Details wanted for the "new" Tabla

[Shmily]

Hi..Having enjoyed both Tabla and Bread Bar a number of times, we (6 of us) want to return next month. Any recent details would be welcome. Thank you in advance.

[oakapple]

Hi..Having enjoyed both Tabla and Bread Bar a number of times, we (6 of us) want to return next month. Any recent details would be welcome. Thank you in advance.

The new Tabla menu is essentially the former Bread Bar menu.

[Shmily]

yes, thank you, I know ...have you been back since the change?? TIA.

[davythefatboy]

Had an excellent restaurant week lunch at Tabla and an "ehh, never coming here again" dinner last week.

At lunch the salad and a dish of rice and lentils were both delicious.

At dinner, three chutneys and three vegetables (including lentils) were phooey.

Clever to make the bread "sourdough" except it was tasteless.

The chutneys were all strangely sweet.

The veggies were just uninspired - cauliflower (unappealing presentation, tasted slightly better than it looked), brussels sprout leaves ( the menu said brussels sprouts, but for some reason they decided to save food cost and texture by deconstructing), and the very ordinary boring dal listed on their dinner menu. Perhaps the rice would have been wonderful, we didn't order any.

The waiter asked how everything was as he cleared the half full plates, and we said just okay.

I can't remember his exact words, but in effect the waiter asked "is anything so bad that I need to do something about it?"

But in a case like this, it's on us do something about it, by steering clear.

YMMV. Perhaps you need to order meat.

P.S. Maybe the problem is that we really like Indian food.