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| - I've had this place bookmarked for a couple years, and it's only 5 minutes from my office - yet my first visit was just last week. Perhaps if a non-vegan place was this highly rated and close, then I would've found myself here earlier - but alas I finely made it.
As other reviewers have described, it's located in a small, old plaza, with very limited parking. With that said, the cross street alongside it has free and ample parking. There's literally one bench with 4 barstools for seating, so don't make plans beforehand for dinning in.
The workers there (possibly the owners) are very friendly and super generous with their portions. The way it works is that for $10, you get the 'small' order (with that box being more than enough for most appetites) and for $15 is the large. Only one out of 5 of us who came in together finished the entire large box in one go. The way you receive your food is similar to food court Chinese - not the food per se, but that the food is in a heating tray, you pick 1-2 carbs and then a choice of a few proteins and vegetables.
They allowed me to split my carbs (I went with rice and peas, and then quinoa). With that, I opted for callaloo, pumpkin, curried chick peas and a kidney bean dish. Of course, I went with the BBQ tofu, which honestly does taste like a stir fried beef. They also threw on fried plantain and then from a choice of fresh greens, I went with grape tomatoes and two different sprouts. I would estimate that there were about 10 choices from the hot foods (so I had about half), and there were about as many choices for the fresh veggies.
Phenomenal value and very good food. I would stop short of saying it was excellent however since it seems like more a collection of good, healthy sides rather than a unified dish. Nonetheless, it was satisfying and good for them in having success with a fairly niche approach (Jamaican Rastarian vegan cuisine) in Scarborough. Judging by the steady stream of people coming in and that they've been open for a few years, it's working out quite well.
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