There was a
time when both Wifey and tried to start blogging and to make something of it,
mine initially was to record my progress on my web comic (News Flash not very
fast). Hers was a little different her goal was to go to a hundred local
restaurants in Calgary and review them. She titled it the Food Crusade, she
built a map stuck pins in it where they all were and made a plan of attack. The
problem she ran into was twofold first the amount of time to actually go to
each of these restaurants and review them and secondly we were poor students.
Well now I
think that I am going to pick up where she left off, take all the planning that
never got used and utilize it. Don’t think that I am not putting any work in
myself or stealing her good idea and she wont reap the rewards, because more
than likely my lovely Wifey will be at my side for all of this. I don’t plan to
be anywhere near as aggressive in my goals as she had set out to be with her
goal of a certain amount in a year. My goal is that I want to explore and
review the many interesting food places located throughout my home town.
One of the
major differences between her Crusade idea and what I am doing is that she gave
herself a time restriction I am not. For my food crusade I plan on making it a
compounding blog series that I will update regularly as I find interesting
places to eat at.
I guess I
should lay down some ground rules about what restaurants qualify and which
don’t make the cut.
Rule 1: The
Restaurant cannot be a chain fast food joint. This doesn’t disqualify burger
joints just nothing like McDonalds, BK, Fat Burger, or Pizza Huts
Rule 2: The
Restaurant cannot be part of a large franchise scheme. Therefore I cannot go to
anything like The Keg, Boston Pizza, Moxies or East Side Mario’s.
Rule 3: I
must order different things. Obviously we all have our likes and dislikes but
this means I will not be always ordering a burger, unless that is the type of
restraint or it is their specialty.
Rule 4: I
must take photos of, the outside, the inside and some of the food that is
ordered. I like to keep my blog looking interesting and this will help me to
improve my photoskills.
Rule 5: I
cannot go to anywhere solo. It is not safe to go alone here take this… Obtained
Friends. I have been told that I need to get out and socialize more and this to
me seems like the perfect excuse to do so.
Pretty Basic
stuff huh so Time to start I guess post number 1
This is a
lovely little Indian restaurant located in downtown Calgary right on the
popular Stephan Ave. From the outside it looks very plain with tempting smells
and delightful music wafting out it is hard to not want to enter.
Being new to
the establishment my Wifey being as smart as she is asked the host what his recommendations
were. Every restaurant will have its own specialties and the staff knows what their
place of business’ strong suit is. The host gave us about four excellent recommendations
including what his personal favorite dish was, he made it sound so appealing that
I had to try it for myself.
While we
were thinking over what we wanted the host brought us out a plate of something
to nibble on. I didn’t catch what it was called but it was a kind of thin flat
bread that was crispy and it came with a light and sweet mango sauce.
One thing defiantly
tickled my fancy, when I ordered my coke they brought it to me in a glass
bottle.
Both Wifey
and I ordered from the recommendations given to us by the host, I had Coconut
Curried Shrimp with Garlic Nan Bread while Wifey had the Butter Chicken with
basmati rice. When the orders arrived they smelled so wonderful that we could
not help but dive right in to them without being able to snap any pictures. The
way that my shrimp tasted was superb, it was an exotic almost tropical sweet
with a little kick of subtle spices. I had a taste of the butter chicken that
Wifey had ordered and it had this delightful zingy taste that was not
overwhelming spicy.
I almost forgot about a little something that I found very humorous and very creepy at the same time. When I went to the bathroom I discovered that the wall paper right above the urinal was a kaleidoscope image of a little guy doing the fusion dance from Dragonball Z.
I guess I
should come up with a rating system for the food crusade so as to keep consistency
of my reviews. Hmm I think I will use a three category system that will include
food, service and atmosphere out of five and would give an overall rating out
of 15.
So Mango
Shiva gets a
Food: 4.5
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 4
Total: 11.5 out of 15
I would
really recommend this restaurant to anyone who is looking to take a step out of
their normal culinary experiences.
Sincerely
Urban Yeti
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