The Philadelphia Inquirer published Craig LaBan’s review of Madness of Masala on February 21st and offered a glowing review of the Indian restaurant in Trooper. LaBan offered in the review Madness of Masala “makes the region’s best samosas.”

What is the “madness” in Madness of Masala?

It could be the notion of two engineers with full-time jobs and zero experience in the hospitality business deciding to open a restaurant in their spare time. Or it could be a determination to offer a vast repertoire of 150-plus intricately spiced dishes from their childhood homes in South India.

But the real madness here is that they make it work. The kitchen, inspired primarily by regional specialties from the South Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, is conjuring some of the most vivid Indian cooking around. And just over a year into Andy Vatsavayi and Raj Saripalli’s big restaurant adventure, the crowds have enthusiastically found their way to this sparsely decorated dining room located in a Ridge Pike strip mall in the middle of Montgomery County.

You can read the full review here.