Who would have thought that some day you could get kathi rolls right here in San Francisco?!? Kasa is his new (ok, it's not new any more, I just took a long time getting there) Indian place in the Castro that I've been meaning to try out forever - and finally one Saturday night I convinced Judy and Karen that we should go there for our neighbors night out together.
Boy, was it a good call! First off the place was pretty empty, which was surprising because I had heard such good things about it. But I liked the ambience of the place - it's very clean, industrial looking with lots of metal everywhere, staple Indian B&W pictures on the walls.
A kathi roll, for the uninformed, is an "Indian burrito" (as the cute American guy behind the counter pointed out) . I was seriously impressed with him though when he asked me if I wanted an "anda" kathi roll - anda means egg, but he didn't just say egg, he said anda. Bonus points for that!
Kasa's menu is pretty simple - meaning they have about 5 different options for the filling of your roll. The veggie options are paneer and masala aloo (potato). They also have the usual meat options like chicken tikka, kebabs etc. So, pretty simple, you pick what you want in your roll, you decide if you want anda in your roll, or if you didn't want a roll at all you could just get a thali, which is an open kathi roll with rice, raita and dal.
We ended up ordering 3 kathi rolls and a thali and sharing it. It was sooooo good! Ok I am running out of things to say - so I'll stop rambling and conclude by saying that Kasa is great if you are looking for a cheap, clean, healthy (?), quick meal. Not exactly a date place.. but it's a great place to chill out with your friends (or neighbors, if they are as nice as mine :)).
