South Indian Cuisine near Herndon, VA

South Indian cuisine is the lighter, fermented, rice-and-lentil-forward half of the Indian table — and one of the world's healthiest cuisines by accident, since the staple foods (dosa, idli, vada, sambar, rasam) are gluten-free, naturally fermented, and largely vegetarian. At Pastry Corner Cafe & Lounge in Chantilly our South Indian menu honors the tradition: dosas griddled to order from 24-hour-fermented batter (Plain, Masala, Onion, Mysore Masala, Rava, Ghee Roast, Paneer, Cheese, and the rotating Chef's Special); steamed idlis with chutneys; medu vadas (fried lentil donuts) with sambar; uttapams (thick dosa pancakes with onion-tomato toppings); pongal (rice-lentil porridge with ghee and pepper); and a full set of South Indian thalis when the kitchen runs the weekend menu. Every order ships with sambar (lentil-vegetable broth) and three chutneys — coconut, tomato, and mint. Weekend brunch starts at 7am (Sat-Sun) — the dosa griddle runs hot from open to mid-afternoon. Naturally vegetarian, naturally gluten-free, naturally vegan if you skip the ghee.

Herndon is 18 minutes north of Pastry Corner — up Route 28 across the Dulles Toll Road. We deliver across Herndon (20170, 20171, 20172) and serve the heavy tech-corridor lunch crowd that works at Wordlgate Centre, Herndon Town Center, and the Reston border offices. Herndon's iPhone-heavy professional crowd uses Siri and Google Maps to find lunch — Pastry Corner shows up for both 'Indian restaurant near Herndon' and 'biryani near me.' Catering customers in Herndon include AOL, Volkswagen Group of America, and many of the Dulles Tech Corridor consulting firms. Pickup orders accepted up to 2 hours ahead — order online, we'll text when ready, you swing by on the way home.