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I have to say I love the neon pink and orange theme, colourful sari draped ceilings, and foam hearts on the wall. It kinda makes this place for me, how kitschy and sweet it is.
I've been getting takeout samosas/pakoras/bhajis from here every once and a while for a few years now. for 3/$1 you pretty much get what you pay for and its simple and doughy and greasy and yummy. But opt for the $1.25 coconut/tomato sauce to dip in and you've really got it made- that stuff is incredibly delicious! I like to pick these treats up for little gatherings at my house where people are drinking before going out.
Yesterday I decided to meet a friend here and enjoy some food off the menu. It was nice. I had the veg and meat thali and she had a spinach dosa (the dosas and poppadums here are gluten-free, which is wonderful!).
The woman serving us was lovely, an older Indian lady who seems like she probably owns and runs the place. She told me I looked young and insinuated I'd sneaked out of my parents house. It was a pretty funny way to start the meal.. her teasing was totally charming and adorable.
My thali came with a tasty, crisp poppadum, some nice doughy soft naan, and rice along with a few different stews and pickles. I chose goat for the meat and I was very pleased with the fall-apart tender morsels of goat in delicious gravy served in a fair-sized bowl on my thali tray.. except that a few of the pieces were just fat. The vegetable stews that came along with my meal were hot and miss. There was an eggplant and tomato one that had a nice, smoky strong flavour of roasted eggplant that I loved. Another side of yellow lentil daal was boring and runny, under-seasoned even for my somewhat limited palate for daal (I love daal, but 'm not super knowledgeable in indian cooking and I can't wholly say what makes a great daal). Another smoother daal. perhaps made from orange lentils, had a nice flavour of tasted spice and a nice sourness. The mashed-up curry spiced potatoes that came with the dish were also a bit bland, and seemed like they might be samosa filling. The hot pickle and raita were quite nice, and lent a lot of complimenting complexity to the other flavours.
I became a bit food jealous of my friend's dosa. For one thing, it was incredibly massive. It came with the spinach cooked into it and it came on a thali plate with similar accoutrements to my dish- but better! The curries/sauces were tastier, more complicated curries comprised of more than one or two main ingredients. Eggplant and potato and onion in a yellow curry sauce, some delicious cauliflower curry in a thick tomato sauce, and that fantastic coconut/tomato sauce was served with her order, as well as the potatoes, pickle and daal I had.
I think next time I'll order the namesake dish and revel in the experience.
(On the way out I noticed that they offer a $5 vegan lunch/dinner meal for takeout. I want to try this soon! I will definitely report back when I do)
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