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| - I ordered 6 things for delivery: veg pakoras, dry, Manchurian; Thai green curry veg; Manchurian eggplant; spicy garlic veg; veg lemon soup; mango salad.
It all arrived promptly and hot, but no cutlery, which is ok with me.
the spices on the dry veg Manchurian were excellent, but the more I ate, I realized these weren't pakoras -- they were wheat battered veg. pakoras are made from chickpea flour. I called WOW, they were very nice and I explained that I wrote NO WHEAT in comment box. they told me there was no wheat in the batter. I asked what was in the batter then? I heard him ask the cook and finally reply, it's wheat. too bad since now I'll be ill and that was the best flavoured dish.
Thai green curry -- STAY AWAY! no curry paste, no basil, no galangal, no ginger, NO FLAVOUR except for gelatinous which counts as a flavour when excess and unnecessary cornstarch is used as was here. plus, it was all carrots, celery, okra. who wants those veggies to make up 100% of a curry? couldn't eat it.
eggplant Manchurian -- SUPER BLAND. Manchurian is supposed to have chilli paste, onion, coriander. this was cornstarch thickened soy sauce. ugh.
broccoli mixed veg spicy garlic -- NICE FLAVOUR, BUT ONLY 3 PIECES OF BROCCOLI. the rest was celery, carrot, baby corn and 4 snow peas.
Veg Lemon Soup -- GROSS. it was pure cornstarch. I could have done arts and crafts with it. flavour ok, but not spicy as indicated. couldn't eat it. there was also something in it which anaesthetized my throat but I have no idea what it was.
I feel like crying after spending $60 so I haven't tried the mango salad yet.
I've been in India and had Hakka which was wonderful, with proper Manchurian. this was so sad, unless you want wheat balls in dry Manchurian called pakoras, cuz those were good here.
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