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| - I came here for lunch today and expected to be blown away from the reviews here on Yelp. I have to say, I was a bit disappointed - while the food was alright, I didn't think it was spectacular.
Since it was such a nice day, we had our lunch on their patio at the back. It's a cool space with tons of plant life and a gorgeous mural on one of the walls. The food is brought out to you on an individual sized lazy susan and the wait staff are pretty nice.
I had the Corn Chowder and Curried Lamb Wrap combo. The corn chowder was alright - while the soup tasted as though it was made from scratch, I was expecting more of a "fresh" corn flavour though, if that makes sense. The crab in the soup seemed to have a bit of a fishy flavour and wasn't as sweet as I hoped it would be. The wrap was the better choice of the two - there was a nice toast on it and the ingredients inside were also very fresh! The only thing about it that I didn't like was that the spice on the curry was a bit too overwhelming for me - I can't handle very spicy foods. For that reason, I wish there was a bit more mango-pineappe salsa to cut the heat.
My lunch partner had the Roasted Red Pepper Bisque with the Flank Steak Wrap (sorry I can't remember what exactly it's called!). He loved his soup (I agree with him, it has a very nice, rich flavour to it) and the little bits of shrimp inside there were perfectly cooked. We both liked my wrap more of the two though because there was some funny tasting sauce on the Flank Steak that we thought was a bit overwhelming. Both soups also had Thai Basil on them I think, and I liked that special little touch! The herbs were fresh and bright tasting and made things a bit more interesting.
Our lunch came to a total of $24.84, which wasn't too bad for food that you're getting downtown I guess. I wasn't blown away, but all in all, it was pretty decent - better than anything you'd get on the PATH at least! It's a lunch place worth trying, but don't expect it to perform miracles.
EDIT: Ahhh okay. So after trying some other stuff to eat downtown, I realized that my expectations for Ravi Soup might have been a little bit inflated - compared to the other stuff available, it's probably considered really good food. Thus, I am bumping this review up to 3.5 stars! The soups all contain a variety of textures for contrast and also contain many more complex layers of flavour than at some other places (say for example, the hand-held and sippable soup cups Petit Four). So while it's a little better in my books, it still isn't the best.
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