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| - SO disappointing to write this review. Before I begin I would like to mention that I have been eating at Mother India for the past few months, and it's an easy 5/5.
Years ago I would eat at Gandhi once a week or at the least once every couple weeks, I then took a long hiatus from the venue and today was the first time I ate there in over a year. Brutal experience.
I called my order in approximately 20 minutes before I knew I would be there. I was there in 15 and it was ready as I walked in, great! I ordered the Butter Chicken (medium) which is actually quite hot, even if you enjoy your heat. My gf ordered the Chicken Tikka mMasala (mild) she does not enjoy the heat. So I walked out of GR with arguably their two most popular rotis, and as I began to drive home neither of us could wait, we had to dig in.
Brutal.
My BC sauce was ok at best, the voluptuously creamy, rich and sweet sauce I was accustomed too was nowhere to be found. Worst of all the chicken was extremely dry and chewy, I was utterly shocked. Even the roti was hard and stale, I thought how can this be happening to me! I looked over at my gf's roti and I could see the vibrant red colour of the CTM and figured it was bang on as it has been in the past. She told me it was bland and as I tried a bite I could barely taste anything, I thought I was dreaming. If indian food is anything it is certainly not bland, with the wide array of unique and bold spices correctly executed the flavours are almost always blinding. The CTM was completely under seasoned and all I could taste was an after note of cumin, so disappointing.
Gandhi can no longer hold a candle to its sister restaurant Mother India. Every time I've eaten at MI it's always been nothing shy of incredible. Maybe it's the high volume of customers at Ghandi that is affecting the quality of the food.
I will never go back, especially while Mother India is around.
So disappointing.
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