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SuburbanEats: Rangoli

It's no secret we've never been impressed with the suburbs. Sure, they might be well-suited as places to raise children, but otherwise suburbs have frighteningly little to offer. You'll never see a respectable band outside of downtown, nor will you find much in the way of culture. Community theatre is NOT doing great things.But when it comes to food, it turns out there are exceptions to the rule.

If you like spicy (reallllly spicy) try the chilli pakoras. They’re yummy, but super-hot!) 
If you like spicy (reallllly spicy try the
chili pakoras. They’re yummy, but
super-hot!).

Here in Ottawa, for example, the best Indian restaurant we’ve found is (CEOT pg. 83) - all the way out in Orleans, 20 minutes drive out of the core. It truly is better than any of the downtown Indian eateries. The only exception is (CEOT pg.40), but technically that’s Sri Lankan, so the judgement still stands.

Being as good as it is then, we're forced to make the trek out to the suburbs every now and then for a meal.It seems to us that every Indian restaurant in town pushes its Butter Chicken – we’ve seen plenty of signs claiming “best Butter Chicken in Ottawa.” You won’t find that claim at – in part because they’re not in Ottawa, and why would anyone claim the title of best Butter Chicken in Orleans?

Dinner Is ServedAnd it’s not that the Butter Chicken is bad – quite the contrary, it’s wonderful – but the kick ass dish at is the Chicken Tikka Masala. It’s to die for – a flavourful and rich dish that puts any butter chicken to shame. Get extra – you’ll want it to go. After all, you won’t want to drive out here again too soon.

Unfortunately, isn’t open terribly late – so plan your visit. You don’t want to get all the way out there to find it closed. If that happens, you’ll be forced to find another SuburbanEatery, which still tend to focus too much, for our taste, on copy after copy of restaurant chains - Denny's, Kelsey's, Montana's, St-Hubert’s, Casey’s.

At least places like help make the suburbs just a little less soul-crushing. No, we won't be moving out of the core any time soon, but this does give us another good reason not to get rid of the car!

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