Samosas

Wednesday night Leann and I went to a little fast food place just a block away from the Colony apartments, called Stan's. The owner is a small man with swarthy skin [1], a thin mustache, and salt-and-pepper hair. They are probably best known for their spicy fries, which is why we first went there while we were dating. Since then we've been back a few times and sampled some of the other items on their menu.

While we were there last night, I noticed a little sign that said, "Try our new samosas." So I did (even though I had no idea what they were). They were fried tetrahedral pastries filled with potatoes, onions, peas, and spices.[2] They came with two chutneys: one was a green sauce with a hint of mint and the other was an orange sauce whose flavor I couldn't really pin down. The flavor of the samosas themselves was pretty bland, but with the chutneys they were all right. I certainly wouldn't make them an integral part of my diet, though.

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Notes:

[1] We're unsure of his ethnicity, though we have it narrowed down to Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African. We like to speculate, based on the name of the restaurant, that the name of his native country ends in -stan, e.g. Afghanistan, Bashkortostan, Dagestan, Hayastan (Armenia), Hindustan, Kafiristan, Kazakhstan, Kurdistan, Kyrgyzstan, Nuristan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tartarstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Waziristan, etc. But he could just as easily be Moroccan, Egyptian, Turkish, Hindi, etc.

[2] Regional varieties exist. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samosa.