A recent adventure to Unionville Main street had my taste buds singh-ing. The evening was beautiful everything was perfect, not too hot, not too cold, an off high traffic night to visit Main street and a great friend from out of town to enjoy some of the best reviewed Indian food on the east side of the GTA. Ambiyan.
Given the wonderful evening temperature we decided to have a seat on the patio which at dusk in the summer is absolutely lovely - it overlooks the busy walking streets of Main street and being in the relatively quiet village of Unionville you quickly forget that you're about to dine at an Indian restaurant because of the cottage-y feel of this building and its patio. Pure Relaxation!
Immediately upon being seated our server brought over glasses of water and complimentary shot glasses of freshly made Mango Lassi's! Talk about adding in the little extras, it was thick, fresh and refreshing, a perfect way to start a meal. Yumm-o!
They had a great selection of beers on taps however on this night pints of steam whistle beer were the drink of choice for my companion and I.
Our waiter was a magnificent help and made strong recommendations for our meal, the best of which was suggesting that we go for the garlic Naan over the regular - well played sir.. well played (WAY BETTER). We decided to have 2 mains to share between myself and my yelptastic companion, here is what we ordered:
1) Lamb Vindaloo - beautifully made and taste with just enough heat to make us sweat but not quite enough to make it painful.
2) Prawn Curry - buttery, a flavour that filled my mouth, there was so much delicious sauce that I wished I had 2 or three other pieces of Naan to go with it to mop all this amazingness up
This place was all about the little details - you know the extra touches. The most noticeable of them aside from the free mango lassi was the unique was the basmati rice was presented. In a tiny metal bucket with a lovely and decorative scoop.
Awesome all around!
Rice came in a cool little bucket of to serve your self.... very cool