1.0PoohsDenhttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsdenVinithahttps://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/author/pooh_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="o9ouCv7Qbo"><a href="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/indian-balti-spotlight-gladstone/">Indian Balti – Spotlight Gladstone</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/indian-balti-spotlight-gladstone/embed/#?secret=o9ouCv7Qbo" width="600" height="338" title="“Indian Balti – Spotlight Gladstone” — PoohsDen" data-secret="o9ouCv7Qbo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> When I first arrived in Gladstone, I heard that the best food you get in Gladstone is Indian food. I was shocked. Here I am in a place I would call “middle of nowhere” and I hear about great desi food. Within a week of arriving I headed to Indian Balti – Kirkwood. What is with Indian restaurants and  red faux brocade chairs with gold rims? I have never seen them anywhere other than at Indian restaurants. Well Indian Balti also has them. The ambiance was pretty good and the menu standard North Indian fare. You can check out their menu here. I ordered Chicken 65, Panner tikka masala and an assortment of naans/kulchas and paratas. Chicken 65 was a major flop – pretty inedible. I had given up hope when the panner tikka masala came out. It was perfection – homemade panner with capsicums and a nice tangy sauce. The breads were decent. Their chai was a major disappointment for the tea lover in me. I was hoping for a nice masala chai instead I got the Aussie version of chai with cinnamon sprinkled on top. Just not what I was looking for. On our second visit, we ordered […]http://www.ourowncorner.com/poohsden/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_0493.jpg