Ilana Wilesさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Ilana WilesInstagram)「One of my fave places in NYC is a little Indian restaurant on 1st Ave called Milon. I’ve been going there for 20 years, ever since my mom introduced me to it. My mom fell in love with Indian food when she worked in the city before she got married, because they had cheap lunch specials and she was strapped for cash. After she met my dad, they moved to Long Island, had kids and she stopped working, so she never ate Indian anymore. Going to Milon with my mom and her introducing me to all these new flavors was like a window into her life before I was born. Her favorite food is Indian food?? I had no idea! Milon became a go-to for my friends when we were in our 20s. It was inexpensive, delicious and great for birthdays. They flash the lights, blast a techno song and everyone claps as they bring out a scoop of ice cream. Milon is next to another Indian place called Panna. They serve the same menu, both have a billion Christmas lights year round, and even share a staircase to the entrance, where there are always two men vying to get you to go to one restaurant over the other. Regulars have a preference and never deviate. My friends are Milon people. We swear that it is infinitely better than Panna. When we tell people to go, we say, “MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THE ONE ON THE LEFT.” If we meet a Panna person, we get into a heated debate. The rumor (unconfirmed) is they’re owned by two brothers who got into a fight. I’ve also heard they share a kitchen and the competition is a ruse. I remember the first time I took Mazzy. It was like walking into a tiny jewel box of lights. We pretended it was her birthday and she fell in love. This fall, I tried to order takeout and found out they closed down. I walked down there and saw Panna closed too. Those two windows full of lights, both dark. There have been a lot of places that closed due to COVID, but this hit me the hardest. The other day, I read that Panna is reopening and expanding into the Milon space. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me. I guess I’m a Panna person now. I hope they keep both signs and still have guys trying to urge you into either entrance. Maybe the brothers are back there in the kitchen laughing.」2月22日 6時54分