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| - The midnight line-up of taxi cabs out front lends this place some credibility as a solid, late night indian place. As a 3AM munchies spot, King Palace certainly takes the cake as number one.
Don't let the 75-item menu board intimidate you. I'm not sure why they've decided to list every imaginable combination of rice, curry, meat and naan bread, but they have. You can just order rice plus a few proteins from their huge, colourful steam table. Cold steam table.
At King Palace, the food is kept at room-temperature on a defunct "steam" table and freshly microwaved to order. My chilli chicken, chicken paneer and lamb korma with plain rice was seasoned well. A great melding of spice, tart and sweet. But the nuke gave the food hot spots, cold spots and made the rice soggy. An unexpected side of naan bread was probably the best part, drizzled to the point of pooling with clarified butter; lesson learned, don't get rice next time.
If it's the middle of the night and you want more than poutine or a hot dog, and something more exciting than 24-hour breakfast, this is the place. If it's the middle of the day and you want good Indian, there's many better options.
A laggy YouTube stream of Indian music videos provides the ambience.
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