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| - Udupi is a restaurant that I never seem to go to anymore since I now associate with times when I have no car available. This is because it used to be my go-to place during the days I didn't own a car and couldn't travel far to eat. Therefore, it's been pretty long since I last visited and now have a lot of restaurants to which I can compare the food to.
Now that I have tried several south indian restaurants, whereby Guru Lakshmi is my favourite, I tend to compare all of them to the best I've had.
I finally decided to eat at Udupi again and nothing had changed since I last visited, from the decor to the menu options and also the level of crowd, which as before, was never busy but never empty either.
Their menu does have quite a variety of dosa options, although not as many as as unique as Guru Lakshmi's.
I ordered the idli to share and then the Mysore dosa. My brother got the Chole bhatura. The food arrived within 5-10 minutes. The idli was smaller than the kind you would get at Guru Lakshmi, but softer. So, wasn't better or worse.
My dosa was served just the way I like it, not too soft and not too crispy. They also put less oil as instructed. The bhatura was the best I've seen in the GTA, since they were actually thick, puffy and huge, unlike the ones we got at Saravanna Bhnavan, which were super thin, greasy, and which deflated immediately. My brother loved his food and actually wondered why we don't come here more often. I enjoyed mine too. When in comes to the taste, I would say that the dosas' taste as good as Guru Lakshmi's. The only reason Guru Lakshmi still is number one for me is because of their variety of dosa's and the presentation.
When in comes to the service, it wasn't super friendly and attentive, but no one was rude either. Also, prices were pretty reasonable.
Most probably my second favourite south indian restaurant in the GTA so far.
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