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The Food Calculator: Nutritionix.com Helps Customize Meals When your stomach is grumbling, there’s no time to mess with math. Sure, you’ll have the cheese on that. You’d love some extra sauce. And before you know it, you’ve unwittingly created a fattening monstrosity. That’s precisely the problem Daniel Zadoff and Matt Silverman hope to solve with [...]

The American dream is creating big business for one Foodie in Penn Quarter. He moved out of England and ditched his job to cook up Fast Indian food that won’t hurt your waistline.

Capital Chefs: Kaz Kazmi of Merzi (Part 2) By Marissa Bialecki, 1:00 pm May 20th, 2011 ‘Food’ courtesy of ‘MichaelTRuhl’ It’s easy to be intimidated by the prospect of cooking Indian food. Will it turn out right? Will my kitchen smell like curry for days? Am I better off ordering from a restaurant in town [...]

There’s a phrase that comes to mind after talking to Qaiser (Kaz) Kazmi: “go big or go home.” The father of three and entrepreneur gave up the corporate life working in IT and set his sights on creating an Indian-inspired concept back in 2005. Today, he’s working on perfecting the first Merzi restaurant in Penn Quarter/Chinatown and looking to expand across the city, and eventually across the country.

Situated among the many pricey restaurants of Penn Quarter hides Merzi, a “fast-food” Indian restaurant. Neither of us are typically fans of “fast-food” so we’re using that term very lightly. Unlike most restaurants of its kind, Merzi offers healthy, Indian cuisine for low prices, but high quality. If you are looking for a truly authentic Indian meal, Merzi probably is not the place for you, but it definitely satisfies the need for spice, flavor, and speed.

I wish we were closer to the District! These deals are amazing, and a terrific way to taste some of those restaurants you’ve had your eye on, but never had the expendable income to try! All you have to do to grab your $1 lunch is:

Lunch for a Buck? LivingSocial Promotes Their Instant Deals with $1 Deals at 112 Local Restaurants Today

Lunch for a dollar tomorrow

To promote their Instant Deals, neighborhood company Living Social is giving $1 lunches tomorrow at places around D.C. The places run from fast food to some of the city’s nicest restaurants. In order to get the deal, you have to buy it on Living Socialand use it within a certain amount of time. They have Instant Deals every day, though they usually aren’t one dollar.

It’s all the rage, didn’t you know? Penn Quarter’s new fast casual Indian concept, Merzi says, “We’ll sweeten this sour situation!” They will offer a FREE Mango Fantango with the purchase of a meal starting Monday with a Fed ID. Merzi is an ideal place for healthy, satisfying, and delicious food with friendly service and even friendlier price (under $10).

“When you walk into Merzi, you will be surrounded by delicious aromas – try to focus on the meal you are about to order. . . .”

That is the first step of instruction Qaiser “Kaz” Kazmi offers on the Web site of his new British-Indian-inspired eatery in Penn Quarter, and his advice should be heeded.