The warm spice blends of the Indian continent have travelled far and wide to become a take-out mainstay in our city. Whether you’re at your office desk or on the couch on a chilly night, these exotic dishes whisk you away to a warm and delicious place. Here’s a list of restaurants that offer cuisine-induced momentary vacations with the convenience of delivery service.
This popular spot in the suburbs has won several culinary awards as well as recognition from local CBC restaurant reviewer, John Gilchrist. Popular dishes include the standard butter chicken, pillowy soft naan, pakoras, eggplant bharta and tamarind rice. Located up in the far northwest corner of Calgary, Tamarind offers both pickup and delivery service. Lucky you if you live within the restaurant’s 15-minute-drive delivery area.
Tiffin Curry and Roti House offers a tiffin walla delivery service. This unique system of stacked lunch bowls (tiffins) keeps food piping hot and is easy on the environment. Customers are encouraged to purchase their reusable tiffins and in return they are offered 10 per cent saving on combination meals. Tiffin Curry and Roti House’s extensive menu of Indian and East African dishes can be ordered for pickup or delivery. Delivery charges begin at $12.95 for the minimum order of 10 tiffins, and increase depending on travel distance from the restaurant and number of tiffins.
Green Chili offers city-wide delivery service made possible (and more affordable) by its numerous restaurant locations scattered throughout Calgary, which include one in the deep-south Walden neighbourhood. The diversity of cuisines within India is well represented at Green Chili in a wide range of authentic dishes, including spicy Goan-style curries, creamy coconut-based South Indian curries and Hakka-style dishes from the Indian region that shares a border with China.
Puspa restaurant in Cambrian Heights celebrates 20 years in business in 2015. This northwest Indian mainstay offers friendly hospitality and the traditional Bengal-style dishes you expect as well as a few Persian-style, hot-and-sour curries. Its prices are competitive, and the food is consistent in quality. Puspa offers delivery during dinner hours only, but you can pick up lunch or dinner and save 10 per cent on orders of $50.00 or more.