Bites Nearby: Lazzat Restaurant and Spice Corner

Let an array of sensational spices and flavors delight your palate at Lazzat Restaurant and Spice Corner.

Start off the meal with a crisp samosa filled with either mildly-spiced potatoes or mildly-spiced ground chicken. Vegetarians will love the appetizer menu, since it is full of other meatless options such as tikki, mashed potatoes with herbs and spices; assorted vegetable fritters with chick pea butter and mixed chaat which is a deep fried lentil powder mixture in sweet yogurt, tomatoes, onions, fried tortilla pieces and homemade sweet chutney. Instead of an appetizer on really chilly days, warm up with either chicken corn or vegetable soup.

Entrees a plenty appear on the menu, so give it a full read through before making a decision. The chicken tikka, chicken malai kabob and Tandoori mixed grill platter bring together so many different flavors that will make diners crave seconds.

Other chicken dishes include the frontier chicken featuring spices, onions and herbs, as well as the chicken shahi korma which is boneless chicken cooked with almonds, poppy seeds and cashews in a mild, white creamy sauce.

Indulge in a hearty beef dish when ordering either the nihari, beef shank in herbs, spices, thick gravy sauce and some other toppings of choice or the haleem, full of wheat, barley and lentils and the customer's choice of ginger, cilantro, jalapenos and lemon.

Looking for a lamb or goat option? Eight different choices exist for those craving these types of meat. Enjoy either lamb or goat with ground spices, in a white sauce or cooked in curry, for example.

Lighter delights are available as well. Add a basket of naan bread or a basket of paratha to an entree or to a cup of soup and an appetizer for a simpler, yet still delicious, meal. Sandwich options, such as the chicken kabob, beef kabob and bun kabob rolls are perfect for an early supper.

End the meal with a sweet treat. Items on the dessert list include kheer, South Asian rice pudding with basmati rice, nuts and sugar; gulab jamun, golden fried milk pastry dumplings in a sweet syrup; ras malai, flat cottage cheese dumplings poached in milk and topped with pistachios and gajar ka, shredded baby carrots cooked in butter and sugar and mixed with golden raisins, pistachios, almonds and khoya.