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| - "Devi" is on the hip and popular Crescent Street. Going up a dozen steps, you enter a very lovely interior, beautifully decorated and accented with gorgeously carvel wooden doors, shutters and columns. The unusual arrangements of colorful lamp clusters hanging from the ceiling definitely add an element of understated pizzas to the elegant decor.
We snagged a table for two in the window, and promptly placed our order: keema naan for appetizer; vegetable Jalfraze, Chana masala and a small rice to share for the main course, paired with red wine. While waiting, we were served papadum with the usual green and red sauces, but this restaurant makes a lovely sin on the standard offering: their papadum is shaped into cones. Quite different.... Stands out.
Keema naan arrived, and it was superb: the meat was perfectly seasoned, fresh and moist; the dough was tasty, baked to crispy edges, but not dried out. A perfect start. Chana masala was good, very spicy, even a bit too much for me, the fire-eater. I can deal with that, but the consistency of the sauce was a bit too liquidy. Still, went quite well over rice. The stir-fried Jalfraze veggies were excellent: perfect mix of flavors and heat, with thicker sauce, and veggies still retaining their texture. We took our time to enjoy and savor the meal, sip our wine, and people-watch through the large bay window.
Satiated with a fantastic dinner, we ventured into the snowy and frigid Montreal streets.
One star off for a slow service: only three tables were occupied.
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