Monday night a fellow foodie (FF) took myself and her brother-in-law to House of Dosa in Vancouver. She raved about it. What a fulFILLING culinary adventure. I had seen the place a few times when cruising along Kingsway, although never made it there. A dosa: picture a gigantic crepe (except firmer) with about 1-2 cups of filling from the Indian persuasion--vegetarian to meat to seafood. At House of Dosa, they are served on a large plate, although it still hangs off the ends, with a few tbsp of coconut chutney (one plain and one tomato based) along with a cup of soup (which I already forget the name of, although FF made it one time and I loved hers!).
We had three different kinds of dosas: potatoes with paneer, lamb vindaloo, and just potato. My favorite was the potato with paneer. It didn’t matter the dosa, each possessed layers of flavour (some more intense than others) with each quite distinct. I savored every bite. To start off our meal we had chicken 65, which reminded me of General Tso’s Chicken except drier and spicy served with a sweet/sourish/spicy chutney. Does it sound like we had enough food? I was a bottomless pit and when the dosa arrived I said the magic words “There is no way I will finish this...” To top it off, Monday nights is their dosa special so it is incredibly reasonably priced. The place doesn't have uber curb appeal but the food delivered what I was hoping.
Overall, the experience reminded me of eating Ethiopian, which I miss having, too. Mmmm…Indian, Ethiopian, and Chinese. Interesting combinations that come to mind...!
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oh yum, can't wait to try out one of those!
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