As someone who's visited Montreal many times and eaten her way through the city, I don't mean it lightly when I say that this meal was one of the highlights of our trip. We ventured for dinner here on our last night in Montreal, a Sunday. From the outside this restaurant is very unassuming, so much that we skimmed right past it on our travels a few days earlier. Upon entering you are swept away on an Indian holiday as the aromatic spices fill the air. There are quite a few tables with floor seating however we were seated at a more modern style table.
Once seated we were handed their beautiful menus, making me eager to set sail on our culinary adventure. Being a Brit I'm quite familiar with Indian cuisine and grew up with my mother cooking it in the house on special occasions. Because of this I have very high expectations. To start we had an order of samosas and our dinner partners had the same as well as some onion bhaji. Both were very good! For dinner we each opted for a Thali, and I customized mine to come with seafood. As we waited for the entrees we sipped our drinks. As a former bartender, this would be the only place I would deduct any stars if anything. I ordered a litchi martini which came up in a glass, but it was filled with ice which was a bit awkward. When served up, a martini should always be strained. It was delicious though, so I forgive it.
It seemed like no time at all before our dinners were on the table. Being the first time I've ordered Thali, I must say the metal plates looked much bigger in person. Every dish in it was perfectly balanced in seasoning and cooked excellently. We were all in heaven with every dip of our naan. The shrimp tandoori had a nice amount of heat to it and the shrimp korma was so creamy and delicious! We each finished every morsel on our plate. I honestly would have licked it clean if I was at home.
We were too stuffed to have dessert so that will have to wait till next time I'm in this city. Till then I'll be having dreams of Montreal's Darbar.