Literally went on my computer and created a profile so I can shout from the comments: I KNOW WHERE IT IS: Bakersfield!!!
Sorry, but also not sorry. We usually drive to LA to eat, not the other way around, but Bakersfield takes the cake here. We have a huge Sikh population here (one of the biggest outside of NYC and DC)! We even have billboards in Punjabi. Specifically, the south/ southwest areas of town. We actually have a ton of options. A lot is your common 'american-friendly (not americanized*, there's a difference IMO), but we have a real variety if you know where to look. Punjabi Dhaba is the best north-indian food I've had, ever. Worth the visit!!!!!!!!
Yes! My article might’ve come off a bit down on Punjabi food, but I’m actually a big fan, and I agree, Bakersfield’s full of hidden gems. Tejal Rao wrote a great piece in NYT about Indian-Mexican food that briefly touched on the Punjabi community in the Central Valley, tracing back to the late 1800s, when Punjabi men came to work the farms and married Mexican women, creating a delicious hybrid cuisine. I haven’t come across any of those spots in Bakersfield, but please let me know if you have!
Wow, I'm going to go on the hunt for that! Bakersfield might be a little too southern~ it would likely be found farther up in the valley. I'm just picturing a roti quesadilla and wishing it were for dinner tonight.
Literally went on my computer and created a profile so I can shout from the comments: I KNOW WHERE IT IS: Bakersfield!!!
Sorry, but also not sorry. We usually drive to LA to eat, not the other way around, but Bakersfield takes the cake here. We have a huge Sikh population here (one of the biggest outside of NYC and DC)! We even have billboards in Punjabi. Specifically, the south/ southwest areas of town. We actually have a ton of options. A lot is your common 'american-friendly (not americanized*, there's a difference IMO), but we have a real variety if you know where to look. Punjabi Dhaba is the best north-indian food I've had, ever. Worth the visit!!!!!!!!
Yes! My article might’ve come off a bit down on Punjabi food, but I’m actually a big fan, and I agree, Bakersfield’s full of hidden gems. Tejal Rao wrote a great piece in NYT about Indian-Mexican food that briefly touched on the Punjabi community in the Central Valley, tracing back to the late 1800s, when Punjabi men came to work the farms and married Mexican women, creating a delicious hybrid cuisine. I haven’t come across any of those spots in Bakersfield, but please let me know if you have!
Wow, I'm going to go on the hunt for that! Bakersfield might be a little too southern~ it would likely be found farther up in the valley. I'm just picturing a roti quesadilla and wishing it were for dinner tonight.
chargha house in Culver City was recommended to me by a Pakistani uber driver and consistently is delicious.
Love that place! There are some great Pakistani restaurants in Hawthorne/Lawndale worth checking out too.
What a great read! Mayura and Baja Subs are both places I return to again and again.
This was an incredible article. Will be going back for seconds.