11700 Cambie Road, Richmond, BC
604-279-9259
My former colleague suggested to try her favorite East Indian restaurant, located on Cambie and No.5 in Richmond...yes, Richmond. We dragged Mr. & Mrs. Little Lee along for a double date...well, more like we were lazy and didn't feel like driving...hehehe! Sorry Mr. Little Lee!!! :p
I started with a Mango Lassi (left) while Mr. Little Lee had a Sweet Lassi (right). I'm not experience to say if it's good, but at least I enjoyed mine!
We ordered two Combination platters (vegetable samosa, vegetable pakora, chicken pakora and fish pakora and onion bhajia). I cannot tell you how classic or authentic these were, but I can say that we all enjoyed the platters.
Mr. Little Lee's Lamb Korma (left), Mrs. Little Lee's Chicken Curry (center) and my Butter Chicken (right). The butter chicken was creamy, but was a tad bit sweeter than my preference. The meat was tender and moist. Again, not an expert in this cuisine but all four of us did enjoyed the three dishes.
Buddha Boy went with a meaty dish, the Mixed Grill, (also known as "Tandoori Dinner"). The hot plate came with tandoori chicken (or BBQ chicken, as stated on their menu), tandoori fish, lamb tikka, fish tikka, Seekh kebab and butter sauce. Other than the dry fish and the boring kebab (which was nothing extraordinary except sausage chunks that's heavily spiced), the meats were overall tender and moist. The accompanied sauce was simply butter chicken without the chicken.
Prices were reasonable and each order came with rice, papadum and naan. While we're not familiar with the cuisine to say if it's the best in town, but it's certainly good enough for us to plan another visit. Do keep in mind two downsides, slow execution and bad ventilation.
