Indian restaurants in Canada
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Vij’s
Just off S Granville St, ever-popular Vij’s is the high-water mark of contemporary East Indian cuisine, fusing regional ingredients, subtle global flourishes and classic ethnic dishes to produce an array of innovative flavors. The unique results range from signature wine-marinated ‘lamb popsicles’ to savor-worthy dishes like halibut, mussels and crab in a tomato-ginger curry. The adventurous should also try the paranta : flat breads made with roasted ground crickets. Reservations are not accepted: avoid the queues by hitting Rangoli, the adjoining take-out cafe. Plans were afoot at the time of research to move to a new Cambie St location, so call ahead.
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Le Taj
Proving that Montréal is more than just a bistro and brasserie kind of town, Le Taj throws down the gauntlet for some excellent Indian dishes. The time to go is at lunch, when downtowners line up for a succulent buffet featuring a bounty of rich flavors from the East – tandoori chicken, vegetable korma, palaak paneer and tender lamb, along with steaming piles of naan bread, custardlike desserts and many other temptations.
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Saffron Tree
Readers rave about Saffron Tree, an unmissable saffron-hued bastion of spicy delight in the dull hospital wastelands north of Dundas St. Service is utterly polite, and classics like butter chicken and lamb vindaloo won't let you down. There's a 10% discount if you want to get take-out and impress your hotel's management with curry aromas.
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Bombay Palace
One of the oldest Indian restaurants in town, now in new snazzy premises close to the Pepsi Forum. The midday buffet (around C$9 Monday to Thursday, around C$10 Friday to Sunday) is a good chance to try its excellent curries and tandoori specialties. Legions of fans include Bill and Hillary Clinton - check out the photos in the foyer.
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha's special chicken korma (vegetables cooked with Indian spices and garnished with dried fruit; $9) may sound a bit weird, but it's delicious. So are its classic curries. They're also south of Queen West – same hours, but you'll pay a few dollars more.
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All India Sweets & Restaurant
One of a string of good-value Indian family diners lining Main St’s Punjabi Market area, the All India wins with its impressive all-you-can-eat $10.95 vegetarian buffet, which includes lashings of naan bread and unlimited Indian sweets for dessert. The ambience – chipped 1980s tables and chairs – is nothing to write home about, but the welcome is warm and the food will fill you for a day. Meat dishes are also available from the menu – including goat saag (curry) and an excellent fish masala – but it’s the buffet that lures most esurient noshers.
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Spices Café
Lost in a realm of fat wallets and million-dollar deals closed with the snap of a cell phone, Spices presents an incongruously affordable and atmospheric option for lunch or an early city dinner. A sitar soundtrack twangs seductively, and there's a homemade feel to the food, served buffet-style or packaged up for a quick-fire take-out. Grab some samosas, a butter chicken curry and a mango lassi and head for the Cloud Forest Conservatory down the street.
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Chutney Villa
Don’t be surprised to get a hug from the owner when entering this warmly enveloping South Indian restaurant that lures savvy SoMa-ites with its lusciously spiced curries (the lamb poriyal is a favorite), best served with fluffy dosas to mop them up. There’s an outstanding Sunday brunch combo of veggie curries and piping hot Indian coffee, plus a drinks list of bottled Indian beers, on-tap BC brews and fresh lime cordial. Come hungry, expect to share and stay long.
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Bar-Be-Que Hut
They could probably change their name now (designed not to threaten virginal North American palates in 1976) but it's so well known it'd be business suicide! The fantastic funk of spices welcomes you at the door, luring you towards succulent North Indian tandoor slabs of chicken, sizzling curry pots or assorted naan, paratha and kulcha breads. Live Bolly-rock on weekends.
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Gandhi
Gandhi has a core of loyal fans who come here for classics like tandoori chicken as well as the extensive curry menu with adventurous fare like malaya, a curry of pineapple, lychees and cream. Appetizers like pakoras or vegetable samosas are finely spiced, and faves such as tandoori duck, butter chicken and lamb korahi also go down nicely. Reservations are recommended.
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Royal Angkor
When looking up ‘hole in the wall’ in the dictionary, you just might find a picture of this Southeast Asian eatery. It doesn’t get simpler than this – a sparsely decorated sitting area and a couple of pots and pans. But who really cares about atmosphere when the homemade dishes burst with fresh ingredients and come at unbeatable prices?
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Katmandu
If 13 different types of naan and roti bread doesn't spark your interest, you're probably reading the wrong guidebook. Use the aforementioned breads to mop up your selection from the huge menu of beef, goat, lamb, chicken and vegetarian curries. And check out the amazing clear-day photo of the Himalayas by the door!
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Siddhartha
In a neighborhood stuffed with excellent South Asian food, Siddhartha is a consistent favorite. Although it’s popular for its all-you-can-eat lunch and dinner buffets, don’t be afraid to order off the menu. The naan is perfect, the curries are classic and the samosas are massive. Cool your burning tongue with a Kingfisher.
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Masala Grille
Housed in a stately Victorian manse, this eclectic addition to Thunder Bay’s dining scene represents the evolving community as new immigrants add a certain cosmopolitan flare to the otherwise staid city. Sample spicy platters from the subcontinent; there are a few Thai treats to tempt the palate too.
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Guru
Alternate sips of cold mango lassi with forks of red-hot curry at the Guru, an unexpected gem in Clifton Hill. Dark-wood wicker chairs and Ganesh-skin tablecloths set the scene for smooth vegetable curries, tangy chicken masalas and a surprisingly global wine list.
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Raja
Challenging Stratford’s demure Anglo tastes with funky lashings of chili and spice, Raja plates up super curries, soups, salads, breads, vegetarian and tandoori dishes and serves them on white linen. Staff are dapper and unfailingly polite.
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha's special chicken korma (vegetables cooked with Indian spices and garnished with dried fruit; $9) may sound a bit weird, but it's delicious. So are its classic curries.
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International Flavours
Pakistani owner Talat ladles out a whopping spicy plateful of dahl, curry and/or basmati rice for her daily set meal (one version with meat, the other without).
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