Cardamom Fresh Indian Restaurant combines fresh ingredients like locally grown produce, freshly roasted and ground spices and meals cooked to order to produce true East-meets-West creations. Co-owners Binod Dhakal and Becky Winkler-Dhakal are hiring chefs and cooks, and training is available.

            Binod says, “I chose the name Cardamom for my restaurant because cardamom (known as the queen of spices) is an important native Indian spice used in nearly all food from our kitchen—both savory and sweet.”

            Indian cuisine has been influenced over time by Persian, Chinese, Portuguese and British chefs, and has a rich history of importing flavors and cooking techniques combined with native spices. Cardamom also offers Western-influenced dishes.

            A Metro Times reviewer says, “Cardamom’s food is far and away the highest-quality Indian food I’ve eaten in metro Detroit.”

Location: 1739 Plymouth Rd., in the Courtyard Shops at North Campus Plaza, Ann Arbor. For more information, call 734-662-2877, email [email protected] or visit CardamomA2.com.