Tiffin Wallah
Tiffin Wallah in Curry Hill, with walls made for blind giants, serves a Pondi masala dosa to die for. It’s full of thin-sliced red onions along with the usual masala filling, cut into rectangular ribbons angled carefully on a long sushi plate. A Malayali friend thought his dosa was on tbe bland side, but mine was great — crisp, warmly spiced and not too oily. He also grumbled that Northies never call it ‘dosha,’ as we should.
This was yet another rec from a friend with great taste. I’ll have to work this one off with hard labor Maine Pyar Kiya-style or by sniffing out another gem through Chowhound.
The eponymous lunchboxes:
A two-in-one more compelling than Billary:
Get your fix in Manhattan on 28th between Park and Lex.
on Monday, March 31st, 2008, 11:52 pm in Food, Photographs › 
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Is this a new eatery? Great dosai and they supply tiffins? Excellent! He he, and the 2-in-1 is cool!
And stop torturing everyone with descriptions like crispy, spicy etc :-D.
I’ve eaten here several times and I like it a lot. I also love the cool coffee mugs.
Dosa is pronounced differently all over the south. ‘Dosa’ is just fine - that’s how the Kannadigas say it.
Ha ha.
As a Malayali raised in Tamilnadu, I feel uniquely equipped to resolve the dispute.
It’s only malayalis who call it “Dosha”. Everywhere else they say Dosa[i] (actually “though-sy”). And since I’ve never had a good dosa in Kerala (Appams; yes, dosas; no), I declare that my expert dosai-making tamil brethren can decide what it’s called and how it’s pronounced.
i was completely blazed and slightly hung over saturday morning and ate here.
the ravi masala dosa with gunpowder and that other spice.
yup.. fucking mindblowing.
i could eat that everyday if ulcers and heartburn were nonexistent
tamilians usually pronounce it dosai (tho-sayy), while telugus pronounce it as dosa. one of my gujarati friends insists on call it dhosa (’dh’ as in ‘dhai’)
zaz, please don’t tell me that you got a guy named ravi with your dosai :)
i’ve heard really mixed reviews on this place and usually go to my standby, pongal. anybody (and i mean mostly south indians - i’m a real food snob when it comes to these things) recommend a good place in curry hil (besides saravana’s)? curry hill is so close to work and on a slow day, it’s nice to fit in a dosa, or even just a madras coffee…