{"id":766,"date":"2009-09-28T07:47:03","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T11:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=766"},"modified":"2009-09-28T07:47:03","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T11:47:03","slug":"bollywood-bistro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/bollywood-bistro\/","title":{"rendered":"Bollywood Bistro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bollywood Bistro<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/bollywoodbistrofairfax.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=3955+Chain+Bridge+Road,+Fairfax,+VA\">3955 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA<\/a>, near University Avenue, 703-273-0031 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yelp.com\/biz\/bollywood-bistro-fairfax\">Yelp<\/a>]<br \/>\nThere are so many mainstream Indian restaurants these days that clear standards are needed.  I will suggest one: can the place serve up vegetable dishes that actually taste like something?  For this restaurant the answer is, surprisingly, yes.  That said, it&#8217;s a mixed bag.  Nothing is spicy enough.  I had a lamb vindaloo there that was positively bad.  Still, overall this is better than many mainstream Indian places but it&#8217;s still not nearly as good as my favorites, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/2008\/09\/angeethi_indian_cuisine.php\">Angeethi<\/a> in Herndon.<\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood Bistro, web site, 3955 Chain Bridge Road, Fairfax, VA, near University Avenue, 703-273-0031 (Metro Trip Planner &#8211; opens in new window) [Yelp] There are so many mainstream Indian restaurants these days that clear standards are needed. I will suggest &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/bollywood-bistro\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fairfax","category-indian","category-virginia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}