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| - To me, Gandhi roti is a very confused establishment that at best is at par with what decent Pakistani/Indian food should taste like.
Mohandas Gandhi was a very compassionate man who taught mutual tolerence between individuals of different creeds. Being raised under Jain traditions, he was in fact a vegetarian and thus it boggles my mind that a shop called Ghandi roti prides themselves on their butter chicken wrap.
Lets forget about that and talk about the actual establishment. Coming from a Pakistani household, i can vauge for the authenticity of the roti (chapati) and confirm that the roti made here to make the wraps is a delight to eat! I enjoyed the fact that you can watch the kitchen staff make the roti's right in front of your eyes...this makes for 5 minutes of heavy duty excitement in between doodling your thumbs and playing on your iPhone as you wait a half hour before finally getting a roti-wrap from this restaurant.
I had what they call a premium roti as well as a mango lassi...which together cost about $16! After having tried the butter chicken and the lamb korma wraps, all i could wonder was now what?!?! Was there a hidden buffet hiding in my roti that i failed to discover?!?!
The butter chicken was alright, but not great. I thought the lamb korma was better...but again, nothing to be raving about like most of the reviews below. I understand the lack of good Indian restaurants in Toronto, but Lahore Tikka House on Gerrard street certainly knows how to fill a craving for Pak-indian cuisine. Outside of Mississauga (Cafe du Khan or the Kebab), I save all my praise relating to Pakistani and Indian cuisine for the almighty Lahore Tikka House.
I dont like putting a price on GOOD food...but $16 for a roti stuffed with Indian food and a lassi is not good bang for the buck to me. I dont wanna hate on this establishment, the food was good and worthy of a try however personally, I wasnt at all impressed and i thought that this place did not at all live up to the hype that has resinated on Yelp and throughout the online community. I'm not saying that Ghandi's Roti is bad Indian food, im just saying if you think this is good, then you should be excited because real Indo-Pakistani food will absolutely blow your mind!
CHAKDAI INDIA!
Salaams n namaste folks!
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