Tandoori Kitchen not only makes a fragrant biryani, it will bring it to your door (depending on location and amount ordered). Its delivery van has lately become quite a fixture around Microsoft’s and Google’s Eastside offices, where Indian expats have discovered the merits of home-style food you don’t have to leave your desk for.

Best, the place makes haleem, a rarely seen wheaty-and-meaty porridge that requires a full day on the stove—and is consequently some of the best comfort food around. A homesick fella could write code all day and well into the night with sustenance like that.