Aloo Tikki at the Haweli Indian Restaurant in Edmonton
The Aloo Tikki appetizer served to me at the Haweli Indian Restaurant in downtown Edmonton was a fairly simple affair as these things go. It wasn’t quite as good as the Aloo Tikki Chat at the Curry Kebab House in Ottawa (which still remains one of the best appetizer I have ever had in in an Indian restaurant), but it came very close on many counts, and was absolutely delicious.
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Bengali-style Chili-Mint Chayote
This dish was originally created with a view to it being served hot. It turns out, however, that it is very nice cold, and the spicy, minty flavored, and crisply tender Chayote preparation makes a nice vegetable side dish as a small part of an Indian meal. Indeed, it can take the place of a pickle, or chutney as a very tasty accompaniment to a Biriyani, or a Curry.
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Seafood Linguine at Play, Food & Wine in Ottawa
I have previously described a number of wonderful dishes served to me at Play, Food, & Wine down in Ottawa’s Market, with their Grilled Tempeh, and their Grilled Haloumi coming especially to mind. The little bistro style establishment is one of my favorite restaurants in a district with a heavy concentration of fine dining locations and, as a rule, the service and the quality of the food is excellent. Once in a while, however, standards fail, as in the case of the truly awful dish of Linguine with Seafood I ordered on this particular occasion.
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Blackened Tidbits at the Underground Tap and Grill in Edmonton
I have previously written about the Underground Tap and Grill in Edmonton in my review of their excellent Patatas Bravas Tapas Special. The dish you see above was an item from their regular appetizer menu, and, though it didn’t look especially promising when it was delivered to my table, turned out to be surprisingly good.
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