Sweets by Belen and Surya India

OK, I am writing, I am writing!  Maniacal laughter as in the song.  So Monday the Mayor was having a presser to announce National Small Business Week.  One of the small business owners that spoke was Belen of Sweets by Belen   So being the logistical genius that I am Tuesday about noon and a new Facebook friends post about Surya India also in my brain I decided I could leave the Northside, go to MY favorite Indian restaurant close to Hillcroft and Westpark, the bank on Yale, the cleaners by N. Main and order cards next door to the cleaners and be back home to catch the Red line to make a public comment to Council at City Hall at three.  I still need to order business cards.  As I circled our inner loop my mind went back to Belen and the Mayor saying Hillcroft and 59 several times so since that is a good exit to get where I was going and I had looked at her web site I decided maybe some empanadas and sweets were a good idea as well.  The person at the counter and Belen were both very gracious as I slaughtered the names of foods and mistook the Peruvian word for combo as a food I might want to try.  It turned out my place is closed on Tuesday and with one Alfajor mini making me feel like an alpha I decided to try this new place, Surya India.  Seven hundred block of Durham, seven hundred block of Durham, oops, passed it.  Over to Shepherd and back up then as I turned back towards Durham with the window down my nose told me I would not be disappointed.

So there are the empanadas which are bigger than they look on the menu and packed with their fillings.

Her shop is beautiful

 She is a beautiful spirit and she has delicious cheesecake.

So now with these wonderful goodies we move on.

To tasty vegetable samosas, a lamb curry and saag paneer from Surya India

And they all eventually end up in the same place.