= = = = = =  WEEKDAY LUNCH BUFFET  = = = = = =\n\nI'll admit that as a meatie I'm a tough customer to impress at these veggie Buffets, but Madras Ananda Bhavan managed to pull it off, & so did Cafe Krishna, yesterday.  By comparison I thought Udupi Caf\u00e9 here was weak.\n\nThis is a mid-sized restaurant with a simple but ok decor.  There are tables only, no booths, which would have been my preference.  The host was friendly but the smell of incense burning was sure to interfere with the taste of the food, & it did.\n\nOver at the serving tables, there were 15 food items plus sauces & dressings.  I was also brought an ok tasting Masada Dosa with curried potatoes, & offered another one during my meal.\n\nThe next issue was that the Sambar soup was barely warm, & most everything else that should have been hot was not up to temperature either.  (If they're worried about people burning their fingers on the little stainless steel bowls, replace them with china or Melmac ones!  Duh?)\n\nThe Rasam soup was better, & there was salad as well as some puffy chips something like the ones the Mexican kids sell from tricycle carts around town.  They were labeled Papadum, but they weren't that.  The Dall Curry was pretty good but mostly everything was just \"there\"...  neither particularly good nor bad.  Most of the dishes overall were labeled properly as far as I know, & vegan recipes were identified.\n\nSorry Udupi fans, for me this one was a bit of a dud.\n\nWeekday Lunch Buffet recently reduced to $7.99; closed Tuesday.