curry

Add some Malaysian flavors to your life with this addictively spicy potato experience. Rendang is a special kind of curry in which a main ingredient is slowly cooked in spicy coconut milk until the sauce is deeply reduced. Tender new potatoes absorb the spice-infused coconut sauce and cook down to lush, citrusy perfection.

I'd seen currywurst stands in every city I visited. Every airport, too. I know curry, and I (now) know wurst, so surely the combination of the two would be something worth eating. It's not that I was wrong. It's that I wasn't exactly right.

You may think the Food Republic office smells like fine aged scotch, rich mahogany and many leather-bound books, à la Ron Burgundy. I won't dash your hopes there. But come lunchtime, at least three of us are eating some of the best cheap Indian food in the city from Minar.