The culinary traveller

The culinary traveller
Enjoying a beavertail...the official treat of Canada's capital city!!!

Welcome to my blog all you food and wine lovers!!!!

Ottawa isn't always the first place people think of when it comes to good eats and tempting beverages....they are wrong!!! I've been told by many people I have a great palete and true sense of curiosity, adventure and passion for food. Join me on my culinary travels around this city, to find the best places to eat including the real hidden gems to explore on the food front that the Nation's capital has to offer!!! I am very honest in my opinion on food experiences and open to comments from the peanut gallery out there on what other people love as well. Please enjoy!!! I hope this information is helpful!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Indian Food!!!

So I now have a close friend who is of South Asian background...he's also a vegetarian...it's made me become much more into South Asian food spending time with him. In Ottawa nothing beats East India Company on Somerset for Indian cuisine...the buffet rules...18 bucks per person, a huge selection, all tasty and a lot of choices that are vegetarian. Items also ordered off the menu are special to this place (you can't find them in a lot of other Indian restaurants) including the cream cheese filled naan bread! The buffet is high quality-a difference to a lot of buffets that tend to be cheaper but risk food that is out for awhile, cold, mass produced etc. This buffet is made with LOVE as the special ingredient. Only complaint...they have the heaviest cutlery I've ever seen...so be careful when using it! My fav is the dessert section of the buffet actually to follow a fantastic meal, the timbit like dough balls soaking in syrup...addictive!