Restaurants & Bars

Taste With Tori: Former Old City Restaurateur Bringing Mother's Southern Indian-Style Cooking To Jenkintown

"I think our food has a different taste to it that I think people have to come out and try," Jiji Thomas said.

January 7, 2022

In this week’s Taste With Tori, Eyewitness News is serving up some Indian cuisine. CBS3 is headed to Lillys Authentic Indian Cuisine in Jenkintown, where the owner serves up delicious dishes while honoring the woman who helped inspire him — his mother.

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Popping like peacock feathers in Jenkintown is an Indian restaurant serving colorful and crazy delicious fare that’s as fragrant and lovely as its floral-sounding name, Lillys Authentic Indian Cuisine.

“There are plenty of great Indian restaurants around Philly, all over the place, but I think our food has a different taste to it that I think people have to come out and try,” Jiji Thomas said.

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