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All Bottled Up: Radhuni Indian Kitchen
<--The spot: Amid the jumble of restaurants on Clark Street in Lakeview, the relatively new Radhuni Indian Kitchen offers a mix of cuisine from Bangladesh and Northern India. Tandoor classics like the chicken ($7.95/$12.95) and fish ($13.95), a Bangladeshi specialty, arrive sizzling and perfectly seasoned. For another taste of Bangladeshi cuisine, owner Sayeed Ahmed recommends biryani, made with basmati rice, saffron shrimp, lamb, chicken and vegetables ($10.95). A variety of curry dishes and 13 types of bread and naan fill out the menu.
<--The bottle: Nearby Binny's Ivanhoe Castle offers plenty of the usual spicy-food suspects, including gruner veltliners, sauvignon blancs and rieslings. But for something just a little different, go for a torrontes, a white grape originally from Spain that's now grown widely in Argentina. Binny's offers torrontes from six different producers, but we always grab a bottle of Crios de Susana Balbo ($14.99), which delivers fruitiness with a hint of sweetness; look for rose petals on the nose and minerality on the finish.
--Allison Knab, metromix special contributor
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