There are two Indian restaurants, Milon Bangladesh and Panna II on 1st Avenue in the East Village, around the corner from the Sixth Street Indian row of restaurants. They share the same address and are virtual mirrors of each other. They have very aggressive tactics to get you inside and are intensely rivalrous, with two guys vying with each other in front, shouting deals to the passersby (which are not always to be taken too seriously). Usually we just keep our heads down and hurry by, but we decided to go upstairs to look inside this evening and found a festival of lights in the shape of chili peppers and Christmas lights and a packed house full of birthday parties – an incredibly festive atmosphere. See here for more photos…
That is a gorgeous picture!!
And the other pics were cool too – what a place, lol!!
Nice shot. Can you see the colour of the food with so much red light?
Beautiful photo! I don’t really like Indian food but with all these lights I may try it again =0
yikes! what a riot of colour. cool shot
Color of food? – I doubt it. These places are so crowded, boisterous and wild, I’m not sure anyone notices much about the food. And “riot of color” is a good way of putting it. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend eating there, but if you’re in NYC, check them out (93 First Ave. between 5th and 6th St). They will let you walk in and check them out – they love it, but be prepared to be hustled.
Brian
Cool posting. I like Indian food a lot. This is an interesting festival of lights. Really funny place it looks like.
looks like a great place to me!
this is sooo insane!! so many lights really look like party to me!! great place to celebrate!!
yes, i can feel the mood from here
Kaleidoscope view.