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Fill your tank with something premium: butter chicken, goat curry, malia kofta, and daal tadka from Twin Peaks Food and Gas.
When my husband first texted me on the way home from mountain biking that he’d bought lamb and goat curry from a gas station, I worried this would be like the time he bought steaks from a rando in a dive bar. Pro tip: Don’t buy steaks from a rando in a dive bar. (Tamales, yes; steaks, no.)
Thankfully, this was a totally different animal (pun intended). A few nights later, we defrosted the pint containers and heated up the homemade-looking lamb saag and goat curry. Then we sat down to a meal better than most Indian takeout in the city, with tender meats afloat in rich, spicy stews.
Prepacked Indian dishes will make you rethink the concept of gas station food.
Since that first dubious text, we’ve made the Twin Peaks Food and Gas in North Bend a regular stop when heading home from outdoor activities. The gas station itself is about as typical as they come, just off exit 34 on I-90, serving various American-style fried delicacies, a broad selection of chips, candy, and sodas. Only there are a few extra freezers, tucked away in the corner at the end of the counter next to the Bitcoin ATM. Two are stocked with more than a dozen homestyle Indian dishes, $15–20 a pint, including shahi paneer, malai kofta, bhindi masala, butter chicken, and my personal favorite, the goat curry. The other two contain commercially made frozen Indian food—various naans, parathas, samosas, and pakora. We’ve had less good luck with these, though they do in a pinch to round out a meal.
The pit-stop trifecta: mini chapel, beer cave, scrumptious Indian food.
After a long day of skiing at Snoqualmie, few things sound more pleasant than stopping in to grab something that will become a hot, spicy meal for a family of four in less time to heat up than it takes that same family to unpack the car.
