Chai Pani Sloppy Jai appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Chai Pani Sloppy Jai · Asheville
Bombay street-style sandwich: spiced lamb hash with tomatoes and aromatics on two toasted buns, finished with onions, cilantro, green chutney and sweet yogurt.
Meherwan Irani opened Chai Pani on Battery Park Avenue in 2009; the restaurant won the James Beard Foundation Outstanding Restaurant award in 2022, the highest national restaurant honour. The Sloppy Jai (a riff on the American sloppy joe and Bombay's bun maska tradition) is one of the most ordered plates on the street-sandwich menu. Irani's Botiwalla expansion took the format to Atlanta and beyond.
Where to eat in Asheville:
- Chai Pani
- Botiwalla by Chai Pani
- Botiwalla by Chai Pani West
- Mela Indian Restaurant