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| - When I lived in Scarborough years ago, we would frequent this restaurant near Cedarbrae Mall called Mandalay. I would always order one of the Burmese curries because it was like nothing I've ever tasted before. When my neighbour told me about Royal Myanmar, I figured I must try it out rather than driving all the way to Scarborough.
It's located in a teensy plaza on Horner Ave. For those of you who aren't from the hood, Horner isn't really filled with restaurants but rather a mix of industrial, low-rise apartments, residential, factories, you name it.
Anyway, I decided to order the Beef Curry, which was the special of the day. It came to $6.75 (taxes in - note: cash only). The pic doesn't really do it justice because there was actually a lot of food in the container; I was only able to eat half the rice and 2/3 of the curry. The curry itself was quite mildly spiced and not saucy like most curries I'm familiar with. The meat was very tender - I could tell there was a lot of preparation that went into the dish. What I really enjoyed was the peas soup; it was surprisingly light and very flavourful. The best part of the dish was this dried chili condiment that was to be served on top of the curry. It was salty, spicy, crunchy and had the right amount of heat.
I would definitely return but I would try another dish next time.
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