Doms Kitchen A Bombay/Goan Restaurant in Mississauga (Toronto, Canada)
Food Review By Silviano C. Barbosa
November 12, 2006
Oh Yes! There is a Goan Restaurant in or around Toronto, after all!
On Saturday, we went out to eat at Doms Kitchen, a small East Indian/Goan
restaurant in Mississauga (a suburb of Toronto), Ontario.
I had heard about this place at Viva Goa and also through a friend of mine
and it was well recommended. So I took along my wife and a good friend of
mine, Senhor Lyn Souza-Marques and his lovely wife Monica to try it out.
This Restaurant is situated at 1177 Central Parkway West, Unit # 9, Golden
Square Centre, Mississauga, Ontario L5C 4P3, Canada. This location is about
one block south of Burnhamthorpe/CreditView intersection on Central Parkway.
Tel: 905-275-0110 email owner Dom Fonseca at:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We were welcomed by their hostess and were later met by Merlyka, who gave us
more details about the restaurant and its history and about the chef,
Dominic Fonseca, her father. She threw some light about their Bombay East
Indian/Goan background which culminated in the development of the unique
style and taste for this specialized cuisine.
As we had arrived at 4 pm, we were asked to wait for a while until the
dishes were warmed up. Then we lined up for the sumptuous buffet.
The buffet consisted of dishes of Tendlim (gerkins) , French beans,
Aloo-ghobi (potato-cauli-flower), King-fish ambottik, Shrimp curry,
Sorpotel, Goa Sausage Chilly Fry, Beef Kofta Curry and Basmati rice.
We filled our plate with all of the above and sat at the table. Merlyka
brought us a serving of hot Naans and we were ready to dig in. At the end
of our meal she came back with a serving of vermicelli pudding for dessert.
She also mentioned sometimes there is even a dish of crab xec-xec for
buffet, depending on its availability,
I tasted bit by bit of each item along with the curry and everything tasted
just delicious. Every item was cooked to perfection with a back-home taste.
The salt and spices were perfectly blended and there was nothing that I
could complain about the food and its preparation. I only wish that they use
a little more vinegar/lime juice in their sorpotel and Goa Sausage Fry
dishes as we Sashttikars like more acidity in our sorpotel and Goa Sausage.
Otherwise I would say this is the best food I tasted in any Restaurant in
Toronto. I would give it a perfect 10 in terms of taste, quality, variety,
number of dishes and cost.
Even my wife who is a super cook had only the best words to say about this
food. Even Senhor Lyn Souza-Marques who is a best critic of anything Goan,
be it Goan Konkani Tiatro or Goan food, was very ecstatic about the food in
this restaurant. His wife Monica just loved the food. In short the food at
Doms Kitchen is unbelievable. It is very tasty and perfect and costs only
$6.99 per person (for lunch or dinner, anytime).
Just a word of caution for some Goans who love to drink. There is no liquor
served at this restaurant. Merlyka said they want to keep it as a family
restaurant at least for now. This place is small and seats about 40 people
comfortably. It is very clean, with modest decoration and comes with no
frills and has a high ceiling.
For this price, you will not find anything better in this area. They do
catering for a minimum of 25 people. Their prices are reasonable, and they
do delivery and they have take-out.
So for all those visitors to Toronto, and for all the bored families and
their Canadian friends in Toronto, this is a good place to treat your family
to a fine dinner at a budget-conscious Goan restaurant in Missisauga.
Remember to call Dom for more details. There is no buffet on Tuesday and
Wednesday (11am-5 pm). Thursday-Saturday 11am 9 pm. Sunday 12 pm 4 pm.
Closed on Mondays.
Enjoy!
Silviano C. Barbosa
Author of the Goan novel, The Sixth Night
Producer/Lyricist of Konkani CD , Classic Goa
Website: http://ca.geocities.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
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