Food of Indian Origin

When is a plate of samosas, not just a plate of samosas?
When it comes garnished with interesting sauces and accompanied by exotic bean salads and chutneys!

My husband and I dined out at Mango Shiva - a restaurant in downtown Calgary recently and it was an excellent though different dining experience. They call their cuisine contemporary Indian and it lives up to its name. While the spices and flavours seemed familiar, the end results were nothing like the standard fare of Indian restaurants in North America.

Being vegetarians our options are usually limited in most restaurants, but we had no such problems here. My husband ordered a Vindaloo bowl with skewered veggies and I ordered Tandoori vegetables. His dish came with rice and mine with a poori. The portions were quite generous and the food was tasty! It didn't seem overly rich or overloaded with spices and the service was good too. We ended our meal with dessert - hot rich delicious Carrot Halwa!

I did not try their different varieties of Chai but have every reason to believe that they're all just as good as the dishes we had. If you live in Calgary and like Indian food, but are a bit bored with the same old same old, try Mango Shiva -Indian Bistro and Chai bar.