Indian Oven review

There are about a billion different things I want to blog about, and one of these days I'll get myself organized enough to do it. Today, you're going to get a restaurant review. Yes, now you can even get restaurant reviews here at Voice of Reason. A few people have asked and who am I to deny The People?

Shortly after I moved here I got asked out to dinner at the Indian Oven here in Logan. Afterwards we went to the Rock Haus and climbed and I actually did okay until the end when I was stuck about 3 miles up at the way top of the wall and the poor guy belaying down below couldn't hear me yelling that my arms were about to give out and that I wanted to come down now and let me down, curse you and all your family!!!! and so by the time he did understand that I wanted to come down I was kind of a mess. But that's neither here nor there. And no, he never asked me out again.


The best thing, to me, about the Indian Oven is that it's located inside a Sinclair gas station at 720 East 1000 North. You walk in and to the left is a shelf full of Indian market items (and some Cadbury stuff--woo hoo!!) and a door that leads into a small (like 8 tables) dining room.

That first visit I was impressed. The food was great and the service was even better. They do this tomato soup that is quite likely the best I've ever had. It's made with coconut milk and Indian spices and I would pretty much bathe in it if I could. The spinach soup is good too, but didn't cause me to make obscene sounds the way the tomato soup did. At the end of the meal our server asked if we needed to-go boxes. I said yes, and he brought out a box full of new, fresh, hot rice. So, yeah. They're pretty much my new BFFs. It's run by the Singh family and on my way out one of the owners chatted with me and told me a bit about how they got started--they moved up from Salt Lake to Logan a few years ago.

I went back a few weeks ago with a friend to try and introduce him to the glory that is Indian food. We got the buffet, which turned out to be a tiny bit of a mistake. It's a great value ($6.99 or $7.99) and had a lot of variety, but my favorite things weren't out there. They did have chicken tikka masala, which he liked, but some of the other entrees were a bit bland. So I felt like he wasn't getting to try the really good stuff.

And then Cicada and Murray and The Boy came up for a wedding and we all met up there for dinner. My faith in the place was restored. Everything was wonderful, hot, and fast. Cicada and I both agreed that the quality of the food was comparable to the Bombay House in Provo. Sure, the ambiance is a little bit different, but I think that adds to its charm.

Here are some of the dishes I've tried there, and they've all been wonderful:

Lamb Saag
Saag Aloo
Chicken Coconut Kurma
Lamb Tikka
Chicken Tikka
Chicken Makhani
Mango Lassi
Spinach soup
Tomato soup
Vegetable pakora
Plain naan
Garlic naan
Sweet naan
Raita--I like this a bit thicker than they serve it, but the flavor is still good

Entrees are between $8-$13 and the Tomato Soup of Love is $1.99.


naan and chicken tikka masala photo from www.fotosearch.com
Mango lassi photo from www.whatscookingamerica.net