We really enjoyed our recent dining adventure at Tandoor, an Indian restaurant in Park Ridge. My favorite item on the menu is Chicken 65. The dish is described as "hot," but I didn't find it overly so. In fact, I liked Chicken 65 so much that I regretted having to let Leah and Dick sample it, too.

I like how "Chicken 65" could also be the title of a Roger Corman movie about drag racing, car theft or other vehicular mischief. Maybe it would have appeared on a marathon drive-in theater show with the original "Gone in 60 Seconds," "Grand Theft Auto," "The Gumball Rally," "Smokey and the Bandit," "Vanishing Point" and "Two-Lane Blacktop." (Thanks to Comcast on-demand, by the way, I've rediscovered "Two-Lane Blacktop" and have watched it at least a half-dozen times in the past couple of weeks.)

Speaking of movies, the general area in which Tandoor is located shows up early on in "The Blues Brothers" during the scenes where Jake and Elwood speed past the intersection at Devon and Courtland. I believe they're stopped by the troopers who later nod when John Candy asks if they'd like an Orange Whip.

Tandoor doesn't serve Orange Whip, but anything I sampled, I liked.

During our meal, I got to watch an extended Bollywood production -- an added cinematic treat. The movie starts in India and has the hero follow his ladylove all the way to the United States, and ends with a big dance number in Central Park featuring a jazz band, rockers and rappers. What a concept!

Read Leah's published review of Tandoor.

Tandoor
715 West Devon Avenue
Park Ridge, Illinois
847-696-1676 vox
847-696-1677 fax

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