Hema's Kitchen: A Taste of Devon

Even though Devon Ave. is about a 20 minute bus ride from us, we had never made the trip to the strip of this street that is packed with Indian and Pakistani stores and restaurants.  A sunny spring afternoon convinced us that it was time to get off the couch and do so.  We had heard about the Indian restaurant, Hema's Kitchen, from a friend, so we thought that would be our target lunch destination, although we also wanted to wander around to see what else we might find.  We weren't necessarily strangers to Indian food, although we had been reading recently about the differences between the cuisine in the northern part of the country vs. that in the south.  It seems the northern region was influenced by Turkish and other cultures that enjoy grilled meats, and that the southern region was influenced more by southeast Asia and tended to be more vegetarian.  Since the owner of the restaurant is from Hyderabad towards the southern part of the country, we thought her restaurant would give us a chance to sample some cuisine specifically from that region.