Roti enews:: FEBRUARY '07

1. SPECIALS FOR FEBRUARY

Appetizer:
Malai Swordfish Salad — Cubes of swordfish are marinated in a base of yogurt, cream and mozzarella cheese combined with ginger, garlic, cumin powder, white pepper, salt and olive oil. It is grilled in the tandoor to a soft and flavorful perfection, and added to a mixed green salad with mango dressing. $12.

Main Course:
Nargasi Kofta — Hard boiled eggs are coated in ground lamb mixed with ginger, garlic, coriander, cumin and pepper, deep fried, sliced in half, and placed in a gorgeous tomato and onion based Masala sauce. This is a favorite dish in many north Indian households. $16.

Vegetable dish:
Dhaniwal Aloo — This is a Bombay style dish in which baby potatoes are pre boiled and skinned then sauteed in a beautiful green sauce made with cilantro (Dhania). The sauce also contains garlic, onions, yogurt, peppercorns, turmeric, cardamom, paprika, cinnamon and cloves. Color-wise this dish presents beautifully with the other specials this month. $10.

Due to the great reception you gave our January specials, we will continue to offer them through the month of February. To remind you, the January specials were:

Appetizer:
Misi Roti with Makhani Sauce — A very flavorful variation of our unleavened bread, but made with a combination of whole wheat and chic pea flour, onion, as well as fresh red and green chili's. $7

Main Course Seafood dish:
Crab Masala — Succulent, fresh, Dungeness crab meat is immersed in a Masala sauce. $17

Vegetable dish:
Paneer Tikka — Our mild flavored farmers cheese is combined with zucchini and summer squash and cooked in our tandoor oven. $10

Coffee:
Served in French press style right at your table. Decaffeinated coffee is also available. $5

Wines:
Ca'na Celebration Rosé. A light refreshing wine produced from Contra Costa Cabernet Sauvignon for the Tamayo Family Vineyards. $38 per bottle.

The November specials of Spiced Butternut Squash Soup, Badak Ka Vindaloo, and Mixed Vegetable Kofta have been discontinued.

2. WINNER

The winner of a complimentary dinner for 2 valued at $60 for the month of January '07 is:
ELLEN MARKOFF.

CONGRATULATIONS, and please continue to add your business cards to the collection bowl at the front of the restaurant, and fill out the feedback forms in the guest check envelope after you complete your dining experience. This will insure your chances for future monthly draws of a Roti dinner for 2 valued at $60.

These complimentary dinner prizes need to be used within the month following the draw, so the January '07 winner should call in and reserve a table within the month of February '07. We will notify winners by phone as well as by adding their names to the newsletter.

3. TASTES OF INDIA

Our popular quarterly Saturday afternoon tasting is scheduled for February 24th at 4pm. We will feature new flavorful food from our kitchen and some wonderful new wines to pair with them. The cost is $10 per person. Reservations can be made by calling the restaurant at 415 665 7684. You are most welcome to stay after the tasting is completed and enjoy many of our other fine dishes on our dinner menu.

4. INDIAN IMMERSION

a. Name the present Prime Minister of India?
b. Name the only female Prime Minister of India?
c. Name the 3 major Indian rivers that drain into the Bangladesh river delta?
(see answers below)

Indian cultural activities out and about town...in addition to Roti being the cultural experience of great Indian Cuisine in the West Portal 'Village':

• Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and one of India's most esteemed cultural envoys, will be performing at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley on Sunday April 29 '07 at 7pm. See Cal Performances for ticket information.

5. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Meet us for lunch at Roti in the West Portal Village! Yes we will be opening for lunch starting Saturday February 17 from 11.30am until 2pm. Rustom Swaleh and the Chef will host a tasty lunch menu that will include some new dishes as well as some of the favorites from our classic dinner menu. We look forward to seeing you, your family and friends, during the daylight hours.

6. THE ROTI COMMUNITY

I am always thrilled to see and hear from so many of our regular and valued customers in the West Portal area, but as is typical in the vast restaurant going population of the San Francisco Bay Area, we have become a cultural cuisine destination for many people in The City and beyond. To have regular customers from other parts of the state and the country is however a wonderful surprise. Jim Carr from Atlanta has dined with us every-time he comes to visit family in San Francisco. He pays us a wonderful compliment when he says that our friendly atmosphere and great food rivals that of some of the best restaurants he has been to in New York, Atlanta, Chicago and many other cities. Peter and Joan Kaplanis of San Marino, CA (near Pasadena), have had 3 trips to San Francisco, and as many dinners at Roti. Whenever his law firm requires him to visit The City, they know that Roti will provide a great choice in food as well as warm and friendly service. Another wonderful southern California couple who make us their northern California destination restaurant is Mark and Sherry Minkoff of Rancho Santa Margarita.

To all of you, far and wide, we thank you for your support and friendship.

To send us your suggestions and comments for future newsletters, please email us at rotinews@yahoo.com. Please do not use that email to unsubscribe from the newsletter. The link at the end of this newsletter will be the most automatic, immediate, and effective way to unsubscribe.

We look forward to seeing you at Roti in the near future.

Warm regards,
Susan Gujral.

On behalf of our family, business partners, the Executive Chef and the great staff members of Roti Indian Bistro, West Portal.

Answers to Indian Immersion Questions
a. Dr Manmohan Singh is India's fourteenth Prime Minister. (Reference Prime Minister of India).
b. Indira Gandhi, the only child of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Indira was born in 1917 and assassinated in 1984. She ruled India from 1966 - 1977 and again from 1980 - 1984. (Reference UCLA).
c. The 3 major rivers are the Ganges, Yamuna and Brahmaputra. (Reference Maps Of India).