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WARNING: This restaurant
review may not be
suitable for the faint
of heart or palate!
by Daniel Perez and
Penina Gheitani
Shalom Bombay originally
opened in Teaneck, New
Jersey a few years ago,
and was so successful
that their owners
decided to take a crack
at the prestigious
Manhattan market. The
opening of their new
location in New York
City marks a major
victory for the
tastebuds of New York’s
kosher consumers.
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Review
The YU
Observer (Stern College
Review)
Little India Up the
Block
Shalom Bombay is
a haven of warmth and
flavor in Midtown
Manhattan this winter,
when New Yorkers fear
that their noses will be
perpetually numb from
icy winds and their
tongues will burn from
coffees gulped too fast
in a desperate attempt
to warm up. Hopefully,
tongues will not burn at
Shalom Bombay, the only
kosher meat Indian
restaurant in Midtown to
date, located on
Lexington Avenue between
39th and 40th Streets.
However, they will need
to cool down after
tasting the mild and
not-so-mild spices in
the dishes that Shalom
Bombay's tandoori chefs
prepare in clay
cylindrical ovens called
a "tandoors," which are
specific to Asian and
Middle Eastern cuisine.
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Review
The Jewish Press
http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/46791
A Spicy Treat In The
Middle Of Manhattan
One of
the advantages to living
in New York that many of
us take for granted is
the large number of
kosher restaurant
choices. Most of these
are safe and easy. When
you are ready to leave
your comfort zone and
try something exciting
and zesty, why not give
Indian fare a go? Shalom
Bombay is a delightful
and surprising kosher
Indian restaurant in
midtown Manhattan - a
wonderful introduction
to traditional and
kosher-tweaked Indian
food.
Rosie O'Donnell Dines At
Shalom Bombay
Recently, actress and TV
icon Rosie O'Donnell
visited Shalom Bombay's
Teaneck, NJ restaurant
for a delicious dinner.
She said that this was
"not my first time
eating Indian cuisine,
but it was my first time
eating Kosher."
Five Towns Jewish Times
A restaurant
just barely
two months
in the
making, it
seems that
Shalom
Bombay is
the
restaurant
of note in
New York
City these
days. In
fact so
genuine is
the
experience
that you
might just
catch
yourself
saying Naan
instead of
bread and
Namaste and
Alvidah on
your way in
and on your
way out.
Make your
next dinner
out in
Shalom
Bombay. Its
like
traveling to
India right
here in New
York City.
Thanks A
Glatt (October
7, 2010)
http://www.thanksaglatt.com/reviews/shalom-bombay-the-review/
There was a storm a few
weeks ago that shut down
all the LIRR lines – so
what better way to spend
the night stuck in NYC
than to check out New
York City’s newest Glatt
Kosher Indian
restaurant, Shalom
Bombay under
the hechsher of
the Orthodox
Union. With much
success in Teaneck they
decided to try their
chances in the more
prestigious Manhattan
market – and we think
they are going to make
it.
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Review
The Kosher Scene
http://kosherscene.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/shalom-bombay/
Say Namaste as
you enter Shalom
Bombay (344
Lexington Avenue –
between 39th and 40th –
New York, NY 10016
– Tel: 212.922.0224
– Fax: 212.922.0124)
this exotic Indian
adventure. Above your
head flows the Ganges –
the life force
of a nation. The
environment is earthy
with touches of scrolled
ironwork wall pieces,
and the tables are set
simply- as all
guests are welcomed with
an introductory taste
of a dish calledPapri
Chaat, complements
of the house.
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Review
 
Koshertopia.com
http://www.koshertopia.com/blog/news/shalom-bombay-follow-up.html
Shalom
Bombay
Follow
Up
After
sending
out
our
quickbite
about
Shalom
Bombay,
we
had
to
go
check
out
the
new
location
knowing
the
success
of
the
Teaneck
location.
I
work
down
the
block
from
the
new
location,
and
after
months
navigating
the
tricky
waters
of
starting
a
restaurant
in
NYC,
I am
really
happy
to
see
them
finally
open.
From
my
first
meal
there
I
can
say
that
Shalom
Bombay
is
truly
and
Indian
delight.
The
restaurant
has
a
very
cosy,
intimate,
yet
classy
ambiance
with
a
stunning
rooftop
mural.
It
certainly
looks
and
feels
like
you
are
in
upper
class
Mumbai
(I
think).
As
if
the
decor
wasn’t
enough,
the
food
was
delicious.
Classical
Indian
cuisine
tastefully
delivered
to
the
table
by
the
excellent
and
attentive
wait
staff.
Both
the
chicken
and
meat
dishes
I
ordered
were
full
of
flavor
and
delightful,
and
as
the
New
York
times
said
in
their
review
the
“Indian
breads
are
fresh,
warm
and
properly
blistered”.
If
you
are
in
the
mood
for
more
than
your
generic
meat
restaurant
def.
check
them
out,
and
Please
stay
tuned
for
a
full
review
of
Shalom
Bombay
coming
real
soon!
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/nyregion/13dinenj.html
Shalom Bombay
The name of this tidy 50-seat restaurant at once recalls the beloved 1988 movie “Salaam Bombay!” and the enduring Jewish tradition of the city now called Mumbai.
Glatt kosher though it certainly is, there is nothing particularly Jewish about the cooking here — though as Joan Nathan, the author of “Jewish Cooking in America” (Knopf, 1998), points out, Mumbai is a favorite destination of vacationing Israelis. “Indian food is like Israeli food,” she told me. “They do a lot with eggplant, chickpeas and potatoes. It’s exotic, with all these sauces and spices.”
These flavors come through vividly in the cooking of the veteran chef, Paul Singh, a native of Delhi. Appetizers like papri chaat and pakoras are crisp and grease-free; Indian breads are fresh, warm and properly blistered; and the two entrees we tried, reshmi kebab (boned chicken marinated with cashew paste) and lamb stewed with spinach, were precisely cooked and vigorously spiced.
Who comes to a place called Shalom Bombay? “Muslims, Jews, non-Jews,” said Alan Cohnen, one of two partners who opened the restaurant in October 2008. “We see a lot of couples out on dates. The ethnic food is such an icebreaker — it gives them something to talk about.”
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