What: Shrimp Vindaloo Roti
Where: Butter Chicken Roti, 398 College, at Croft, 416-972-0505, butterchickenroti.com
The damage: $11.95
The count: 26 ounces
Why: You really have to twist this Gandhi clone’s arm to give it to you full-throttle, but when they do, they deliver – great chunks of diced potato and butterflied shrimp in a gravy-like sauce that’s as sweet as it is incendiary. Twenty-four hours later, we’re still belching up the fumes.
Rating: NNNN
Heat scale: Spice-O-Metre Rating 9
What: Butter Chicken Roti
Where: Gandhi, 554 Queen West, at Bathurst, 416-504-8155, gandhicuisine.ca
The damage: $11.95
The count: 20 ounces
Why: Avtar Singh and crew turn the mainstream subzis of Indian buffets into ambrosial wraps swaddled in house-made flatbread made on a pizza press. Worried about the after-effects of pumping up the volume? Remember the words of former mop-top Ge
Rating: NNN
Heat scale: Spice-O-Metre Rating 8
What: Lamb Vindaloo Roti
Where: Maurya, 2481 Lake Shore West, at Mimico, 647-748-6001, mauryaeastindianroti.ca
The damage: $11.95
The count: 29 ounces
Why: We had great hopes for this once-removed cousin of Gandhi and Mother India, but any promised fireworks fail to ignite. Still, we’ll give them props for massive portions, friendly counter service and all that free parking. But if this is supposed to be vindaloo, we’re Vin Diesel!
Rating: NNN
Heat scale: Spice-O-Metre Rating 7
Photos by Steven Davey
