259 host, Restaurant, Toronto

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The menu contains the sum of my 30-years knowledge as a chef. It is a passport that will give you access to an unparalleled culinary experience, one that will take the art of Indian cuisine to a new level. Although Indian food has a rich and complicated history, the secret to making it is very simple. It is a secret I learned from my mother, the greatest chef I know and the inspiration for everything I do today. In her kitchen, I learned that the best food is always created with love. And love demands that you make no compromises or take no shortcuts. As such, the menu at 259 The Host is a rich culmination of traditional recipes prepared with new techniques and given an innovative presentation. We offer you the purest experience of a rich culinary culture. Our food is made with the highest quality ingredients, and we take the utmost care in the food’s preparation. I trust that you will find the flavours sublime, the presentation gorgeous and the ambience striking. My mother was fond of saying that patience makes the food. It has been 30 years, in the making, but I sincerely hope that 259 The Host has been worth the wait.

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Lunch Menu Dinner Menu Take-out Menu Wine List

Lunch Menu

3 Course Meal Non.veg
$17

2 Course meals
$15

Main Course
$13 

3 course Meal veg
$15

2 Course meals
$13

Main course
$11

 
Appetizers

Vegetable samosa,

Pan fried cottage cheese stuffed with pressed yogurt, apricot

Tangy Chat papri

Soup of the Day

Sprout salad with lemon cumin dressing

 
Main Course - served with 4 yr aged basmati rice & nan

Butter chicken
grilled chicken in tomato cream Fenugreek and masala

Lamb Roganjosh 
Lamb stew in yogurt Brown onion and saffron sauce

Tilapia Fillet
B.B.Q flavoured with fresh fennel & spicesBeef

seekh kebab
Minced Beef skewer B.B.Q lime & lemon grass, cheese and garam masala

Chicken
flavoured with mace saffron and cardamom with pepper B.B.Q

Shrimps
cooked in honey mustard coconut sauce

Palak paneer
Fresh baby spinach sauté with homemade cottage cheese, fenugreek, Or substitute with mushroom

B.B.Q cauliflower
florets cooked in cashew saffron sauce

Jackfruit
in tomato and brown onion sauce with garam masala

Garden fresh okra
with onions, mustard seeds coconut and curry leaf

 
Dessert

Saffron walnut rice pudding

Gulab jamunCardamom saffron flavour Ice Cream

 
Sides

Dal Bukhara
$6
 

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Dinner Menu

Appetizers

Samosa sampler
assortment of stuffing’s, with avocado,potato,lentils,
spinach & cheese ,with a fresh coriander and date chutney
7

Pan fried kebabs
made with homemade cheese, thick yogurt, apricot and ginger
8

Panir and brie cheese croquettes
in a savoury crust of gram flour and lentil flakes
8

Tangy chaat
of rice cakes, crispy spinach fritters yogurt and fresh dates chutney
7

Chicken kebab
crusted with poppy seeds and cooked in sugarcane sticks 
13

Tricolour peppercorn tandoori BBQ shrimps
with fresh peppers
19

Mustard garlic scallops
steamed in a banana leaf 
15

Veal kebabs
baked in a marinade of spices roasted on hot stone
14

A Lentil sprout salad
with cucumber, potatoes, limes, mangoes, peppers in a cumin olive dressing
8

Tandoori cooked salad
with pineapple, zucchini, mushrooms, peppers and asparagus, marinated in
a tomato basil dressing
9

Lentil soup with chicken and coconut
south Indian Rasam Carrot, tomato, ginger soup
6

Tandoori baked bread stuffed
with spinach & goat cheese, lazeez Nan
6

Crab & shrimp cakes
stuffed with mint, coriander and figs
12

Crispy Lotus
stem in honey mango sauce
7

Chicken

Grain fed chicken kebab
marinated with sun dried tomatoe. roasted spice and herb, B.B.Q in
tandoori oven
17

Butter Chicken
Boneless chicken tikka cooked in a tandoor served in a rich tomato sauce
17

