TCP: The Curry Project

Taal: Windhoek, Namibia

At the Kalahari Sands hotel in Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, I notice a pamphlet for Taal, an Indian restaurant on Independence Avenue, a short drive away, just outside the center of town. I navigate to Taal’s website, which is quite impressive. On the About page, I read this: It’s the brainchild of two families of Indian [...]

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Embassy: Gaborone, Botswana

It is my last night in Gaborone, and like most nights these days, I’m craving curry. Fortunately, Gaborone has a handful of Indian restaurants. I had scouted out Embassy a few days prior while working in and around the Riverwalk Mall. The menu had looked good enough, and when I was poking around the manager [...]

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Dehli Palace: Harare, Zimbabwe

I’m in a taxi, and Tembi is yakking my ear off. Something about a guy from Poland he drove around a couple of months ago. Please be quiet, Tembi, I’m tired and hungry. We leave the Harare city center and turn northwest on Borrowdale Road, toward Domboshava. We pass by Sam Levy’s village, a popular, [...]

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Muskaan [1]: Lusaka, Zambia

It’s a calm, dark night in the capital of Zambia. Riding through Kabulonga, Lusaka’s posh, high-walled (and awfully quiet) neighborhood, I see it. A long white wall and a thin opening, just big enough for a car to fit through. We drive through, the driver and I, making arrangements for him to return in an hour. [...]

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Le Taj Mahal: Algiers, Algeria

To date there are three Indian restaurants in Algiers, and Le Taj Mahal is the oldest and most successful. It’s been around since 2002, caters to Algiers’ many Indian and European expatriates and offers up some of the finest authentic Indian cuisine in the area. The food..is..fantastic. Trust me. It’s 2:30pm on a Friday afternoon [...]

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