North Carolina Indian Restaurant Named A Best In The Country

Indian food is well known for offering a very flavorful experience. Whether you want some spice or consistently delicious naan bread, this cuisine has you covered. Mashed recently reported the best Indian establishments in America, and a North Carolina restaurant was named.

"Before you try your hand at some recipes in the kitchen, we recommend tasting the true flavors of Indian food at some of the absolute best spots in the country," Mashed introduces. Seventeen restaurants are then showcased, featuring mouth-watering images of their dishes. New York seems to be hitting it out of the park with this popular cuisine, as they had six restaurants featured.

Tasting Table recently explained that Indian food has such a wide range of flavors and textures. This is due to the vast geography of the country. "From coastal regions serving seaside fare to mountainous areas where fresh produce is hard to come by, there's always a new dish for you to try," they state.

The North Carolina restaurant that was praised for having some of the best Indian food in the country has all the above.

Located on Battery Park Ave in Asheville, Chai Pani is open seven days per week, but note their select hours. Their lunch is served from 11:30 am - 3:30 pm, and dinner hours are 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm.

"Chai Pani literally means 'tea and water.' It's slang in India for going out for a cup of tea, a tasty bite, a snack, or 'a little something,'" they explain. Subscribing to that, Chai Pani has a strong emphasis on the street food and snack tradition.

The menu is broken into chaat, sandwiches, uttapam curries, rice, and breads. Of course, you will find traditional favorites like the generous portion of Desi Chicken Salad, but Chai Pani also has some unique offerings. For example, there's a Pav Bhaji which they call a "Maharashtrian street food." It consists of a spicy vegetable hash served with toasted buttery buns, chilies, onions, and cilantro.

Although the main courses get most of the menu's attention, the extras and desserts are not to be overlooked. Various yogurt options, mango, soups and butter chicken are all available to add on for $8 or less.

Everyone knows of the obvious places where you have to worry about experiencing an earthquake. But sometimes, there are less obvious spots, too. So, what is our currently, calculated risk of an earthquake in North Carolina and South Carolina?

A new study looks at the locations with the highest potential of earthquakes. A lot of them are in major cities. A few include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City and Memphis. That's according to government research done by FEMA.

In case you were wondering, earthquakes are costly. That's not to shame the states that have the most earthquakes, of course. Hurricanes are costly, too. So, whether you live in California, where earthquakes are likely, or in other areas across America where hurricanes happen, chances are, your area is taking up funding to cover these disasters. As it turns out, southern California coastal counties and the Bay Area are the most costly when it comes to earthquake damage. "Los Angeles County with $2.68 billion in annualized losses is more than three times greater than the second highest county (Santa Clara, California)," the FEMA report states. "The counties containing the Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake, and Memphis metropolitan areas also have relatively high AELs."

North Carolina ranks No. 22 and No. 28, respectively, out of the states for the report's "Ranking of States by Annualized Earthquake Loss and Annualized Earthquake Loss Ratios (AELR)." South Carolina ranks No. 8 and 12, respectively.

Find the interactive map via CNN below and see where your area lands. You might be surprised by some of the areas that actually have a fairly high risk for activity. The map was "derived in part from a US Geological Survey study that created earthquake models to help inform municipalities and insurance companies about such hazards," according to CNN.

While you might think of a handful of cities who are in danger of earthquakes, and those are on the West Coast, there is earthquake activity all around. "Although most economic loss is concentrated along the West Coast, the distribution of relative earthquake risk, as measured by the AELR, is much broader and reinforces the fact that earthquakes are a national problem," FEMA says. "Relatively high earthquake loss ratios are throughout the western and central United States (states within the NMSZ) and in the Charleston, South Carolina, area."

You've heard of the Big Four, right? In metal music. Anyway, the Big 55 are the cities that experience the most earthquake activity. "Fifty-five metropolitan areas, led by the Los Angeles (including Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim) and San Francisco (including San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley) Bay areas, account for 85% of the total AEL," FEMA says.

The FEMA report states, "Within the central and eastern United States, the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ) and the Charleston, South Carolina, area pose substantial earthquake threat." As for safer areas, "The NMSZ covers parts of eight states: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Mississippi. Together, they amount to approximately 15% of the total national exposure."

This is an interactive map of the United States showing each area's risk for earthquakes. You might be surprised by some of the areas that actually have a pretty high risk for activity. Click the link below to go to the interactive map via CNN.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/23/us/us-earthquake-risk-map-dg/index.html