Mysore Masala Cuisine of India - CLOSED

• Cuisine(s): Indian, Vegetarian
  Hours: Sun-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11:30am-1am
• Features: Takeout, Private Party
  Reservations: Accepted

Description

Few people's living rooms are stocked with steam tables (perhaps a new trend for Dwell to launch?), but then again, few restaurants that offer lunchtime buffets are as comfortably tranquil as Mysore Masala. It's a quiet room, washed in placid yellows, with a soft-voiced owner who's so sweet you'd almost expect her to be knitting in the corner when she's not bringing you idlis or refilling your chai. Seattleites should stop settling for middling Indian food in the city and drive east for Mysore Masala's dosas-translucent, crisp South Indian crepes stuffed with spiced potatoes, which you tear apart and swab through bowls of coconut chutney-or its thali, whose grandiosity belies its modest setting. The silver tray comes tightly packed with cup-sized tins containing several different curries, soupy dal, tangy rasam soup, raita, pickles, and two kinds of rice: plain basmati and spiced.