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| - What can I say about Guru Lukshmi... For sure it's an experience in itself. We walked into this whole production unexpectedly and it was really cool - although probably cool for us since we were out of town on vacation. I don't know how others deal with it on a regular basis. :)
So I was randomly yelping Indian restaurants in Mississauga, since we were visiting Toronto. Everyone's heard of the Indian crowds there. I ran across GL and we decided to drop by for dinner. It was a bit of a hike from the city, but we get there like... 9:10pm and noticed some CRAZINESS! :) There were people out the door jam packed! Talk to the guy, and he's like there's a 1.5 hour wait. Nuts... never experienced that at an Indian restaurant.
The kids were hungry, so we put our name down and actually took the kids to Taco Bell. :-) I know... it's big in America. Hadn't had it on the entire trip, and the kids jumped up like they saw Santa when I mentioned there was one like 5 miles away. Can you imagine? A dinner adventure before dinner?
So then we get back and it's still like 30 minutes to go. We were chit chatting with the host and all and some of the other seated guests - recon before the big showdown... Found out they not only do dosas, but they have innovative kinds of dosas. Like, Pao Bhaji Dosa, Khaara Dosa, etc. The menu had probably like 40 different kinds of dosas. We're reading the articles about this place and how many times they've had to expand and they still have 1.5 hour waits.
We finally get seated and then it hits you. Service. Indian restaurants can be as popular as the Backstreet Boys, but Indian service is going to remain Indian service. There was a bunch of confusion and miss-steps throughout the experience. They don't seem to have assigned waiters for the tables, so we had numerous people stopping by with updates, questions, etc. One person was like, the waitress couldn't "get" the order so he came to confirm it. One lady said they were out of Mango Lassi for the night and then 3 minutes later they brought us some. The guy was like, they were just making more. I could go on and on with these things, but really, the star of GL is the food, so I will move on.
Idli Sambhar - Loved them. Comes with coconut and this spicy chutney. Sambhar was good and the idlis were just the right texture. Not too hard and not too squishy either. Great start.
Onion Rava Masala Dosa - what was better about this than other places was that it was very thin and crispy. Thinner than most places I've had it. I had the masala on the and it was just a great dosa. The dosas all came with the coconut and spicy chutney, and also this green minty one. I like the first two most.
Butter Masala Dosa - I didn't have this one, but it looked great. Those that were eating it enjoyed it.
Mysore Bhaji Masala Dosa - So I tasted this one and it was very unique. Basically, they had mixed in some Pau Bhaji masala into the Mysore Masala, so it was a mixture of those of those flavors. Very interesting. Personally, I would stick to the basics, especially when trying a new place. I'm glad someone else ordered this one and I got to taste it. Overall, very crispy, flavorful, and good.
Badam Halwa - I really liked it. Others I was with said it was too sweet - more sugar than the norm, but I thought it was great. It comes in a really small portion, probably because it's quite rich, and very good.
As I mentioned, Guru Lukshmi was an interesting experience. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed our evening with as many adventures as it had. Best dosa in North America? Well, better than other ones I've had in North America. Actually, with some of the variety, it may be the ONLY place where you can get some of these dosas at all. Definitely recommend GL for someone in the area. Oh, and supposedly they take reservations so definitely call ahead.
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