New owner, new name
Bombay Palace is now Taj Indian Bistro
“Great,” Tushar Kumar, manager of the new restaurant, said about being open in Turkey Creek. “We love Farragut.”
Taj Indian Bistro, owned by Tushar’s dad, Charan Jit Kumar, was remodeled and opened Tuesday, April 22.
However, the restaurant business is not the Kumars’ first rodeo. “We’ve been in this business a long time,” said Tushar a Farragut resident. “We’ve been cooking for over two decades.”
The Kumars decided to located in Turkey Creek because “we know the area and know all the people (and) a lot of the guests who come in,” Tushar said. “We know we’ll be successful. People love our food.”
The restaurant serves North Indian fare with “a lot of vegan, lot of vegetarian options,” he said.
However, Tushar added customers will find curries, tandoori kabobs, chicken and lamb, rice varieties and masala.
“Any meal from no-spicy to however hot you want,” he said. “We have a full range. We have homemade spices that we grind here.
“Everything is made in-house, nothing frozen, nothing pre-cooked,” Tushar added. “We even make cheese here, like the paneer, in house.
“Come try it, once. … Let us fix you a meal.”
Customers can start their dining experience with a samosa, a potato and pea puff
pastry pocket appetizer, or one of
the other appetizers, such as paneer pakora/chicken, which is battered in special spices and fried.
Moving into the meal, Taj Indian Bistro offers a choice of proteins — vegetable, paneer, chicken, lamb, goat, shrimp or fish.
There are various curries: masala, korma, saag/pala, vindaloo, bhuna, mango and traditional. Or customers can try rogan josh, a protein marinated in herbs, spices and cooked with fresh tomatoes in a creamy sauce.
There are even desserts, such as kheer (rice pudding), gulab jamun (juicy deep-fried dumplings dipped in syrup) and rasmalai (soft cheesecake patties served over saffron milk).
Hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for lunch, and from 5 to 10 p.m. for dinner, seven days a week. Dine in or order ahead by calling 865-671-6667, e-mailing to indiantajbistro@gmail.com or by using Door Dash or other delivery services.
