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| - It's hard to find Indian and especially Soth Indian grocery stores downtown, so this is one of my favourite "downrown secrets". It's a small store, and crammed with products, so don't expect the wide aisles and great lighting typical of more "Canadian" (what is that, anyway?) grocery stores. They have a decent selection of Indian staples (atta, for one ... ever tried making rotis with generic supermarket "wholewheat flour"?), hard-to-find South Indian specialties, and, best of all in my opinion, some excellent frozen packaged foods. You'll also find pre-made idli/dosa batter and ready to cook chapatis in the refrigerator.
All in all, for someone who lives downtown and doesn't own a car, Ambal is a great alternative to heading out to Scarborough, Mississauga or even Brampton!
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