San Francisco has a lovely chain of eateries that cough up amazing sandwiches. It is called Specialty's Cafe. Yesterday, I took my sumptuous bite into one of them, and guess what I found - a tiny dhania seed.
Nothing surprising - just was intrigued to see dhania seeds used in any other type of cuisine - especially American. Right enough, I wiki-ed it, and found that dhania seeds are not usually used in European (except in Portigal) and American cooking. Well.....what can I say other than I love the flavour of coriander and its seeds, and relished on!
I love playing the game of guessing the ingredients in a restaurant when I am eating my favorite dishes, and wonder every now and then as to how many people do that.
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Guess what, a Speciality's Cafe was recently opened right across my office in the South Bay :-)! You are right - their sandwiches are usually awesome though I like their soups even more! I do try to guess the ingredients especially when it tastes different from the usual.
p.s. I love the taste of dhania seeds too. Gobi parathas with dhania seeds in them taste out of the this world :-)!
Oh...I haven't tried their soups yet. Must do that.
There is a place called SF soup company here that has mazing soups - it is there is SF airport too. If you haven't tried it, next time when you take off on a trip try it :)
Interestingly, most of the avid cooks I have met until now love to guess what is there in a recipe especially when it is a restaurant.
Some of the people I know also have an amazing way of getting the same exact result at home after they have been through their guessing game :)
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