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| - About 2wks ago, I finally went for dinner at Tsampa Café. When I first starting going to Parkdale for Tibetan food, it never appealed to me, looking more like a hang-out than a nice restaurant. More recently though, I noticed that the place looked nice and new, so in I went, and then I returned this past Sunday again. The inside does look newly painted in blue and orange, with wood décor and nice furniture. While the service was a bit slow on my first visit, it was quite fast this second time. When I first sat down both times, I was given a menu and a small pad to write down my order.
The menu has the usual Himalayan items: momos (dumplings), thukpa (noodle soup) and chili fries. On my first trip, I had Chana Sandeko (a black chick pea mixture), steamed beef momos and a mango lassi. Everything was very good; the chana was spicy but not too much so, and the momos were soft but still firm enough to eat. This past Sunday, I had the Nepali vegetarian thali, which included dal and spicy potatoes and vegetables along with rice, and a puri that I ordered separately. The puri was more doughy than I expected, but was still good, and the spicy potatoes was the best item on the thali. I don't really care for eggplant, but it was not bad although served cold.
Overall, this adds another pretty good choice to my list of Himalayan restaurants, and I expect that I will return. My bills were $19 for the first meal, and $14 for the second including a cup of butter tea to go.
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