European Restaurant Review # 1 Salzburg's Taj Mahal

Weiner schnitzel, goulash, sausages of every type, potatoes cooked 6 or seven different ways (mostly boiled), pork chops, veal, duck, oxtail soup, lentil soup, even apfelstrudel— we were tired of Germanic and Slavic food. Good. Heavy. Yes. But we were tired of it — 

So out of 500+ restaurants on TripAdvisor in Salzburg - coming in at numero four-o, we are eating Indian!  And close to our hotel too on a cold rainy evening.  

The decor was awesome, the lighting, the decorations were just what we needed to clear the air.

It was just not the front room. The whole place was decked out. Our table was down that row on the left. Lucky to get one too as we had no reservation and the place was crowded.

Appetizers of vegetarian samosas, fried cheese and dips, oh those dips, or better yet toppings. The plum flavored one was just awesome. Patt liked the green one best.

Main dish was chicken marsala. Charles, Linda - hate to tell you but it was better than the same dish at the Indian restaurant that is across the street from your old Malaysian home. The naan and roti sadly did not come even close to as good as what you had on a regular basis at your neighborhood Indian restaurant. Now I do not mean to speak ill of your neighborhood Indian food place, it is  one of my favorite restaurants in the world.  Seriously; however, to potential visitors to Salzburg, make a reservation at the Taj Mahal.

An added bonus was this wonderful young Indian family who were at the next table. They are from Mumbai, gave us advice on menu choices, visiting India and in general were pleasant to have as neighbors at dinner. They practice Jainism, an ancient Indian religion of which there are only about 6 million adherents in the world. according to Wikipedia.  

He described Mumbai as a very busy place. When I asked about recommendation for Indian food, he said, "I am Indian".  As two of only about 5 non- Indians in the entire place I thought "well I sorta knew that, that is why I asked".  We got along great. I told him I was American.

Side note - back in Vienna now — flying to Rome the 26th then to Panama the 28th and on to Medellin on the 29th. Got more traveling to do.