Going in, try NOT to compare them -- you are not truly going for Indian food, so drop those expectations. If you really want Indian food, just go to an Indian restaurant.
Muhogo ($8) deep fried cassava root
- Recommended by the server as the most distinctly African dish.
- We were asked if we wanted "mild, medium, or spicy". The fries were just noticeably salty when I asked for medium. They did however bring two fairly-to-really spicy sauces, a mango chili and a pili pili sauce.
- Overall pretty good. Not as dense as potato. Crispy and not oily.
A trio of sauces is brought to your table when you order: Yogurt, coconut, tamarind. We got a yellow-coloured mango chili sauce (barely any mango flavour for me) and a quite hot red-coloured pili pili sauce came with our cassava fries.
The yogurt is very useful for clearing your palate if it's burning from the hot sauces.
Naan ($1.50)
- We asked for naan instead of rice to go with our curries. Looked suspiciously like store bought flatbread, grilled and cut into quarters.
Machicha Masala ($15) spinach cooked in tomato curry; with chicken breast, prawns, or lamb
- Despite the word "curry", there's no spicy heat here at all.
- Server described it as "melt-in-your-mouth" lamb, so I chose the lamb option.
- I found the chunks of lamb fairly big and though tender, not THAT tender.
- Overall tasted sort of boring. I used some of the coconut sauce and pili pili sauce that came with the cassava to jazz it up a bit.
- Price for portion is high compared to a curry in an Indian restaurant. Apparently comes with NO SIDE and rice is $4!
Paka ($15) chicken breast, tilapia fillet, or prawns; cooked in coconut curry
- Very watery curry with no spicy heat. Because of the watery-ness, best with rice. Would have been nice to be warned.
- Exactly 5 prawns with the prawn option.
- Strong coconut flavour makes it fairly tasty, but price for portion is too weak when alternative coconutty curries are available. Apparently comes with NO SIDE and rice is $4!
Lamu Cheesecake ($7) original cheesecake served with mango, pistachio, and almonds
- Tasted like cheesecake. Nothing special here.
- Lots of mango puree (?) that flattened the flavour of the nuts.
- Nothing special here, and at $7 makes it closer to Yaletown price for the portion you get. You do get a lot of mango puree, though.
Free after-dinner chocolate that is like an After Eight (chocolate plus mint).
The chef personally goes round to the tables to take your order. Seemed like a very stiff, almost sour, fellow with very short answers. Servers much friendlier and more personable.
TIP: Window seats are in range of free #TELUS wifi somewhere in the neighbourhood.
TIP: Look for the upside down table!
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