Cumin
Cumin
1414 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Wicker Park
Cumin (photo courtesy of Yelp/Cesario Moza).
Anna and I randomly had a craving for some Indian food this weekend, so we decided to check out Cumin—a very modern Nepalese and Indian restaurant in Wicker Park—instead of venturing north to Devon Avenue like we usually do. Cumin opened earlier this summer and it is actually the first Indian restaurant in the Wicker Park neighborhood, and only the second Nepalese spot in all of Chicago. After arriving at Cumin, we were notified by our waiter that they had a lunch buffet for $12 and we decided to go for it. The buffet was nice because we were able to try a little bit of everything that Cumin has to offer, including chicken tikka masala, samosas, gorkhali khasi, and aalu tama ra bodi. All of the food at Cumin was very good and surprisingly tasted fresh, even though it was buffet style. If we decide to head over there again, we’d probably go for their dinner hours, and not their buffet, just so we’re able to have more of a choice of what we ate. Overall, Cumin is a nice addition to Wicker Park and proof that there is good Indian food in Chicago beyond Devon Avenue.
-Rob
Cumin’s buffet set-up.
One of our buffet helpings.
Dessert at Cumin.
