My most favorite restaurant is Maharaja's Durbar. This is a South Indian restaurant. I came to know about this restaurant through word- of- mouth. One of my cousins had dined there and had recently told me to try it out. She said it is the best Indian restaurant in the whole Texas. At first I thought it might be one of those same old typical Indian restaurants but decided to check it out anyway, so with my friends and family we decided to try an Indian cuisine. I told them about Maharaja's Darbar on Lamar Street in Austin, Texas that my cousin had recommended. Everyone was so excited to try out the new restaurant and Indian cuisine. We called to reserve a table for six of us.
             Indian food has a strong history of origination. The food is prepared in authentic style and taste. The food is very rich in spices and flavor. The aroma of Dehradun basmati rice can be smelled few stores away. When we got there, we were awestruck by the décors of the ancient Mughal palace with rich Indian incense smell and melodious sitar music of Pandit Ravi Shankar playing softly in the background. A huge Indian guy in a palace guard uniform complete with long mustache and sward greeted us with a big smile on his face. He was wearing a long red and yellow gown like dress and bright orange turban. At first, it seemed like we traveled back in time. He looked fierce yet there is something in him that made him look like a gentle giant. A tall lanky girl in bright yellow Indian dress escorted us. As soon as we were seated we were given a traditional hot water bowl and two small lemons to wash our hands. Followed by a small towel to dry our hands. Then came the menu. The menu looked like some kind of royal daily task book. And the items were really well explained to otherwise a very strange and alien food names. We picked tanduri chicken, channa masala, dahi wada, dal makhan, butter chicken, palak panner, and some nans, and for the desert we ord...