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Desi Bazaar
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
3 reviews for Desi Bazaar
3 reviews in English
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Review from Thaminda R.
Rochester, NY
8/17/2011
Desi Bazaar is a Pakistani/Afghani (and maybe Indian) grocery store cum delicatessen. It is a great place to pick up fresh halal meats (goat, lamb, beef, chicken), and other grocery items. The highlight of the place I would say is, apart from fresh meats, the delicatessen, that serves buriyani rice and other dishes well prepared by an outstanding chef. This business is SOLID and I have frequented this place for the past few months.
This is a must try - food seem to be home made, and of much better quality than what you will find in Chaat House, also nearby.
Enjoy! -
Review from James M.
Rochester, NY
6/25/2011 3 Check-ins Here
Desi Bazaar is a small grocery store catering to Pakistani, Afghani and Indian ingredients. Its a good place to pick up Halal meat and the only place around I know of to get fresh goat. Cheap lamb too, and a decent assortment of offal from what I can tell. They also do a little takeout business, serving solid Afghani-Pakistani? (pretty sure) style dishes.
I've had the beef and chicken shami kebab and both are amazing. Packing tons of spices, not necessarily hot but bursting with flavor. The basmati with fried carrots and raisins was also a new experience for me. Their samosas aren't bad either, and at 99 cents a piece you can't really go wrong.
I have yet to try the curry dish, or fried drumstick and few of the other kebabs, but I will certainly be back. Lunch runs about $7 at Desi, which isn't too bad for two huge kebabs and a mountain of rice. -
Review from Ren P.
Roanoke, VA
7/29/2007
This is a resource for those whipping up some Indian, Pakistani, or other south Asian cuisine, and they prominently advertise carrying Halal food.
There's a good representation of bulk dried items and spices (although they don't carry tamarind - a curious omission). They also stock the largest variety of those just-open-and-heat prepackaged Indian /Pakistani dishes I've seen. (These are great to whip out when the desire or time to cook isn't there - not only are they fast and easy, but they taste good too.) They have a small frozen food section and a fresh meat section, and they carry snack-type foods and some general grocery items. They also rent films - most, if not all, products of Bollywood.
It's a small place, but I can find things here that I can't elsewhere, and everything is so inexpensive I wonder how they stay in business. They recently started accepting credit cards, which has made shopping there even more convenient. If you live in Rustic Village, they're within easy walking distance.
- and, how cool is it that they turned away a would-be robber by leaning over the counter and punching him in the nose?!Listed in: Rochester-area services
