Tips:
- The dining area is small. It also gets hot inside this eatery, especially during the summertime.
- The dosas with chutneys and sambar are amazing.
My rating for the food is five stars. It was extremely hot inside this eatery that I'm taking away a star.
My friend and I were meeting up in Oshawa. We tend to sort out the eatery that we'd like to dine at first, following by shopping. She's vegan. I tend to try anything.
On my Instagram feed, I saw dosas from this eatery. The masala dosa that I was looking at was huge and crispy. It looked delicious. I shared this feed with my friend, asking if she'd like to go indulge in a dosa. She said yes. Yay!
After spending some time last Saturday shopping in Oshawa, we drove over to this eatery. It's in a plaza. I actually missed my left turn into this plaza because a pickup truck came out of it rather recklessly and I had to avoid it coming in my direction. I managed to turn left at the street just after the plaza and then headed back.
I backed into a spot steps away from the eatery. My friend parked and we both walked in.
The interior is small. There must have been maybe seven tables. We were greeted promptly by a nice woman and got the last table closest to the counter.
We got Kirkland bottled water to start. We then looked at the menu.
My friend had questions, so we got a different woman who came out of the kitchen to help explain what vegetarian options were available to her.
My friend got the onion dosa. I got the ghee roast dosa. Both came with chutneys and sambar.
I also ordered a Diet Coke. I ended up getting a second can later on during our meal.
It was busy. Everyone around us was eating vazhai ilai virundhu. In Tamil, the first two words mean banana leaf, on which the meal is served. The last word means meal or feast. It offers both vegetarian and meat versions of this feast, which includes two types of rice, sambar, salad, papad, and more.
A man next to us had overheard us talking about how yummy everyone's banana leaf feast looked. He said that he works at the other end of this plaza and comes here to eat on his lunch break before heading back to work. He is a regular and orders nothing but this meal. Wow!
It didn't take long for our food to arrive despite how busy everyone in the kitchen was. They looked hot. One man came out of the kitchen to break briefly before heading back in.
Our dosas looked amazing. We went for it.
My friend didn't do the chutney that was white. It looked like it had dairy in it. I'm borderline lactose-intolerant. I had some of it. It was coconut with some fragrant mint. It was delicious. I think that it had coconut milk because I was fine after sampling it.
The other two chutneys were also amazing. They had a lot of flavour. They weren't spicy. I just wish that I knew what they were called.
The sambar (stew) was excellent. I got bits of carrot that didn't require much chewing. It was had a lot of depth. The flavour was amazing and complex simultaneously.
I ripped my dosa and dunked each morsel into the various chutneys and sambar. This meal was excellent. The dosa had the right balance of softness and crispiness. Ghee makes everything yummy. I loved it so much.
My friend loved her onion dosa, too. She was happy devouring it. I was so glad that we both enjoyed this dosa experience.
She went to use the washroom first. There was only one stall in the back. I used it afterwards. It was clean. No issues.
I paid for my meal at the counter. I let the woman know that everything that I had consumed was yummy. She was pleased. I paid with a credit card and tipped. Done!
We were both happy to exit this hot restaurant. It was actually much cooler outside.
This place could be better ventilated, with a fan or air conditioning on. I'd return to get takeout during our warm summer weather. Otherwise, I may consider dining in when it's cooler outside. Maybe it'll be the perfect temperature inside to comfortably dine in.
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