Karma Restaurant and Bar

There's one thing every beginner Indian food-eater needs to know straight off: It's not all hot curry. Take the menu at Old City's Karma. It offers a well-curated, accessible selection of Indian cuisine from all over the subcontinent, much of which you can't get anywhere else in the city. Try tootak, or tandoori chicken wings, a good start for novices and experts alike; paneer tikka masala, Indian cheese in a tangy curry; and murg hara dhaniya, a slightly more adventurous (and green) spicy chicken in coriander.