Date Night at My Shanti

On Thursday, Gary and I went on a date! There's a place we've been waiting to try out for months....

Years ago we visited Vij's in Vancouver and it has remained one of our top 3 restaurant experiences.  Amazing Indian food.   We bought two of Vikram Vij's cookbooks and love the recipes in there.  Well, when I found out that he was opening a restaurant in South Surrey, we were super excited.  My Shanti is at Morgan Crossing and just opened this month.

They don't take reservations so we arrived a few minutes before opening at 5 pm and were one of the first people in. Phew!  It fills up quickly so I would recommend going right at 5 pm if you don't want to wait.

{Isn't the ceiling fun?}

Vikram Vij was there and welcomed us all in.  He loves to walk around the restaurant seeing how everything is going and he has a good sense of humour too.

Some Tapioca Crisps with Garam Masala spice were brought to the table and then Gary and I ordered our meals.

We started with Wild Boar Kebabs and Gary had some Shrimp Ceviche.  Both pretty good.  I loved the raspberry chutney with the wild boar.  I've never had that before.

{Chhatra Sagar's Wild Boar Kebabs $13.50}

{Peruvian/Indian Shrimp & Local Fish Ceriche $3.25} 

Then our meals came and in great time too.  Gary had the Goat Curry.  It was spicy to me so he knew he wouldn't have to share.  He said it wasn't `break out into a sweat' spicy but it was just right.

 {Banglore's Goat Curry $24.00}

I had the Chicken Korma.  I loved the sauce that it came with but didn't love getting all of the chicken off of the bones (I should have realized in the menu when it says 1/2 chicken).

{Awhadi 1/2 Chicken Korma $23.00}

And of course, we had Naan bread. I looooove Naan bread.  I could eat so much of it but we restrained ourselves at one each.  So yummy dipped in the Korma sauce.

{Naan bread $2.25}

We really enjoyed our time and will probably go back once a year as it was a bit on the higher side of our budget.  For experience, value, service, and quality, Gary give it 9/10 and I give it 8.5/10.

Let me know if you have tried it or when you do!  I would love to know what you think.

Love, Louise