Okay, so the rant-of-the-month is out of the way and it's time to get back to food. Recently, to aid our critical faculties with regards to just how good this Indian restaurant we've been working for is in comparison with others, we've been hitting up a few.
Recently we went to Le Taj, which bills itself as the most popular Indian restaurant in Montreal. Well, indeed it was packed, but it just goes to show that Montrealers are pretty ignorant about just what constitutes good Indian food. It failed the samosa test and the naan test, and to me, the most important one: the rice test.
It also failed the spice test. These people just don't believe you when you request extra-spicy. I just can't account for it. It was extremely ho-hum.
Then it was Malhi Sweet. I realise that this is not in the same category as dévi, but its menu had literally about 6 pages of ultra-laudatory articles from virtually every news entity in Montreal (well, admittedly there wasn't one from Street Sweeper's Weekly).
Again, it failed all four tests.
Brigitte brought home some samosas from Pushap on Paré. Disgusting. I keep telling her how good my samosas-from-scratch are, but she doesn't believe me. When I end up making them, I'll definitely document it.
But this weekend is a welcome break from Indian; it's Pizza Night! Yes, I'll make eight 12" pizzas.
I think this time I'll try to be a bit more "out there" this time. Boursin, caramelised onions and three kinds of mushrooms, anyone?
But first, tomorrow is teriyaki steak with shrimp tempura, for which I bought panko breadcrumbs today at Atwater Market.
Update tomorrow!
I have fond memories of Atwater Market. We used to shop there regularly when we lived in Montreal in the early 90s (Gordini as a starving student, me at my first poverty-wage design job!)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see your samosas! (Wait, that sounds rude.) There sure are a lot of mediocre ones out there.
Knatty, samosas are on hold for a week while I explore tempura.
ReplyDeleteBut next week is a promise!
I don't like Le Taj at all. It survives because it is in a central location where hundreds of people can go to its lunch buffet and get back to work within an hour. Been there for too many birthday lunches for colleagues to ever go back. Now I just sign the card that's going around the office.
ReplyDeleteRuth,
ReplyDeleteHehe! Yes, we've been trying to figure out why it's so popular -- the food is nothing to write home about, but it's right there in the cube-farm buildings. Location!
I wouldn't eat from a buffet unless it was my own . . .