Eateries in Taiwan: Saffron Fine Indian Cuisine

38-6, TianMu E Rd; (02) 2871-4842
Hours:11:30am-2 pm 5:30- 9:30

Thu & Fri 11:30 am-2 pm, 5:30-10 pm 
Fri & Sat11:30-2:00 5:30-10:00 
(closed on Mon lunch time)
Credit cards accepted. 10% service charge.

I've been craving Indian food for a while so last night, we finally had Indian for dinner. After reading several online reviews, we decided on Saffron Fine Indian Cuisine, which is actually owned by a native of India. 

To start out, we had vegetable samosa and lamb samosa; they were pretty good. 

Vegetable samosa

Lamb samosa

Following the appetizers, we had several dishes: 

Vegetable dish with potatoes and cauliflower

Lamb

Chicken tandoori

Of course, what would Indian food be without curry?

Lamb curry

Chicken curry

Shrimp curry

Naturally, we had a generous helping of naan to eat with the curry:

Concluding the dinner was a cup of Chai milk tea:

Overall, Saffron did not disappoint. I am not a big fan of lamb, so I am unable to offer my opinion on the lamb dishes. However, I thought the vegetable samosa was pretty good; essentially warm pastries filled with potatoes other spices. The chicken tandoori was well prepared: juicy and rich with flowers. Among the curry, I enjoyed shrimp curry the best. The chicken curry was a little too salty for me and lamb, well you already know. The naan was pretty good: soft and slightly sweet. I like the traditional naan better than the special homemade ones. Finally, the Chai milk tea is a must, definitely one of the best I've ever had. However, it took them a long time to make so perhaps you should order it in the beginning instead of at the end of the meal like we did. Make sure to inhale the rich smell of Chai before you taste it.

This restaurant is pretty expensive in Taiwan's standard, roughly $20-25 USD/person. While it did not disappoint, I still maintain that the best Indian food I had was in Tokyo (Shinjuku) at a small family restaurant.