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| - I went to Babu recently with my parents. We bought several bags of food and it cost us less than $30. This place is take out only. There is no place to sit. If you have ever been to Samosa King (the take out part, not the restaurant part), Babu is similar.
We went a little before 3:00pm on a weekday and it was starting to get busy. The staff are incredibly nice. They answered all our questions and even gave us generous samples.
The vegetable samosas here are 5 for $1 just like at Samosa King. However, their meat samosas (mutton) are also 5 for $1 (where at Samosa King the meat samosas (chicken) are 2 for $1). The samosas at Babu are flatter and the pastry is different than most other samosas. The filling is also different, it is pureed, so the filling tastes like mash potatoes (vegetarian) and mutton-infused mashed potatoes (meat). It is a very different taste than other samosas that I've had where the filling is little cubes of potatoes +/- meat. The samosas are tasty and full of flavour, but I think that I prefer non-pureed fillings for samosas.
They had lots of "short eats" like mutton rolls, bondas, vadas, fish cutlets, etc. Mutton Rolls are $1 each. They are stuffed with curried potatoes and mutton. I liked them, but I prefer the ones at Samosa King as those are meatier and cheaper (only $0.75). Although the ones at Babu are spicier. Fish Patices are 3 for $1 and are little deep-fried half-moon pastries stuffed with pureed potatoes and fish. They have a mild fish flavour. We also got a Chicken Roti Roll ($2.95). It's chicken, boiled egg and spices wrapped in a roti and then pan fried. It's huge, I could eat one for lunch and be full. I really liked this, but there was a huge piece of whole ginger the size of a jujube in the roll and also a whole garlic clove. I would have liked it better if these were chopped up a bit more.
We also got some milk hoppers ($1 each). It's like a sourdough crepe with a milky centre. Interesting, but not my cup of tea. However, my mom loved it. My mom also got a small order of Red Pittu ($1.95). It's like a rice-based couscous with shredded coconut on top. Then they give you a bag of dried shredded coconut mixed with chili and butter that you are supposed to mix into the pittu, I suppose. The mix is hot (spicy) and sour and very unusual. Again, interesting, but not my cup of tea either. Again, my mom loved this.
We got an order of Chicken Kottu Roti ($6.95). It was very spicy, you could see many pieces of green chili peppers throughout. It also contained a lot of onions. I personally prefer the Chicken Kottu Roti at Samosa King since theirs has less onions and is only ($3.99). We also got their "All Day Lunch Special" which is steamed rice, 1 meat curry and 3 vegetable curries for $4.99. We got the Beef Madras (big tender chunks of lean beef in a deliciously spicy sauce), peas curry (spicy curry sauce), green beans curry (sweet and spicy sauce), and a potato curry (spicy curry sauce). Overall good, but very spicy. Samosa King has a similarly priced special but they also give you a huge piece of naan bread and a gulab jamun.
The food here is much spicier than at Samosa King. They are generally more expensive than Samosa King. However, they have items that Samosa King doesn't such as Milk Hoppers, Pittu, Roti Rolls and Fish Cutlets.
Sorry for all the Samosa King comparisons, but the places are very similar in my opinion, so I can't help but make comparisons. Babu is great in its own right (hence the 4 star rating). However, I personally prefer Samosa King because the prices are cheaper there and the food is comparable or better. But Babu has more selection and their food is spicier, so I would come to Babu for items that Samosa King doesn't have or if I'm craving some really hot and spicy food.
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