Meat

Australian Rack of lamb
cooked in a tandoor marinated with roasted spices, medium rare, served with
spicy vindaloo sauce
22

seekh kebab
Lean beef minced with fresh herbs cooked in a tandoor
16

roganjosh
Lamb medallion in a roganjosh curry of yogurt, saffron and onions 
18

Beef tenderloin
in a red curry of chilli, cumin and roasted spices, a delicacy from
north west region of India -Rajasthan
22

Seafood
 
Tandoori cooked black tiger jumbo shrimps
served with Indian salsa chutney
19

Lobster
tail coated with fresh red pepper paste .coconut and baby spinach
which is cooked in a tandoor 
24

Tilapia fish
cooked in a tandoor and is flavoured with fresh fennel 
18

Pan fried halibut
in a dark chick pea curry sauce
16

Vegetable

Jack fruit masala
cooked in tangy gravy of South Indian spices
12

Mushroom medley
shitake & button mushrooms in a thick fresh tomato, garlic curry
slow cooked in cast iron wok-Kadhai 
13

Bhartha
Mashed eggplant cooked with onion, tomato and ginger stuffed in eggplant steak
11

Saag Panir
Fresh spinach and panir cheese cubes sautéed with tomato onion and garlic
13

Panir cheese tikka
seasoned with basil and fenugreek leaves, marinated in yogurt and cooked
in a tandoor
14

Fresh squash bhaji
prepared with onion seeds,fennel,mangos
12

gobhi masala
Floret of cauliflower, cooked in dried ginger and mango
11

Sides

Dal Bukhara (black lentils)
9

Chana pindi with rapini (chick peas)
10

Plain Rice
3

Saffron rice 
4

Whole wheat roti stuffed with sun dried tomatoe, garlic and chilli
6

Plain whole wheat Roti 
2
 
White flour Nan stuffed with cream cheese
7

Garlic Nan  
4

Nan 
3

Roti of gram flour and vegetables 
5

Flaky layered butter parantha
5

Pineapple yogurt cumin raita
4

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Take-out Menu

Appetizers

Samosa
Crisp patties stuffed with spiced potato and peas
5

Pan fried kebabs
made with homemade cheese, thick yogurt, apricot and ginger
6

Panir and brie cheese croquettes
in a savoury crust of gram flour and lentil flakes
6

Chicken kebab
crusted with poppy seeds and cooked
13

Tricolour peppercorn tandoori BBQ shrimps
with fresh peppers
19

Mustard garlic scallops
steamed in a banana leaf
15

A Lentil sprout salad
with cucumber, potatoes, limes, mangoes, peppers in a cumin olive dressing
6

Tandoori cooked salad
with pineapple, zucchini, mushrooms, peppers and asparagus, marinated in a
tomato basil dressing
7

Lentil soup
with chicken and coconut, south Indian Rasam
5

Carrot, tomato, ginger
soup
5

Lazeez Nan
Tandoori baked bread stuffed with spinach & goat cheese
6

Crab & shrimp cakes
stuffed with mint, coriander and figs
12

Seafood

Tandoori cooked black tiger jumbo shrimps
served with Indian salsa chutney
19

Lobster
tail coated with fresh red pepper paste .coconut and baby spinach
which is cooked in a tandoor
24

Pan fried halibut
in a dark chick pea curry sauce
16

Fish Tikka
cooked in a tandoor and is flavoured with fresh fennel
16

Chicken

Grain fed chicken tikka
marinated with sun dried tomatoe.roasted spice and herb, B.B.Q in
tandoori oven
15

Tandoori Chicken
marinated in yogurt and aromatic spices-roasted in clay oven
14

Butter Chicken
Boneless chicken tikka cooked in a tandoor served in a rich tomato sauce
17

Meat

Roganjosh
Lamb medallion in a roganjosh curry of yogurt, saffron and onions
18

AAA Beef tenderloin
in a red curry of chilli, cumin and roasted spices, a delicacy from north
west region of India -Rajasthan
21

Seekh kebab
Lean beef minced with fresh herbs cooked in a tandoor
16

Vegetables

Jack fruit masala
cooked in tangy gravy of South Indian spices
11

Mushroom medley
shitake & button mushrooms in a thick fresh tomato, garlic curry slow
cooked in cast iron wok-Kadhai
12

