February 5, 2008

  • While we're on the subject....

    I photographed an Indian restaurant a few months ago called India Rasoi on Brady Street.

    My birthday is January 17th. I thought it would be fun to have a "Bollywood" style birthday party at my house, with Bollywood movies, Indian food, and lots of fun Indian music. However, my mom ended up being admitted to the hospital a few days before my birthday, so I never put the plans in motion. As my mom turned out to be ok, and January was coming to a close, I tried to pull my party together. I decided it would be easiest to have the food catered at this point, so I called up India Rasoi and spoke with Neal, whom I had photographed for the restaurant. I apologized to him about the last minute notice (mind you it was Thursday night and I was looking for food for Saturday night for 15+ people), and told him about my mom and about trying to squeeze in a birthday party for myself at the last minute.

    Well, needless to say, Neal was awesome. He helped me figure out the menu, he kept in touch with me, he had the food ready at the time he promised (we were picking it up to take to my house). He even was nice enough to throw in some salad and rice pudding. He also called me the next day to make sure everything went ok. But most importantly, the food was awesome! Everyone at my party was raving and asking me where the food had come from. So good food=successful party!

    My mom is out of the hospital and is doing well. Neal helped me out in a difficult situation and made my birthday party a success, so much thanks goes out to him and his staff! He clearly takes pride in what he does, which is always a recipe for success in my book!

    Neal and one of the chefs at India Rasoi on Brady Street, Milwaukee:

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