It was Sunday night and that’s always a good time for a curry so decided to check out Durbar Indian Cuisine (2469 Bloor Street West = Bloor/South Kingsway) and see how they fared.

Decided to try a dish for the first time EVER: Chicken Bhuna. Never had it before for some reason, but liked the description on the website of, “Well spiced chicken curry with a thick sauce,” so it had to be done.

The sauce was indeed nice and thick and very tasty, but the only thing we didn’t like was the way the chicken was cubed. That sounds very picky but the cubes were large and a little dry inside.

Next time we will ask for a higher heat level as read “well spiced” as nice and hot, but maybe they use tons of spices so we got that wrong. Will know for next time.

One thing we REALLY miss from the UK is the style of flat and crispy poppadoms — we just can’t find those here in all the curry houses we’re tried. The ones from Durbar Indian Cuisine were the rolled-up and brittle type that we see everywhere. That wasn’t really a surprise, to be honest.

The Cucumber Raita was lacking actual cucumber in our estimation but was creamy enough to soothe the palate.

The Tamarind and Mint sauces for the poppadoms had a nice kick to them but were in extremely small plastic pots so didn’t stretch very far as accompaniments.

A highlight was the Mango Chutney that had a decent portion size and was nice and sticky and sweet. Perfect for the poppadoms.

All things considered, Durbar Indian Cuisine gets a Brits in Toronto 2/5 stars.