Bhartha
Mashed eggplant cooked with onion, tomato and ginger stuffed in eggplant steak
10

Saag Panir
Fresh spinach and panir cheese cubes sautéed with tomato onion and garlic
11

Panir cheese tikka
seasoned with basil and fenugreek leaves, marinated in yogurt and cooked in
a tandoor
13

Fresh squash bhaji
prepared with onion seeds,fennel,mangos
11

Gobhi masala
Floret of cauliflower, cooked in dried ginger and mango
10

Bhindi
Fresh okra cooked with onions
10

Dal Bukara
Black lentils cooked with tomatoes, ginger, garlic and cream
9

Chana Pindi
Spicy chick peas curry with rapini
9
 

Rice

Plain Rice
3

Pillaw Rice
4

Vegetable Biryani
8

Chicken Biryani
14

Breads

Whole wheat Rotis

Stuffed with sun dried tomatoe,garlic and chilli
5

Plain Roti
2

Flaky layered butter parantha
5

Stuffed with spice potatoes (aloo parantha)
5

White flour Nans

Stuffed with cream cheese
6

Plain Nan
3

With spiced Onions (kulcha)
6

Garlic Nan
4

Accompaniments

Pineapple yogurt cumin raita
4

Achar (pickles)
2

Onion Salad
2

Katchmber Salad
3

Beverages

Pop
2

Mango Lassi
4

Sweet Lassi
3

Mango Juice
3

Orange Juice
3

Pri fix meal to go

Choose from:

Appetiser:
Samosa,Cheese croquetts,Pan fried kebab,Tandoori salad,Lentil soup,carrot tomato ginger soup, chicken kebab

Main course:

(Vegetable) Dal Makhni,Chana Pindi, Gobhi masala, Bhindi,sqaush bhaji,saag panir,bhartha,Jack Fruit Masala

(Meat) Butter Chicken,Lamb Roganjosh,beef seekh kebab,Tandoori chicken,chicken tikka

Option 1
Choice of
2 appetisers and 2main courses (1 Meat+1Vegetable)
Served with pillaw rice & Plain Nan
for 2: 38   for4: 72   for 8: 140

Option 2
Choice of
2 appetisers and 3 main courses (1 Meat+2Vegetable)
Served with pillaw rice & Plain Nan
for 2: 45   for4: 85   for 8: 160

* Please advise us of you food allergies.

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Wine List

Open Wines

White -  Glass   6 oz

Chardonnay Copperidge – California  
9.00

Pinot Grigio Fontamara ‘07  – Italy  
9.50

Chardonnay ’07 Nugan Estate – Australia 
11.00

Sauvignon Blanc ’07 Pierre Jean – France  
10.00 

Riesling Dolomite ’07 Cave Springs  
10.00

Red - Glass    6 oz

Cabernet Sauvignon Black Oak – California   
11.00

Chianti - Riserva ’06 Duca de Sarangano – Italy  
13.00

Cabernet Sauvignon ’07 McManis – California    
15.00

Shiraz Wall’s Hut – Australia   
10.00

Pinot Noir ‘06 Mirassou – California    
11.00

Merlot ’06 Nugan Estate – Australia
11.00

White Wines

Australia

303  Chardonnay ’07 Nugan Estate  
38.00

302  Chardonnay Wolf Blass  
48.00

New Zealand

304  Sauvignon Blanc ’08 Voss Estate  
60.00

305  Sauvignon  Blanc ’05 Crawford         
51.00

South Africa

802   Sauvignon Blanc ’05 Kleindal  
45.00 

France

601  Sauvignon Blanc ’07 Pierre Jean  
32.00

602  Granache Gris ’06 La Baron   
48.00

Canada

201   Riesling ’07 Cave Springs         
45.00

202   Gewurztramiener ’07 Cave Springs   
38.00

California

401  Chardonnay ’05 Copperidge  
30.00

402  Chardonnay ’06 Mirassou  
42.00

403  Chardonnay ’07 McManis  
51.00

404  Fume Blanc ’07 Murphy Good    
47.00

405  Sauvignon Blanc ’06 Tin Barn  
63.00

407  Sauvignon Blanc ’05 Cakebread Napa Valley   
76.00

408  Chardonnay ’07 Kistler – Russin River   
160.00   W.S. 92

Italy

502  Pinot Grigio ’07 Fontamara                                
33.00

503  Pinot Grigio ’06 Russolo, Friuli  
49.00 
 

Red Wines

Australia

350  Shiraz ’05 Kilda
30.00

354   Merlot ’07 Nugan Estate 
38.00

355  Cabernet Sauvignon ‘01 Frankland Estate 
78.00 

356  Shiraz ’06 Nugan Estate
38.00

South Africa

850   Cabernet Shiraz Merlot Guardian Peak (Frontier)                                                                            
40.00

