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Dhamaka
- 119 Delancey St., New York, 10002, USA
- $$ · Indian
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Dhamaka
- 119 Delancey St., New York, 10002, USA
- $$ · Indian
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MICHELIN Guide’s Point Of View
Bib Gourmand: good quality, good value cooking
This rousing Indian restaurant in Essex Market is refreshingly unapologetic with its complex spices, fierce heat levels and inspired preparations of more unusual items (kidneys, anyone?). Dhamaka, which means “explosion” in Hindi, is a bold love letter to the country’s more rustic dishes, many of which are drawn from the owner’s childhood. Where else have you had smoky goat belly flecked with coriander seeds and wrapped in cedar wood? How often does your mutton come in a clay pot filled with a deliciously dark chili oil and an entire bulb of roasted garlic? The kitchen grinds many of its spices daily, and the crowds have been quick to recognize such attention to detail. Tables are comically small but bring friends anyway.
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- Terrace
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