Madras Dosa House
5656 Fraser St
Vancouver, BC
Ever since I went to House of Dosas, I have been wanting to try other similar shops. It is a case similar to that of Chinese cuisine – while we have Cantonese as the predominant one, we know there are other dishes outside from Guangdong. Take for example xiao long bao, a dish that has taken the inverse route, to the point that even Cantonese dim sum places offer it, while we know it is not originally from Guangdong (it is from Shanghai). In the case of dosas, it from the southern region of the Indian subcontinent, while a lot of Indian dishes some of you like (and, in some instances, love) – for example, tandoori chicken and a lot of curries – are from the northern region. And, of course, chicken tikka massala is British… One that I had in my target for some time was Madras Dosa House in Frasier Street for no other reason that it stood out in its own odd ways…
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Chicken,
Indian,
Vancouver,
Vegetarian
House of Dosas
1391 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC
It was one of those late nights where I am driving through Vancouver where that usual question pops… Hungry, food… Where??? By sheer coincidence, I was in Kingsway when I remember a restaurant said to be open 24 hours. Whether that is actually true or not I did not double check; but I was hungry and it was open when I arrived. That was good enough for me!
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Indian,
Vancouver
Pooja Cuisine
1075 Easton Avenue
Somerset, NJ
As mentioned previously, in this trip, I wanted to try different types of cuisines. So far, we have had diners, burgers, Latin American (Cuban), Southern/Soul and BBQ – in that order. For this post, though, I will have to break that sequence because of tomorrow’s post. As a sneak peak, it is about burgers (yes, again but… Let’s just say wait until tomorrow). But, other than that small burger detour, I kept that different cuisine line of thought. In this case? Indian food in Pooja Cuisine.
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Curry,
Indian,
New Jersey
Salam Bombay
217 – 755 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
It seems to be an odd ritual I have been going through: despite I say “no to buffet/all-you-can-eat”, I end up going to one. Coincidence? Subconscious? Hmmmmm…. While looking different spots in the West End, a colleague mentioned he went to one in Burrard and Alberni – Salam Bombay. However, while he went and ordered a la carte, he mentioned there was buffet during lunch, too. Well, since I could use him to gauge the food, I thought it would be a good idea to tag along. So…
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Buffet,
Downtown,
Indian,
Vancouver
India Bistro
1157 Davie Street
Vancouver, BC
Earlier this week, I blogged about the Pride Parade 2009 in Vancouver’s Downtown/West end. Since the parade started at noon and I was there before it started, that meant I was hungry by the time I decided to walk away. Originally, I wanted to eat in one of the several restaurants in Robson or Denman but that posed to issues: one was the fact it was still packed and the other is something related to what shokutsu mentioned: since I work in the area, most of these places would be places I could go for lunch on almost any day. So, instead, I went to Davie Street. The usual question: Where? For some odd reason, I wanted Indian and ended up in India Bistro.
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Chicken,
Indian,
Vancouver,
West End
Tandoori Tikka Dog
Waterfront Skytrain Station
601 West Cordova Street
Vancouver, BC
Thanks to Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations, almost everybody has heard about Japadog – I myself have blogged their three locations in Vancouver, here, here and here. Last week, some local news sources wrote articles on the new kid on the block (hot dog-wise): Tandoori Tikka Dog. You can find these articles here (24 Hours Vancouver) and here (The Province). While I am not a news source, it does not mean I can’t eat some dogs so, here I go!
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Downtown,
Hot Dog,
Indian,
Vancouver
