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Silver celebration

Gopuram: Taste of India wasn’t the first Indian restaurant in Oklahoma City, but it is the longest serving, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year at its new location at 412 S. Meridian Ave. Isaac Samuel founded the restaurant in 1994 at 23rd Street and Meridian Avenue at a time when the Oklahoma City market was […]

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Get ‘Chopped’!

Chef Maneet Chauhan By: The Food Network When celebrity chef Maneet Chauhan learned that her traveling book tour would roll through a city undiscovered to her — Oklahoma City — her response was, “That’s so cool. I’m so excited.” Chauhan is known for her fiery cooking and equally fiery personality on Food Network’s Chopped. Her […]

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Super naan-y

Chef Rag Gautam By: Shannon Cornman Consistency is key to a restaurant’s survival. Diners need to be confident that each time they go into a restaurant, they’ll get the same quality of food and level of service they expect. Heritage India, Edmond’s new and highly touted Indian restaurant, is turning out great food. And the […]

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Curry in a hurry

Spice and Rice is behind a filling station and convenience store on the east edge of Norman’s Campus Corner. Because of close proximity to campus and limited space in the tiny strip mall, parking is a bit of a nuisance, but it’s worth the hassle. Don’t go looking for fancy at this one-room restaurant, which […]

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OKG7 new spots to stop

Harrison’s Chicken House 204 E. Oklahoma, Guthrie 260-7692 Have you ever had fried chicken that looks simultaneously like a work of art and a heap of southern goodness? If the answer is no, and you have no aversion to fried green tomatoes, then you’ve got no legitimate reason not to check out Harrison’s Chicken House. […]

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Temple of turmeric

 Some cuisines are so heavily entrenched with cultural customs that the two become intertwined and, eventually, synonymous. Indian food is very much that. Even within India, there are significant regional differences in cuisine and culture. Gopuram Taste of India is an expansive sampling of northern and southern Indian cuisine. Found especially in southern India, gopurams […]

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