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| - Horrid stuff pretending to be good Indian food. Not unlike at Rajdoot on 4th St. SW in Mission, the biggest rub is that these guys know what they are doing! But they also know their market: the bland insipid tastebuds of caucasians who haven't a clue about what is good food from any segment of the Indian sub-continent.
Perhaps the naan bread if hot would be okay, but by the time I got up to make another stab at this stuff, I became so disgusted that I quickly paid half-full, and almost ran out, never to return! Trust me, this stuff not only sucks, but they are deceiving the public into thinking their deception is okay.
Do you want REALLY good Indian food from owners and chefs who love their craft, and staff who will flex to accommodate any reasonable request?
Let me make some suggestions...?
1. Ask your server to accent the spices without making it more hot? They will then understand that you won't settle with what they are used to serving caucasians, and will diligently work to satisfy you with flavour.
2. Please take a risk, skip the butter chicken, and dive into wonderfully-accented aromas and flavours that will more than just tease your palate.
3. To get a decent cross-section of reviews, go to the many other Yelp reviewers, as well as those in Google Maps and Trip Advisor.
4. In general, it's quite possible to pay little more for great individual dishes that often are larger than your appetite, which means take-out for a couple lunches the next day averages down to about $12-15 per meal! Don't let inferior 'lunch buffet specials' trick you!
5. In any ethnic restaurant, before sitting down, check out how many suitable 'ethnic' faces are in the place: too many whites could mean bad news.
Want quality, quantity and price...?
1. Check out Raj Palace for excellent Tamil cooking from the southern India region where many of the best spices are grown. Out of the three Raj Palaces in the city, the one we've discovered as best is in Harvest Hills area, not far from Beddington Trail and the large C&C oriental asian grocery store. Any Chettinad curry, chicken tikka, tandoori Pomfret fish, and garlic naan bread will surely impress.
2. Northwestern Punjabi? Try Mehtab in Cochrane for excellence. As with most dishes there, their vindaloos are delicious.
3. North-central cuisine? Jaipur in Cochrane is highly-recommended and with other venues (Greek, Italian, Mediterrean) surely sets Cochrane off as a destination for great food.
4. Northeastern style? Check out Masala Mantra on 11th St. SW at 12th Ave. SW. Never had such golden-yellow garlic naan before.
5. Northern Indian/Himalayan? Try Himalayan on far-western 17th Ave. SW. Their lighter spices provide such diversity.
With your meal try a quality basmati rice and an order or two of garlic naan, and prepare to be transported...
As well, all of these are more than good representations of their regions, and while getting to know the front and kitchen staff even by name will further confirm some of the hands-down best Indian cuisine in Canada.
But steer clear of Namskar, and Rajdoot. Even the 'butter chicken' in the buffet that I seldom eat tasted overly-sweet. And they can only continue to trot this bad to poor stuff out if ignorant people continue to buy it! I hate to see people waste money, time and energy on what they erroneously think is good Indian food...
Following the above suggestions, marvel at what good Indian cuisine is really like!
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