Other options include stewed goat with tomatoes, onions and spices and spicy lamb vindaloo.

Prawns vindaloo, in a complex and moderately hot curry sauce, are also excellent; not so the lamb vindaloo because the meat is on the dry side.

Entrees include sweet and sour chicken and lamb vindaloo.

For main courses, lamb vindaloo, a smoldering dish from southwestern India, is appropriately hot, its sauce blending potent flavors of cumin, garlic, ginger and cinnamon.

Incendiary dishes are designated on the menu by one chile pepper for hot, two for very hot - as in a fiery lamb vindaloo.

Among the main courses, fish tikka, lamb vindaloo, and kalmi or chicken ginger kebabs are recommended.

On my last visit, even the papadums on the table were soggy, and the lamb vindaloo, which should sear the mouth, was downright dull.

His lamb vindaloo ($15.95) is as searingly spicy as vindaloo is supposed to be, and there's a real spice-derived complexity backing up the firepower.

If you like really spicy dishes, try the lamb vindaloo.

Other dishes include spicy lamb vindaloo, and shrimp served in a zesty mustard and chili sauce.