Taste of Tandooree
1205 Queen Street West
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Taste of Tandooree, the new Indian restaurant in Parkdale , has barely been open for a month, and it's already become a pleasing fixture of my week.
Its position on Queen West, just west of Dufferin, makes for an ideal mid-way point in the inevitable segue stumble under the bridge that results from a westward bound bar crawl along Queen.
Until now, Parkdale hasn't had the best selection of late night eating options for the decidedly unsober. Finding yourself there, bleary eyed and empty bellied at 2 a.m usually meant a coin toss between pizza and the convenience store.
Thankfully, Taste of Tandooree has interceded. The neon 'open' sign of this canteen style, unadorned gem stays on until 6 in the morning and it's a welcome sight indeed.
A decently varied but not overwhelming selection of in-house made, traditional Indian food makes up the menu. Limiting the options to pakoras, samosas, curry and naan, as well as a small but enticing dessert menu keeps the deliberation to a minimum and the food turnover high.
We start with a plain lassi ($2) which is refreshing and not overly sweet.
I order the Karahi Gosht ($7.99) which is made with goat and generously ladled with enough sauce to keep our accompanying tandoori and butter naan breads ($1.25 each) well occupied.
As the pistachio kulfi is sold out, I get the gulab jamen ($2.50 for 2 pieces) instead. It turns out to be a fortunate substitution. The dough-like, deep-fried milk balls are loaded with cardamom and have just enough delicious rose scented syrup on top.
They're also accompanied by a generous side of what looks and tastes like a delicious portion of payesh (milky rice dessert).
Getting change from $13 for a very tasty drink, entree and naan combination (that is too much food for me to finish!) means I'm inevitably lured back the next week for more value-for-money eats.
It's not a habit that I'll be in a hurry to break.
Take away is available.
Photos by Jeremy North-Lewis
Comments (14)
Misspelled the restaurants name every time (missing an O incase people are thinking I'm preferring 'tandoori') AND aperture is far too open causing harsh depth of field within the subject, pictures look amateurish at best.
Please fix.
Wow, once again, the key success criteria for a resto are: cheap and open late. I suggest your reviewers a) save money for a proper meal and b) moderate their drinking
Sigh
Nice to find out about a place open late! For a terrific city TO sure lacks place to grab anything other than pizza even around 10-11 o'clock. This is a good option.
Just because a place is cheap and open late doesn't mean it is good either. You want to eat crap late at night, feel free to do so.
It just so happens that the food there is quite good. The fact that it's cheap and open late is pretty much a bonus.
I was there at a pretty late hour once. The food is tremendous I have to say and I'm usually not a fan of indian food. At the time I was just just feeling adventurous and the results were very positive. I do recommend this for everybody, especially those who are fans of indian food.
I work right across the street from Taste of Tandoree and unfortunately don't share quite the same love of the restaurant as the reviews.
At least during the restaurant's morning/afternoon hours I find the food to be average and not that great in terms of value. Also every time I've gone the person has either given me the food cold or microwaved it, which is unacceptable in my books.
I'm guessing alcohol absolves all of these sins though.
TWO WORDS: Cheap and Tasty....
What more could you want...and as for cold and microwaved...
LETS be honest WHAT PLACE DOESNT DO THAT?
WHat is A FACT though is that ITS CHEAP, TASTE GREATS, ENOUGH PARKING AND OPEN LATE......
AM I MISSIG SOMETHING HERE? LIke the message should be clear by now.....
The only advantage is you can get food late night, but during the day Its better to have fresh food rather having the cold food which is there from afternoon till moring.
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