Desi Spice

931 monroe drive ne - atlanta, ga 30308

Indian food is amazing...especially when it's authentic and priced fairly. Enter, Desi Spice. This little hole in the wall is located behind the Trader Joes on Monroe. We were on the hunt for traditional Indian cuisine and are thrilled to announce we found some!

We started off with Samosas. They served them with the most amazing chutney (on the far left). They were good sized and crispy on the outside.

Vegetables and lentils make up the filling. They were really tasty!

Then we got several pieces of Pappadum. If you don't know what this is, it's basically a paper thin piece of crispy bread made from lentils and spices. It melts in your mouth. The sauce is cilantro.

We also got two pieces of garlic Naan. We usually just get plain Naan, but this was ten times better. Definitely recommend.

We ended up getting three different mains and two types of rice.

This is just the plain basmati rice. It was made perfectly so that its not sticky and doesn't clump.

Here is Rice Pallao. It contains peas, almonds, raisins and traditional spices. We were really glad we tried this. Our go to rice from now on.

Lamb vindaloo. Classic. Amazing. Period. Best thing we ordered. The great thing about this restaurant is that you can order each dish with either chicken, beef or lamb and you control how spicy it is!

This is Tarka Daal. It's made from lentils and is a vegetarian dish. We ordered in "medium" but it still wasn't spicy. Good pick for people who can't stand spicy curry or meat.

Lastly, this was Chicken Dhansak. It's cooked with lentils, sweet, sour and hot spices. This is considered Persian style and is also medium. The chicken just fell apart. It was more of a tomato base than cream.

This restaurant turned out to be a great find. All of the food was terrific and the manager comes to each table and takes the time to chat and visit. We definitely recommend this spot if you love Indian...and if you've never tried it, here's a great place to start!

Flying Biscuit

1001 piedmont avenue ne - atlanta, ga 30309

When it comes to breakfast or brunch, all we keep hearing about is Flying Biscuit. So this morning we decided to try it...actually it was about 1pm. The great thing about this restaurant is that they serve breakfast all day long. Now they serve lunch and dinner as well, and from what we could see it looked pretty darn tasty too, but our goal was breakfast, so we stuck to that. Parking is not good at this location. We actually parked over a block away in a public parking lot for $5. We got to the host stand out front and were told it would be a 45 minute wait.

There were 3 of us, and this is something we want to point out. This location of Flying Biscuit is made for couples or parties of 2. It's VERY small inside and quaint, and we loved that about it! But there were 3 or 4 tables of two, who got in, ate and got out before we even got seated...and those people arrived AFTER us. We want to go check out the other 2 locations and see how they are set up, but this is not a restaurant to bring a large party, that's for sure.

We also thought that at 1pm it would be fairly not busy...nope, slammed. We ended up waiting over an hour for a table - all we hoped was that the food made it worth our wait....boy, did it ever...

This was a special of the day...it would be a shame if we went and couldn't get this on a daily basis. We forgot to ask, but this one is definitely a keeper. That's 2 of their famous biscuits, open faced, with two scrambled eggs layered on top. They then smother them with probably the best sausage gravy we have ever had at a breakfast joint. Those potatoes are basically seasoned to perfection - and crispy, not mushy. They are called moon dusted rosemary potatoes. um, yum.

Here we have the piedmont omelet. Three eggs, chicken sausage, crisp turkey bacon, sautéed onions, and cheddar cheese are what's inside. It was juicy and you could definitely taste each distinct flavor. They also give you one of their flying biscuits and their famous homemade cranberry apple butter. The winner in this picture are those grits. 2 of the 3 people at our table did not like grits...until they had these...their official name is creamy, dreamy grits. They are all of those things. Never ever have we experienced grits like this. Mind blowingly rich, with no clumps or lumps and with outstanding flavor. These are the one thing you must always order at Flying Biscuit.

Last we had a hollywood omelet. It's made from egg whites, spinach, mushrooms, and white cheddar cheese and served with a warm tomato coulis, or salsa. The most expensive of the three, at about $10.50 for everything you see here, but by far the healthiest of the meals. The fruit was very fresh and the omelet was light and not greasy.


You definitely get your money's worth, both in quality and quantity. We left feeling satisfied, not nauseated, which can happen when you eat large breakfasts. The other awesome thing we want to quickly mention is that all of their offerings are fresh and they have a lot of organic options and menu items for special dietary needs, like vegan and vegetarian. All in all, this was a great place for breakfast and we recommend it to anyone, especially if you're going in a group of 2. We think this last picture pretty sums it up.