Better than the real thing

The Ambassador Dining Room in Baltimore, famous for its sumptuous champagne brunches and beautiful garden seating, is my favorite English-style Indian place in the world. That list includes the English-style Indian in England; Brick Lane may be good but Ambassador is better.

But Baltimore is far away and scary, so for the rest of us there's Heritage India in Dupont. As the creeping tentacles of tapas invades every cuisine, we finally find a place that does tiny, pretty, traditional dishes right.

I highly suggest the Vegetable Fritters and any of the curried specialties. There's an extensive vegetarian menu and enough breads to tempt the most hard core Atkinser. I've read a few complaints about service online but I found it just fine. Prices are shockingly acceptable.