Eats
A unique taste of India on the Upper West Side
BY GABE HERMAN
Indian restaurant Roasted Masala
opened earlier this year on the Upper
West Side, and offers incredible
northern Indian dishes made by those
who know the area well.
Owner Samson Severes, who was
born in Goa, has worked in the restaurant
business in both India and
the U.S. for over 25 years. Chef
Jawad Rehman, longtime friends
with Severes, learned to cook from
his grandfather in India, who would
create big wedding feasts and always
experiment with new dishes and flavors.
The restaurant features these
recipes that Rehman learned while
growing up.
The restaurant opened in January,
and is at 914 Columbus Ave.,
at West 105th Street. The space
seats 46 and features high ceilings
in an open space. It is beautifully
decorated, by Stellar Design,
to invoke Indian themes, such as
gold and red inspired by lavish Indian
palaces, and plants and other
greenery to pay tribute to gardens in
Tandoori chicken from Roasted Masala.
those palaces.
The menu has plenty of vegetarian
and non-vegetarian options. Appetizers
include samosas, spinach
chaat, a tandoori vegetable platter,
chicken tikka and crab cakes.
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Chicken entrees, which go for
$14.95, include chicken vindaloo,
tikka masala, butter chicken and
chicken kadai, with bell peppers.
Other offerings include entrees with
goat, lamb, beef and seafood, plus
vegetarian and vegan dishes. There
are also plenty of breads, biryanis,
and kati rolls, which are ingredients
wrapped in bread and are traditionally
a street food.
Desserts, for $4.95, include gulab
jamun, a golden dough puff with organic
honey, and kheer, which has rice
and orange peel cooked in milk with
shredded coconut.
There is also a 50-percent-off
lunch special for those seeking a
deal, and weekly special Indo-Chinese
and tandoori dishes, which
change based on the seasons.
Roasted Masala has been popular
with diners, averaging four and a
half stars on Yelp. “The food here
is consistently excellent,” one man
wrote on the site. “The owner is
experienced, and super friendly. As
frequenters of several Indian restaurants
in the area over the past few
years, my wife and I have happily
settled on ‘Roasted’ as our go-to
spot.”
Roasted Masala is open seven
days a week, and more information
can be found at roastedmasala.com.
Chelsea perks up for upcoming Coffee Festival
Wake up and smell the flavorful fun at the New York Coffee Festival
in October.
BY EMILY DAVENPORT
An annual caffeinated festival
that will help you stay awake in
the city that never sleeps is returning
to Manhattan next month.
On Oct. 11-13, the New York Coffee
Festival is returning to the Metropolitan
Pavilion, located at 125 West 18th
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St. in Chelsea.
Tickets start at $30 and are available
at newyorkcoffeefestival.com/tickets.
Each ticket gets you access to interactive
workshops and seminars, demonstrations
from world-class baristas,
live entertainment, street food and all
the coffee you can drink, plus so much
more. VIP and Super VIP tickets are
also available for purchase.
Proceeds from the event will go to
support Project Waterfall and charity:
water, which brings water to coffeeproducing
countries.
One of the highlights of the festival
will be the inaugural Roast Masters™
– North America competition. Roasters
will compete over the three-day festival
to showcase coffee roasting and espresso
blending. The contenders include
Joe Coffee Company, Bolt Coffee, Café
Integral, Elixr Coffee, Sweetleaf Coffee
Roasters, Brooklyn Roasting Company,
and more.
The festival will be held in conjunction
with the New York’s Best Barista
competition. New York City residents
are invited to nominate their local
barista to compete who goes above
and beyond to make an impact in
their community. The winner, which
will be announced at the festival, will
receive a free trip to The London
Coffee Festival.
Applications must be submitted by
Friday, Oct. 4 at newyorkcoffeefestival.
com/NewYorksBestBarista. Nominators
will also be entered for a chance to
win tickets to the London festival.
For more information, visit newyorkcoffeefestival.
com.
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