851   Shiraz ’04 Kleindal Robertson       
58.00

562  Syrah ’06 Pianadeicielli Sicily
60.00

563  Amarone ’03 Ambrosan Nicolis  Veneto
160.00

564  Rippaso   ’04 Monte Zovo DOC 
65.00

565  Amarone ’01 Ca’Pigneto Veneto  
350.00

566 Sagrentino ’03  Cesarini Sartori Umbria 
125.00

France

650  Chateau La Baron Rouge, ’02 Corbieres
48.00

651  Cote du Rhone Reserve ’06 Alain Jaume & Fils
46.00

653  Aric ’03 Ligneres Corbieres 
105.00

654  Piece de Roche’02 Corbieres
90.00

655  Chatea Lassegue ’06 St. Emilion Grand Cru
120.00

657  Chateau Latour ’88 Premier Grand Cru
722.00

658  Chateau Lafite Rothschild ’83 Premier Grand Cru
1082.00

Canada

250   Cabernet Franc ’06 Cave Springs      
60.00

251   Cabernet Merlot ’06 Cave Springs 
33.00 

California

450  Pinot Noir ’06 Mirassou
42.00
 
451  Cabarnet Sauvignon ’06 Mirassou
42.00 

452  Cabernet Sauvignon ’06 Black Oak 
39.00

453  Merlot ’05 Tin Roof, Santa Rosa
40.00 

454  Cabernet Sauvignon ’07 McManis
55.00 

455  Pinot Noir ’07 McManis
55.00

456  Cabernet Sauvignon ’06 Murphy Good   Alexander Valley
84.00

457  Cabernet Sauvignon ’06 Ray Station
60.00

458  Syrah ’06 Justin Vineyards  Paso Robles
117.00

459  Merlot ’05 White Hall Lane
112.00

460  Merlot ’07 Mirolssou
42.00

462  Cabernet Sauvignon ’05 Groth Vineyard – Napa Valley
140.00 W.S. 89

463  Cabernet Sauvignon ’05 Von Strasser
135.00

Italy

550  Chianti ’06 Leonardo Davinci DOCG
45.00

551  Chianti ’04 Riserva Duca de Sarangano 
49.50

552  Valpolicella ’07 classico D.O.C.G
45.00

553  Ripasso ‘05 Nicolis Seccal 
81.00

554  Merlot ’05 La Creta,  Lacio
75.00

555  Brunello di Montalcino ‘03 Principesco
120.00

556  Barbaresco ,03 Azienda Vinicola Patrizi 
66.00

557  Barolo ’04 Terradavino
96.00 

558  Amarone ’05 Monte Zovo
95.00

559  Primitivo ’05 Petrelli  Puglia
48.00

560  Lambrusco UBI Maior ’04 Castelvetro  Modena
235.00

561  Rosso di Bastardo ’04 Umbria 
68.00 
 

Other Wines

Sparkling Wine & Champagne

104  Prosecco  Chardonnay - Crpene Malvoti – Italy
45.00

105  Blancs de Noirs ’05 Schramsberg Vineyards 
136.00

106  Mumm’s Extra Dry
140.00

108  Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin  
175.00

109  Dom Perignon ’95 
375.00

Dessert Wines

120  Late Harvest Vidal  Cave Springs                
60.00

122  Muscat Beaume de Venise 375 ml 
59.00

123  Vidal Ice Wine ’06 Cave Springs
150.00

Port & Fortified Wine 
   
Taylor Fladgate ’99
55.00  2oz: 8.00

Dow’s White Port  
48.00  2oz: 8.50

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