"Named after a beach in Mumbai and founded in 1990, Chowpatty is an Iselin, New Jersey restaurant specializing in food from Gujarat. The walls are lined with swaying palm trees, and the menu is strictly vegetarian. Highlights include pani poori (tiny crisp pastries to be filled by the diner with tamarind water), pav sandwiches made on Portuguese rolls, dosas, thali meals served on trays, a buttermilk soup called khadi, and kaju karela — a curry of cashews and bitter melon." - Robert Sietsema