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Deeya Indian Cuisine serves the finest Indian food I've ever had. And that's saying a lot because I'm half Indian - my mother was born in India, my family lived and worked there for several years, employed by Kaiser Engineers on the Tata Steel Mill project in Jamshedpur. My grandparents on my mom's side lived in Calcutta, and between my mom and grandma, we were treated to the finest family made, grandma recipe based, Indian meals of all kinds. Though my home is in California, in the San Francisco Bay -Silicon Valley area, I've been out here in Florida the last few years working on my folk's family home. San Francisco has an awesome collection of world-class Indian restaurants, while Silicon Valley, populated by many Indian engineers, also offers an impressive collection of high quality family-run Indian restaurants. I've eaten at most all of these, and though many are quite good, as well as quite expensive, none compare with the family-run, economically priced, home recipe based deliciousness of Deeya Indian Cuisine - just like grandma used to make. I found out about Deeya by stopping in, along US Highway 19, at various family-run Indian markets, including Spice of India & Touch of India, and asking them what was their favorite Indian restaurant, & to a Hindu, it was Deeya; and I got much the same impression from the reviews on the various popular web restaurant sites. I went to Deeya & started with the signature dishes, beginning with the acid test - Deeya's Chicken Tikka Masala, a tricky dish to make because it involves 1st preparing the meat by cooking it in a traditional clay oven, which imparts a smoky flavor to the meat inside, followed by cooking in the curry sauce, which adds the curry flavor to the outside, the trick being to keep the two flavors distinct - Deeya deftly pulls this off. I also tried the Lamb Saag (with spinach), Channa Masala (Chickpeas), Saag Paneer (homemade cheese with spinach), Bhindi Masala (Okra), Garlic Naan (bread), & appetizers Vegetable Samosa & Pakora - all most impressive. The final acid test, a dessert originally served by Indian royalty at weddings, and my vote for the tastiest dessert across all cuisines, was Ras Malai - Deeya's version is so good, it would raise my grandma's eyebrows. Deeya Indian Cuisine is a rare cultural jewel, yet due to the current recession, economic downturn, and drop off of people going out to dine, one that could be lost if we don't offer our support. And so my fellow intrepid adventurous diners, your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to go and taste for yourself; and if you would, add your review to your favorite restaurant review sites at Yelp, TripAdvisor, Citysearch, Urbanspoon, Yahoo Local, Superpages, Best of the Web, Tampabay, & LargoPatch. Through the awesome power of social networking, and a little luck, may news of this finest Indian restaurant bubble up to the top of the list and appear on everyone's radar screen. --- Cliff Thompson, Appropriate Technology Engineer, VillageTech
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