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| - Review #5 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012.
Food: 4/5
Atmosphere: 5/5
Service: 3.5/5
Overall experience: 4/5
(1- Terrible; 3- decent; 5- Fantastic)
I don't really like Indian food and I rarely go out to eat it, but Tamarind changed my mind completely. It was the most delicious and flavourful Indian food I have ever had.
Tamarind is an upscale Indian restaurant with a sophisticated decor like Mango Shiva. You wouldn't have known this was an Indian restaurant until you take a whiff of the beautiful curry spices wafting in the air. It is fairly small and although I went on a Sunday night, the restaurant was full by 6pm-7pm.
Our server was pretty good. He asked us if we wanted drinks right when we sat down and took our order in a timely manner. My friends and I ordered a variety of dishes to share and I appreciated how he read back our order to make sure it was correct. The food came out all at once in about 15-20 minutes. I'm not sure if I can say the same if it was during dinner rush.
Their menu is nothing you haven't seen before at an Indian restaurant. Curries are around $10-$15 which is fairly cheap compared to other Indian restaurants in Calgary. On the other hand, the dishes are a smaller portion, but if you order 1 dish per person and share amongst yourselves you will guaranteed be full.
Overall, the food was amazing! The Indian flavours of the curry were mild so nothing was overly spicy; but it was still seasoned very well. I noticed that the curries we got were fairly thick which I prefer since I can easily sop it up with my naan bread or meld into my rice.
My friends and I ordered the:
- "Sweet and Sour Eggplant" ($10.95), with roasted Eggplant, Tamarind ginger and coconut curry. This is the restaurant's specialty dish. The eggplant was super tender, wasn't too oily, and the flavours were blended together well. Would recommend for a vegetarian dish.
- "Butter Chicken" ($12.95) and "Chicken Tikka Masala" ($12.95). The chicken pieces were extremely moist and tender which almost never happens whenever I get a chicken dish. It was like eating a cube of butter. The tikka masala had a thick curry with large chicken chunks and bell peppers. The butter chicken was the highlight of the meal with a killer creamy sauce. It wasn't too heavy and tasted amazing with the coconut rice. Although both chicken dishes were good I highly recommend the butter chicken.
- "Palak Saag Lamb" ($ 11.95) with creamy spinach and marinated lamb. Wasn't as good as the other dishes.
For sides we got:
- Garlic Naan ($2.50). We got two orders which gives each person 1.5 ample pieces. The bread was soft, chewy, and lightly buttered with garlic.
- You MUST GET the "Coconut Rice" ($3.95) with the curries! It is the best coconut rice I've ever had. You can really taste the coconut flavour and the addition of shredded coconut was what knocked it out of the ballpark.
We finished our meal off with their "Gulab Jaman" ($3.95) dessert which is a spongy cake mound sopped in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream. A guilty yet pleasurable way to end a meal! Perfect to share since it comes with two small rounds.
Coming from someone who doesn't like Indian food, I highly recommend Tamarind. I loved every single bite of my meal and I would definitely come back to try their other curries.
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