The good and the bad. TOGO STYLE:
Take out menu is home done. How can I tell? Anyone familiar with Word can notice it. Props for trying to keep costs down.....perhaps print it on heavier stock rather your average printer paper? Really, I'm stretching here. Go to Staples.
Odd hours. Open Wed-Sun (NOT Monday or Tuesday.) Look, if your business is FOOD you should open at least the five main business days of the week and Saturday. Being closed on Sunday is not taboo and is generally accepted everywhere. Culturally speaking, is M/T an East Indian thing? I don't know. But your restaurant is in Canada.
Get a soda machine. Selling soda by the can is tacky anywhere and everyone knows how much they're being ripped off.
Weird menu item: perogies. Look, we know they're Cheemo and no, they don't belong in an Indian restaurant. The fact that you're selling 10 perogies for EIGHT DOLLARS to a community rich in Ukranian heritage, it's sort of an insult. If they were homemade we might give you points for trying, but still, they're not Indian.
Great value for your dollar. We opted for buffet TOGO. Translation: load your container so it looks pregnant and is spilling out the sides. Oh yes. And the food was AWESOME!!! The items we took home were Chicken Curry (nice cuts of diced chicken, flavour was so yummy,) Keema & Peas (spicy and different, but balanced out the non veggie dishes,) Basmati Rice (delish anywhere,) Seasonal Veggies and Bhatura Bread (on the oily side.) For $20.99 including tax, we had about four pounds of Indian goodness. On top of that, the owners were NICE! We also snagged a sample of Fish Pakoras, which is a slightly battered white, flaky fish on the spicy side. A sample of Gulab Jaman (think soaking-wet Timbit) and Rice Pudding (think real rose-flavoured rice pudding. It's different.)
GRADE: B+ This place has HUGE POTENTIAL. First of all because they're doing the food right. Let me say that again. The food is as close to authentic as I would like (if not bang on) and the portions are great for amount paid! Plus you can order large quantities with advance notice. Can we say catering?!!
All I can say is: GO! But not on Monday or Tuesday (when you're heading back to FSJ from a weekend in Edmonton or Grande Prairie.) See Curry, Etc owners? Timing is everything.
Curry et cetera
250.786.5211
Bright green building on that weird "L" street corner in Pouce Coupe. Can't miss it.
3 comments:
So glad you checked this place out for me. I have been dying to go there ever since I seen the sign on the building. I did a double take because I thought I was reading wrong. A curry place in Pouce Coupe? Love those restuarants in Edmonton. So glad there is a new and unique place close by (kinda tired of the same old in FSJ). Based on your review I will check this out.
Thanks
actually most restaurants in Toronto are closed Mon-Tues because those are the slowest eating out days of the week. I don't find that unusual at all. :) Because of your review I did try this place and LOVED IT!!!! We could not find decent curry in the Peace Country and were so upset about it. The owner (?) offered to make us a bucket of curry chicken next time we pass through if we call ahead. A BUCKET! we haven't taken her up on it....yet...
Curry Etcetera is one of my favourite restaurants in the Peace country! The food is authentic, whether Indian OR Ukrainian, and the chai is worth the trip by itself. Not to mention the rice dessert ("kheer")The service is very friendly, and the watercolour painting of two elephants is the height of taste in decor...
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