Curry 2 U - Granville Island

Fast food Indian food on Granville Island is a bit fancier than other food-court type Indian places.  You have the option of getting your lunch in multi-level tin containers you'd see in India...not that I've ever been there, but I have seen it on certain travel shows.  It's a cool novelty, and something you don't often see here. 

I ordered my usual favourite - Butter Chicken...plus some tandori chicken.  The butter chicken was good, the tandori chicken was like eating fire.  I'm not really into spicy, but I guess it's supposed to be that way.

When I go to GI though, my personal preferences for food court food is either fish and chips or Mexican.

Curry Express - Lansdowne Mall

The Curry Express in Lansdowne Mall is the one I prefer, great friendly service, a steady flow of freshly made food in good size portions that make sure you're full when you're done.  It's a 5 minute walk to my workplace so I go there sometimes when I forget to pack a lunch. 

Two Curry Combo Special for $7.49 - two curries, rice, naan, and a drink.

For $1, I sometimes get a extra samosa.

The service is still food court service, but leaps and bounds ahead of Curry Express - Oakridge.  The Lansdowne location is quite busy so they're always replenishing the food, which means its fresh.  I usually get two orders of butter chicken with my combo.

Curry Express - Oakridge Mall

I know, it's the food court, but I really like the curry from Curry Express.  It's quick, it's cheap, and it's tasty.  usually eat at the location in Lansdowne - ttaff there are generally friendly, but the location at Oakridge, not so much.  The guy behind the counter greeted us with a look of general disinterest, as if he was being forced to work there.  He was always looking off in some other direction, never made eye contact once....just bored I guess.  He slopped our food onto the plate, and there was dinner.

Well, whatever, despite the shabby service, the butter chicken still tasted like butter chicken. 

Sloppy, but tasty.

I got a samosa just for good measure, but after all that, I was really, really full.  The samosa was vegetarian, so it was stuffed with potatos and some other stuff.  The pastry wasn't too greasy, still crisp on the outside.

The naan was good, not much else to say about it....it wasn't soggy? 

I didn't actually eat at this place, but it was right next door to Curry Express and I thought it was wortha  note.  Made In Japan Teriyaki Experience........WTF. What exactly was made in Japan here, I have no idea....the experience?  The teriyaki?  In the 20 some odd times I've been to Japan, I've hardly ever seen the word Teriyaki.  McDonald's had a really good teri-tama burger once.  I seriously doubt if any of the guys behind the counter could speak any Japanese, let alone the owners or managers.

Anyways, back to Curry Express Oakridge, I don't think I'll go back to this particular location.  The service was sub-par, even for a food court standards, but besides that, I had some stomach trouble after eating here, which has never happened to me at the Lansdowne location.  The lazy worker behind the counter could have been lacking in other aspects such as food handling, which kind of scares me.