Davie street | idea rabbit

My friend had wanted to check out this restaurant for a while so we decided to check it out. It seems that it had gone through some renovations – at least from the outside.

We went around 7pm on a Thursday evening. Many chose to sit outside on the back patio, fenced up to cover the ugly alley usually lurking with with bums and garbage.
My friend refused to eat out there since he always walked down that alley. He knew how dirty it is from the alley side.

Restaurant is on the second floor…not wheelchair accessible

Nepali Roti $2

I was ok with inside, so no confrontation there. I’m not a patio person anyways, but we sat at one of the the tables closer to the window.

The restaurant is quite small, but is nicely decorated. The chairs and tables aren’t fancy, but comfortable to dine in.

We didn’t really know what to order…but we decided on getting two dishes. Piro Shrimp: Shrimp marinated in ginger-garlic and chilli paste. Spiced, grilled and garnishedwith fresh lemon juice $9
Sherpa Chicken: Fresh chicken cooked with broth extracted from herbs and mixed with curry sauce, flavoured with Himalayan peppercorns $13

Piro Shrimp $9

At first, I was a bit disappointed in the size of the Piro Shrimp dish…but the flavour of the shrimp was amazing. The spices they used was sooooo good! Delicious. I think it would have been even better if the shrimps were juicy and plump as other places I’ve been to.

Sherpa Chicken $13

The Sherpa was excellent! Wow! The spices and herbs! so rich in flavour and the chicken melted in my mouth! Goes really well with the rice it comes with. Mmmmmm. The salad was a little unexciting and sad. The Nepali Roti (which the server translated as ‘bread’) was cut up ‘wraps’ for dipping with the sauce. Unlike bread, it’s not filling, but nonetheless, was good with the sauce, just as the server said it would.

With taxes and tip, the two dishes (+Roti) came out to $28…a bit pricey, but really good food and dining experience. All the servers were really friendly, happy, patient and professional.

I’d definitely like to go back and try more of their dishes!!

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My friend and I went on a busy evening – the night of the fireworks, and being located right on Davie, it was really busy. But luckily, there were free tables, so we didn’t have any problems finding a seat.

We thought it was those order and self serve places, so I was surprised as a lady brought us each a glass of water. We did go up to the till later on to order, but I guess they would have come around if we sat longer to wait. But we didn’t want to be too late for the fireworks.

We both ordered the Curry Combo A $11 – both with Pineapple curry. The lady that brought the water earlier was there, but it looked like she didn’t really understand the menu. She kept asking which one it was. The manager looking woman – who seemed really tough was talking to a young guy working there. She didn’t seemed too pleased at how he was working. The young lady told us to order from the the guy. She hastily left the area trying to tell the guy in another language what we might have wanted to order. To make it less confusing, he asked us to tell him the order again. I thought it wasn’t very organized, and it seemed like it was everyone’s first day. Perhaps it was. Maybe they’re working only because of the fireworks…

Anyways, the guy was really friendly and smiling the entire time. He seemed unaffected by the chaos that the others might feel. He asked if we wanted the curry mild, medium or hot. I ordered mine mild, while my friend asked for medium. You had the choice of chicken or beef. We both ordered chicken.

First came the soup and salad. Nothing fancy but it was ok. The main was curry, rice and spring rolls. The spring roll was really hot (temp. wise) and was delicious. It was the first time trying out pineapple curry, but I found the spice of the curry and the sweetness of the pineapple to go very well. It was quite filling, and $11 for the combo is a really good deal, especially if just the pineapple curry dish would normally cost $8 for 16 oz and $11 for 22 oz alone.

First the soup and salad

Guy working the till and taking orders over phone at the same time

Pineapple curry with rice and spring rolls

The restaurant isn’t anything fancy, but if you’re looking for something faster and inexpensive, this is a must try. Next time, I’d like to try out the Entree Combo $11!!

Note: watch out for their hours. They’re not open all day.
Sun-Thurs Lunch 12-3pm | Dinner 4-9pm
Fri-Sat Lunch 12-3pm | Dinner 4-10pm
Holidays only dinner 4-9pm

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