{"id":731,"date":"2009-07-03T17:19:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T17:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/?p=731"},"modified":"2009-07-03T17:19:37","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T17:19:37","slug":"khana-peena-indian-cuisine-oakland-buffet-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/2009\/07\/khana-peena-indian-cuisine-oakland-buffet-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Khana Peena Indian Cuisine &#8211; Oakland &#8211; Buffet Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago I went with my friend Mauro to lunch at Khana Peena.  He likes it quite a bit, but I was not crazy about the buffet.  It had many of the usual dishes: chicken tikka masala, a lamb curry, chicken tandoori, naan, rice and so forth.  It was $10, including soda.<br \/>\nThe place itself is very nice, in particular the outside patio which has benches and pillows and lots of fresh air.  Inside it looks a bit more elegant than your run-of-the-mill Indian restaurant.<br \/>\nI wasn&#8217;t thrilled with the food, though.  It was OK, but I thought the curries needed more &#8220;ummph&#8221;, not necessarily spiciness, but something to complete the flavor.  The chicken tandoori also wasn&#8217;t very flavorful, but most importantly, it was quite undercooked.  The rice and naan were nice.<br \/>\nI wouldn&#8217;t be rushing back to Khana Peena, but I won&#8217;t mind if Mauro suggests it again.<br \/>\nKhana Peena Indian Cuisine<br \/>\n5316 College Ave.<br \/>\nOakland, CA<br \/>\n510-658-2300<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marga.org\/food\/rest\/\">Marga&#8217;s Bay Area Restaurant Reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days ago I went with my friend Mauro to lunch at Khana Peena. He likes it quite a bit, but I was not crazy about the buffet. It had many of the usual dishes: chicken tikka masala, a lamb curry, chicken tandoori, naan, rice and so forth. It was $10, including soda. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurants","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marga.org\/foodblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}