Flaming Wok 'n Grill

I went here for a late lunch on a Friday afternoon. My friend and I went in- he told me to order the chicken kabob, and I did. It came in two varieties, differently spiced, with a bowl of lentil soup, chickpeas, and several pieces of naan.

We ordered at about 1:15. We sat at a table for about five minutes, but were asked to move. The staff moved all the tables and chairs to one end of the dining room and began to clean the floor. My friend and I sat at the counter and watched as prayer mats were laid on the floor. At about 1:30, after our food arrived, we watched as several men entered, removed their shoes, and began to participate in a Muslim prayer. The guy next to me explained that it was the Islamic Sabbath. The restaurant had become a mosque, and by the time my friend and I finished our very good meal, about twenty men were praying towards Mecca. One man chanted some prayers, and incense was lit, the smoke wafting over our seats.

My friend and I didn't want to be disrespectful, but seeing that other people at the counter kept eating, we did as well. We continued our conversation quietly, but one guy had a reasonably loud conversation on his phone, food kept being cooked with a loud sizzle, and diners came and went as the prayer service continued.

I wish we had known that the Flaming Wok n' Grill became a mosque on Friday afternoons. It's an odd environment to eat lunch in, however good the food is. The incense wasn't ideal either, as it overpowered the scent and flavor of the food.

Ok folks here is the low down on this place.   It is a basic  cabstand restaurant. It is not fine dining.

That being said, the food is great!!!   Real deal Punjabi cooking.  Forget the menu, go there and ask them what is good today. They make different dishes every day. I have been there many times, and the food is fresh and taste like eating at great roadside dive in India or Pakistan.

Nearly everyday they have fresh made biryani, a rice dish that takes several hours to make. It is really good.

It is not fancy, its not table service, what it is though is good food made by people who know how to make these dishes.  If you enjoy Indian food, go there. If you don't know much about Indian food go to a place with a buffet.  This place is best for people who know good food. Its a dive, and one of my favorite dives.

I grew up around such places, and can say the owner is a really nice guy, and the food is fresh.

Go there if you have a sense of adventure and don't care it is a dive.

My wife and I stopped in and we didn't know what we'd be in for as the place is your classic dive, but the owner greeted us and made us the meal of the night and also made my wife a very tasty chicken dish (kinda Tandoori Chicken-like) so we were off menu.  Food was really good and the cilantro sauce that we used with the Naan was really tasty, in fact other regulars were going up and spooning cupfuls of it for who know what.