Maharajas throughout history focused their energies on protecting their subjects, enacting laws, and keeping their chefs' skills sharp enough to avoid national humiliation at worldwide curry cook-offs. Sample savories fit for a king with today's Groupon: for $29, you get one appetizer, two Indian entrees, rice dishes, bread, and two drinks at Maharaja Palace (up to a $66 value).

Maharaja Palace's seasoned cuisine artists draw inspiration from an Indian muse to sculpt a menu of culinary masterpieces swiftly doled out by attentive servers. An appetizer kicks off culinary feasts in varieties such as the baghare jinga shrimp, in which crustaceans course down a river of tangy curry sauce, backstroking between pillowy banks of red chilies and shredded coconut (a $9.95 value). Meanwhile, the marinated chunks of poultry in the tandoori chicken hone their synchronized swimming routines in the pool of yogurt, ginger, and garlic that bubbles in a charcoal clay oven (a $12.95 value). Patrons can also sharpen their incisors on the kadai gosht, a wok-seared lamb entree (a $14.95 value), or quell their chlorophyll cravings with the navratan korma, a leafy amalgamation of sauce-soused veggies flaunting a frock of dried fruits (a $10.95 value). A selection of rice dishes (a $1.95–$3.95 value) and bread (a $2.95–$4.95 value) seep in the spicy juices of chosen entrees. Then, wash down hearty feasts with a chalice of sweet lassi, a traditional North Indian yogurt drink (a $2.95 value), or a mango lassi (a $3.95 value), a yogurt-infused smoothie more luxurious than a diamond-encrusted slushie.