inchin's bamboo garden

I didn't know that "Inchin's Bamboo Garden" (IBG) was a chain. Thinking more, it is a great idea. I have always wondered why there isn't a popular, national chain of restaurants representing the Indian cuisine like the P.F.Chang's chain that represents Chinese food. Time to start the Americanization and assimilation. Can't wait for the future to see what fusion delights are cooked up by Americans exposed to Indian Chinese on a regular basis.

IBG has been launched in direct competition for the allegedly indo-chinese restaurant, "Hot Wok Village" (HWV). They are both located on Golf Road (the Fifth Avenue of Schaumburg), though separated by a few miles. For people, who thought that HWV was authentic indo-chinese food, IBG will be a sweet, spicy and tangy surprise.

I guess I didn't appreciate the Bombay Chinese style of HWV, after being exposed to the culinary delights served up by the Chennai Chinese roadside mobile hotels. Almost all HWV dishes contain a secret sauce as the base. This secret sauce is supposedly flown in from ATL every week by the Master Chef who works at the Atlanta HWV. After two or three visits, your appreciation for the sauce drops exponentially. Every dish begins to taste the same. This might explain why almost all desi visitors to Chicago make the pilgrimage to HWV (even though they dont have time for Sears Tower), whereas baguth members who live in close proximity to HWV try to avoid all possible contact.

Currently, the burnt garlic fried rice seems to be the dish du jour for the baguth members who have visited the place. The soups are good. The entrees are varied and better. And guessing from SpiceTooth's back-to-back visits last weekend, the spice levels are better than HWV. The best part is walking in and getting hit with the same aroma that you have encountered thousands of times, back home in Singara Chennai. The only complaint seems to be the high levels of noise. The place seems to be crammed with lotsa tables. Hopefully, they will cut back on the tables if the noise refuses to subside.

This review in a widely read publication is sure to bring lots of customers to IBG in the coming weeks ;) I hope that IBG maintains the level of quality of food and service and not become yet another Schaumburg restaurant that the baguth members visit almost daily for a month and then unceremoniously dump at the first signs of bad service.