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Posted by Foobooz on August 9th, 2006
Kirsten Henri takes a look at Mantra off of Rittenhouse Square and finds the atmosphere to be “Buddakan plus kitsch minus Stephen Starr.” Kirsten goes on to say some of the food is good and reasonably priced for the neighborhood.
“Bombay burgers” are among the best dishes—nifty little slabs of ground sirloin redolent with toasty spices and tucked into soft homemade roti, an Indian flatbread, and sprinkled with tangy chopped cucumbers.
Bengal spiced lamb chops are also a favorite—nicely infused with dusky, aromatic spices and pleasingly tender. They’re satisfying on their own or dipped in the cucumber yogurt, and served with more strips of the lovely roti.
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September 11th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
REVIEW OF MANTRA: went to the restaurant at 6pm yesterday September 10. Joining me were 4 friends, i have to say we had the worst dining experience in my 25 years of going out. I deeply apologize to my friends by bringing them there and promise them to take them out again on me. To start with the salads, the lettuce were old and wilted, the edges were all blackened, ths sauce was pure SODIUM, the beef was very good. The entrees were also pure SODIUM, nothing subtle about the taste of it just pure soy and salt. and NOW for the sweets, The fried egg roll cheescake and creme brulee were spoiled and inside were curdled and were returned to the kithchen, the poundcake with ice cream was ok and we were charged for all these. I thought that since CONTINENTAL is too noisy and thru recommendation from a friend from rettenhouse square, we should try this new place, wow, the HIP POP music was blaring and asked the waiter to tone it down a bit so we can hear ourselves . This is as bad as the old GURU on South Stree. no one ever learned. Filipino dish? hambug? nothing Filipino about the dish and i am from rhe Philippines.
September 12th, 2006 at 5:58 pm
Give Trio a shot.