Kashmir is a pretty good place to go for a casual lunch or something different for dinner in the Back Bay. The service here is okay (pretty good actually when you consider the overall snobbishness of Newbury Street) and the staff will help you understand the menu as well as they can.
The food here is incredibly spicy- but not in the traditional hot pepper sense. It's more of a sneaky taste that makes it impossible to finish an entire plate if you're not used to such strong ethnic food.
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