This Event:

        Wed     02/06  Swagat, Palo Alto

Coming Events:

        Wed     02/13  Man Bo Duck, Mt View
        Wed     02/20  ...uh-oh! KW needs a new scheduler!

Kabuki web page at http://remarque.org/kabuki.

Time:

	Please arrive at 7:30pm; we generally order around 7:45pm.
	Arrivals after 8pm may need to find their own table.

Place:

	Swagat
	2700 W. El Camino
	Palo Alto
	650-948-7727

Menu:   http://www.waitersonwheels.com/tpl/menu2.tpl?RestId=PA%3AR022

Description:

	Russell's favorite Indian restaurant.  Need I say more?

	Well, okay.  Entrees in the $6-$8 range.  Vegetarian friendly.
	The last time Kabuki was there we had the back dining room to
	ourselves (this was good, we were exceptionally loud).  They
	have a good track record for spicing up or down to taste.

	Also really yummy Kulcha.

	Entrees are rather more, and can be mild if you request it
	strongly.  Dosas are a) yummy and b) a good value meal,
	especially for the veggie folks.  Upscale Indian, nice
	lunch buffet weekdays.  Great chicken makhani (butter chicken),
	exceptional bengan bartha (eggplant puree).

	BTW, if you are an art admirer, check out the 
	amazing art on the back wall of the restroom corridor,
	leading into the lounge area-- a complex textured pattern
	made of individual metal nails of various types (steel,
	alumnimum, copper). Apparently the artist traded room and
	board for a few weeks one summer (long ago) to do that and
	other metalwork decorations scattered around the restaurant.

	[Review by RichardT circa 1995, updated by SRC 2001]

	Kabuki was last at Swagat on June 6, 2001.  

Directions:

	Curt: Swagat is on El Camino one block north of San Antonio 
	in Palo Alto.

	Short:  Take 101 to Palo Alto.  Take the San Antonio road exit.  Go
	west to El Camino.  Turn right, travel one block.  Swagat is on your
	right, adjoining a motel. If you hit the Thai Bowling Alley,
	you've gone too far.

	Longer:  Swagat is south of the Dumbarton Bridge (84) and north 
	of 237.  There is no sane (IE, I can explain it in one page or 
	less) way to reach the restaurant from 280.  Well, maybe its 
	not that bad, but still.  It can also be reached from 
	Central/Alma instead of 101, but if you know
	the area that well, you don't need directions.

	From 280: Take 280 to El Monte, and head east (away from
	De Anza College).  The 2nd or 3rd set of lights is Foothill
	Expressway.  Take a left onto Foothill and keep a sharp
	eye out for a few intersections until you can turn right
	onto San Antonio Road.  Stay on San Antonio Rd past 
	downtown Los Altos, past Armadillo Willys, and turn left
	on El Camino (immediately past AW's); get over to right
	hand lane, because Swagat is coming right up in the first
	block, just past the big carwash.  If you're coming on
	280 from north/west of Los Altos, get off at Page Mill
	Rd instead, and turn right onto Foothill, follow 'til
	you can turn onto San Antonio.  I don't recall if the
	SA/Fthl intersection is a left turn w/turnout light or 
	a freeway style loopover on the right, sorry. _SRC

	Transit:  The 22 bus stops in front of the restaurant, and 
	runs the length of El Camino, from somewhere in east san 
	jose (I've been there once when I'd overslept on the bus) 
	to Menlo Park.  Buses are once every thirty minutes, which 
	is (sigh) frequent by South Bay standards.  Ah,
	suburban hell, gotta love it...

	[Directions by RichardT, modified by SRC]