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| - Review #18 for Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012
I went here for dinner on Friday with my boyfriend as our first Indian restaurant experience in Calgary together. (We love Indian and had previously had a bunch in Vancouver)
I was very adamant about finding an amazing place to go to. I didn't want to chance it.
So I decided on here after looking at the menu, they do Kashmiri style Indian so it is slightly different than the typical fare you might find. They also had a lot of veganizable vegetable curries to choose from as everything was not based on paneer or cream so I was happy.
The waitress, although a white girl and no Indian servers to be found, was super friendly, helpful and actually aware of ingredients in menu items. All I had to say was these dishes vegan and she was like no problem. (This sometimes can be an issue as people may not know butter isn't vegan because it is made from dairy which is praised in India.)
We ordered the Palak (Spinach) Dal $11.50, Eggplant Bharta $13.50, Mumbai Aloo (Potato Curry) $12.50, Saffron Rice $5 and Roti $1.85 each. So overall very affordable for a lot of food for 2 people.
I always get Eggplant Bharta it's a curry made from creamy roasted eggplant and tempered with spices, great for dipping. And the Palak Dal and the Mumbai Aloo were new. The Palak Dal was good, no complaints, I might try a regular dal next time. The Mumbai Aloo was great! It had a tomato tamarind sauce that was the die for. Way different than the traditional tomato based curry, so delicious and I wanted to put that sauce on everything. I'll definitely be looking up the recipe.
The only thing was all the dishes came out mild when I asked for the Mumbai Aloo to be medium spicy for my BF cuz he loves spice. But it was still good anyway.
We made reservations in advance, which was helpful so there was no wait.
Other observations were that it is quite chilly sitting by the window which half of the restaurant does, our feet were freezing the whole time. (Maybe you're supposed to order spicy food to stay warm? Ha!) and some couples brought their BABIES on a Friday night out for dinner... which was a little uncool as they were crying the whole time.
But the delicious food and the great waitress made it an excellent meal out and we'll definitely be back to try more of the vegan friendly fare.
For meat eaters they have a ton of chicken, lamb and seafood dishes as well that are around $15-$16 each.
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