{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Waz Wu","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog","title":"2015 Curry Hill Crawl at Haldi, Kips Bay - Waz Wu","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"T82Cl4rZcO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/2015-curry-hill-crawl-at-haldi-kips-bay\/\">2015 Curry Hill Crawl at Haldi, Kips Bay<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/2015-curry-hill-crawl-at-haldi-kips-bay\/embed\/#?secret=T82Cl4rZcO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;2015 Curry Hill Crawl at Haldi, Kips Bay&#8221; &#8212; Waz Wu\" data-secret=\"T82Cl4rZcO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.wazwu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/img_3990.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":1280,"description":"This post is in collaboration with Haldi. I was recently invited to the first annual Curry Hill Crawl hosted by the Indian Fine Dining Group. Curry Hill is a stretch of Kips Bay with an abundance of Indian restaurants and the faint scent of curry as you walk down the streets. As much as I love Indian food, I&#8217;m still relatively new to the regional differences and varieties in flavor. We tasted signature dishes from three of Chef Hemant Mathur&#8217;s seven restaurants. Before the crawl officially kicked off, I had an opportunity to speak briefly with Chef Mathur, and he pointed out to me which dishes on the crawl menu were vegetarian. The first stop on the crawl was Haldi, which features Bengali specialties and dishes from Calcutta&#8217;s Indian-Jewish communities. This is the first I&#8217;ve heard of Indian-Jewish cuisine, and I think the Jewish influences made some of the food seem Americanized. We started off with Jhal Muri, which had puffed rice, peanuts, green chutney, tomatoes. This was a tasty little treat to kick off the meal, but I wouldn&#8217;t say it&#8217;s a must order item. I really enjoyed the lychee martini and its sweet, refreshing flavors. There was another [&hellip;]"}