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| - My team at work has Friday lunch outings. We have had some changes to how it works in 2018. We basically go out depending on what we feel like eating.
When it was Shrove (Pancake) Tuesday, I looked across the street and saw Mandilicious. I said to our group that we should go there. They all nodded in agreement. The problem? We have all been pretty busy since then that we couldn't get all of us there until this past Friday.
I drove our group of four over to the restaurant. It's in the same plaza full of restaurants. There was plenty of parking.
We got there at noon. It wasn't busy. We were greeted by the staff there. The woman working at the counter was wonderful at explaining to us what each food dish was, along with the two different sizes that you can order. You place your order, pay, and wait for your number to be called.
I went with the chicken mandi. You can also get lamb, but I am been on a chicken kick for a while. The chicken or lamb is soaked in traditional mandi spices and then steam-roasted. It also comes with rice and crispy onions are on top of the meat. The mini size is a generous amount of food for a single person. The plate size is for sharing.
I went with the mini and also made it a mandi box. The box consists of a house salad, a drink, veggie tabeekh (stew), and soup. Unfortunately, the place had run out of soup, so I got two portions of the veggie stew.
There was a ton of food! I actually had to box up half my rice with a bit of chicken left over.
The chicken mandi was flavourful and tender. It was to the point where I used my knife to move the chicken meat away from the bone. I could have simply used my fork to pull the meat off, but wanted to be more civilized than having chicken flying all over the place. It was incredible! You get tomato and yogurt sauces to put on your meat and rice. I loved the rice. It was perfectly fluffy.
The veggie tabeekh was so good. It had peas, potatoes, carrots, and onions, in a delicious gravy. There was some salt in it, but it wasn't so bad that my feet were swollen and I needed flip flops. I loved it. I am curious about the soup, so I will need to come back and give it a try.
The side salad was huge! I liked the toasted pita crisps on top of the fresh salad with an olive oil-based dressing with herbs. It was light and refreshing.
All my colleagues enjoyed their meals. One of them went with the lamb mandi. She eats lamb often and said that it didn't have any gamy taste or smell to it. Nice!
The decor is cheerful with vibrant colours everywhere. Our booth was big and comfy. We all stretched out and chatted after downing our meals. There is also complimentary tea. Two of my colleagues got chai tea, which was fragrant.
This restaurant is clean and inviting. I will definitely come back from more. The lunch special was cheap at $7.99 and is a good deal for the volume of tasty food that you get.
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