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| - If I had the option, I'd give it a 4 1/2. I can't quite figure out the kooky algorithm that decided this was Toronto's #1 restaurant, but nevertheless it's pretty fantastic. Toronto's #1 hole-in-the-wall, eat-til-you-can't-walk establishment, perhaps.
Anyway, I've been loving Island Foods' roti since I moved to the city, and I thought I'd branch out today to sample Gandhi's Indian curry-filled roti. My friend and I went after the gym so that we could each eat a whole one of their massive rotis without feeling too awful. The rotis here are about twice the size of your average roti, and about twice the price, so in most cases sharing would be a good idea. I had the chicken vindaloo roti (for some reason not on the menu above the counter, but it is on the takeout menu) and my friend had the butter chicken.
I ordered the vindaloo roti hot, even though I've heard stories about their heat-scale. To my taste it was fantastic... just the right side of unbearably hot, so your sinuses are clear and you feel a bit woozy after eating half your roti. Flavour-wise it's some of the best vindaloo I've had. 5 stars on that. I sampled the butter chicken too, and even though everyone raves about it, I thought it was so-so. Of course having butter chicken in a roti is great, but it's far from the best butter chicken sauce I've had.
It does seem to take a mysteriously long time for your roti to appear, even when it's not busy. (I was there around 3:30, and we were the only ones eating in... from what I hear, you want to avoid mid-day and 5-6pm.) I think the apparent slowness is because they heat portions of curry individually as they're ordered, rather than leaving them all in a steam table as most roti places do. Also people are always calling in for take-out, so even when it seems like there is nobody there, they are probably working on a few other orders.
In any case, definitely worth trying for your roti fix. Other places are just as delicious, with more reasonably-sized and -priced portions, but where else are you going to get a massive flatbread jammed full of perfect vindaloo?
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