Where I’ve Been Getting Takeout of Late, Part 9
![A brimming box of chicken Pulao from Ettan in Palo Alto.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Chicken-Palu-725x1024.jpg)
Ettan, Palo Alto
What a difference a few months makes. In late February, I was invited in as a guest to try the splashy new Ettan restaurant that had just debuted in downtown Palo Alto. Little did I know that would be the very last time I’d dine inside a restaurant for the foreseeable future.
So it was with a sense of warm familiarity tinged with a bit of melancholy that I returned to this modern Indian restaurant last week to pick up takeout.
The restaurant is a collaboration between Ayesha Thapar, a real estate and fashion entrepreneur, and Srijith Gopinathan, executive chef of the Michelin two-starred Campton Place in San Francisco. So it’s got style in spades, as well as serious cooking chops.
![You may not be able to go inside, but the entry remains as beautifully dramatic as always.](https://www.foodgal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Exterior-Ettan.jpg)
The striking entrance with its indigo doors, iron latticed screens, crystal chandeliers, and fanciful tiles still make a grand statement. And the food is still every bit as impressive, even if you can’t enjoy it on the restaurant’s rough-hewn ceramics and gleaming copper vessels at home.
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