Indian Stores In Warsaw

Namaste on Nowogrodzka, which Harry mentions, is a good shop and the food is delicious. The only problem with it is that it's rather small with space only for 6 people to sit and eat. Every time I've been there, the shop has been full - which is of course a good sign.

There's also a reasonably big Indian food shop which Warsaw's Indian expat community use, in Raszyn, about 3 miles from the centre of Warsaw. The Indian Embassy and Indian Cultural Association should have details about it, but it isn't hard to find - just off the main road by the crossroads before the church and manor house. Polna Market, on Polna Street also has some stalls selling Indian products, but is quite expensive.

If you're frm India, and coming to Poland, it's worth visiting Raszyn, which has a small Indian community and various shops and restaurants.

Good Luck.

'Know-it-all-Harry's' guide to Warsaw. Quick, pass me the sickbag! lol

Hmmmm...All this is too much mouth-watering.
Seanus, have some mercy on your stomach :)

Stop it! I'm starving hungry now and will need to pay a visit to Namaste immediately!

I think I also will be going there today. The temptation is irresistable...

Not a bad title but because it's part of a series the title has to be "Travellers Warsaw".

Feel free to use the title "Know-it-all-Lizzie's guide to Warsaw" for your doubtless impeccably researched guide to the city.

Don't forget to invite me to the launch party!

Has anybody here tried that newish Indian restaurant near plac Zawiszy? I went there and the food is absolutely as it should be (unlike Tandoori palace) except for the poppadoms which were not so good. It seems a bit cheaper than the other places too. I noticed that the staff (kitchen too) were all Sikhs.

There was a fair range of food, with everything one would expect, and all authentic.

A really good restaurant!

J

The one next to the Millenium tower (blue and white skyscraper)? I haven't been myself but the two people I know who have been there are both bigtime curry fans and they both rate the place highly. Not quite as good as Namaste but a better choice if you're in that area (or want to sit down while you eat).

That's the one, between Millenium tower and my old office (giving identity away a bit).

There's also that lunchtime place behind Kino Femina. It's run by the Hari Krishna which means the cuisine is somewhat specific (no meat, fish, onions or garlic; which apparently are of Darkness and therefore Maya, Illusion!), but they do an interesting lunch for about 20pln and don't try to convert the customers.

There's a newish Indian restaurant in the shopping centre by Metro Stokłosy (left hand side, opposite the Chinese place) which looks intriguing. Functions as a bar as well, which is an interesting idea, but I haven't been in, not least because there's a Polish restaurant I really like just round the corner.

aah, Just came *back* after having a sumptuous "sarso wali machli" (mustard fish) and paranthas (kind of naan) from Namaste India. Couldn't feel any better :).

Just came after having that? I know it's good but I didn't know it was THAT good, hehehe. Sorry, u wrote this in a very funny way

Edited :)

Oh, I forgot to add jalfrezi. Chicken jalfrezi is great. My favourite when I started eating Indian food was Chicken Dupiaza. How does Pakistani food compare to Indian?

Whatever food you mentioned previously (mainly north indian) is more to less similar to Pakistani food. Kind of regional effect.
If you go down south in India or towards eastern side, the cusines/their preparation are a lot different. May be you can try some of them like sambhar dosa, idli, vada etc. to see if they suit your taste buds.

No real chance in Gliwice to eat them. There was an Indian restaurant here but it went under.

mmmmchicken kashmir nothing like it, chicken and lychee in ,of all things,custard....

You mean Vega at Jana Pawla 36c? People say that its hard to find decent veggie food in Warsaw and they're right: it's nearly impossible to find Vega!

The place is not actually just for lunch, they stay open from 10am until 9pm (but admittedly the food does tend to run out before that time). Is a lunch menu there really 20zl now? Last time I was there (a couple of years ago) it was about 12zl. The same people apparently have another place at ul. Kazury 20 but that's in Ursynow so I haven't been there.

You can eat there for 12zl or thereabouts still. I always get a bit too much since I like the food. And it is indeed hard to find!

Chicken Kashmir, wow, I heard this name first time. They just seem to make any combination of name :).
BTW, a very popular dish from kashmir (a state in India) is rogun josh (lamb based)


Is this complete address?, I wanna try this place.

Two things I miss from the UK, curry and decent draught guiness.
Have eaten in a good Indian restaurant in the Tri-city. But I live to far for take away.

Yes that is the full address. But the place is very hard to find. The best way to get there is to go to Kino Femina (on the corner of Jana Pawla and Solidarnosci), go to the car park next to Kino Femina and walk to the end of the car park, in the righthand corner are some steps (five or six steps), go up those and walk straight for about 30 metres, the building in front of you is Vega.

*** Iman is furiously taking notes***

what is the allure of poland to indians?

i asked my indian friend from work and she could not give me an answer either.

:), alll kinds of....

Here is profile of some of them I met here. May be, from this you can deduce their allure..

- Some are here as students ( I met a few in warshaw).
- Some are here on short/long visits as part of their job (for e.g me, my company is participating in a project from a US company which has contracters here in warshaw also. Till dec-end, we were 6 ppl here, now only me :( ). Actually, I met a lot of people (ok, only 5 or 6 :) from software industry itself.
- Last week I met a representative of Bajaj, (a leading business house in India) who looks after its operations here. From his company only, there are a quite some ppl here along with their families.
- Not to forget the people working in resturant business (lot of restaurants in warshaw itself, I have visited 4 of them).
- A lot of people not specifically associated with any industry but came here as unskilled workers believing they may be able to earn and save a lot more than from doing the similar jobs back home (this may resemble cause of a lot of polish people moved to UK).

This may be only very small part of all the "alluring", Poland offers to Indians.

PS: In last December, my employer, (which has its office in over 20 countries across the globe) started its operations in Krakow. This effectively opens another tiny door (it can be big, they have expansion plans) for people movement b/w India and Poland bothways. I think, this is something good.

What exactly was her answer? Hard to believe that she sat there dumbfounded without saying a word, if infact you have an "Indian friend" and this is just not your own natural curosity peaking :D..

My guess would be a number of reasons could bring them, most often transfer /relocation from companies abroad, being trailing spouses and also noting that eastern europe is an emerging market people would stand to make gains due to less competition and more room for growth.

Moreover, not every move is based on "allure" but certain oppertunities in certain locations which people follow and then adapt or ultimately come to like. Initially the thought of leaving your own new culture, language and people for another is daunting for most and not necessarily attractive.
So be nice! ;)

Hi All

You guys rock, its great to see a live Indian community.
Looking forward to all these restaurants ...... will be there in May
Hope I can meet you all there..

Regards
Hemendra

she was not exactly dumfounded, just could not come up with reasons why.

poland is a lot different to the UK, US and Australia. we have a lot of indians in australia, but the climate is hot and most speak english.

and yes, i do have an "indian friend" who i work with.

Yes, well aware of the fact that Poland is different, but indians (or south asians) are also in russia, romainia, germany and other places in stark contrast to their homeland.

Oh and while english is difinitely a major plus in any country we dont always prefer the climate to be hot, infact quite the opposite, run away from it at any given oppertunity!

hi iman,
when r u moving to poland? r u coming here on business? or some job?

i was just curious, thats all. the less indians in call centres in india the better i say.

run away from the hot to sub zero temperatures?

i cant handle the heat waves here but would not be keen in going to live somewhere where the temp goes below zero. but hey, thats just me.

the less indians in call centres in india the better i say.