Oakland’s higher Temescal District was disadvantaged of a spot for extremely spiced meals from internationally when Cafe Colucci, a well-liked Ethiopian eatery now internet hosting a Michelin-cred pop-up, departed for a location farther away.
That void’s stuffed ultimately with the arrival of Indian Rasoi within the previous Colucci house at 6427 Telegraph Ave. It’s a colorfully embellished restaurant specializing within the delicacies of Northern India – long-simmered curries, tandoori-grilled meats, sizzling chai and chilly lassi.
Rasoi opened earlier this month and on a current stop-in, gave the impression to be doing brisk take-out enterprise. Just a few diners sat in the primary room underneath a rainbow cover of hanging cloth and inverted umbrellas. A grand opening signal flapped within the wind, beckoning residents on this borderland of Oakland and Berkeley and passing college students from the UC campus up the road.
The menu has the usual Indian breakdown of appetizers (samosas, pakora, some crispy chaats), biryani, curries (lamb, rooster, seafood, paneer or vegetable), salads, soups and naans in varieties like garlic and meat-stuffed. From the clay oven there’s a mint-chicken kebab marinated in yogurt and a lamb boti kebab with ginger-garlic paste and chili. Additionally widespread: rooster tikka masala, vegetable korma, lamb vindaloo and any of the saag preparations.
The restaurant is new sufficient that it doesn’t serve beer or wine but, however a staffer mentioned to anticipate that within the close to future.
Particulars: Indian Rasoi is open 11 a.m.-9 p.m. each day at 6427 Telegraph Ave.; order on-line at indian-rasoi.com