet.

Zaika Indian Bistro
442 Main Street

Check out my reviews of other Indian Buffets:

The Pongal - Billerica
Chettinad Grill - Burlington
Priya - Lowell

