309 Dhaba Indian Excellence, Restaurant, Toronto

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Dhaba Indian Excellence Reviews

The best Indian restaurant in Toronto I think. Glad my wife found it on menu Palace.

Only Chef PK has a courage to use his spices so boldly making all of his dishes so heavenly! Thank you Chef.

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Dhaba Indian Excellence Menus

Sample Menu Dinner Menu All Day Favorites Desserts Drink List

Sample Menu

Sample Menu A

 

Appetizer

 

French Rack of Lamb

marinated with fresh papaya, ginger, crushed garlic, and

Roasted herbs, touch of dark rum as tenderizer, skewered & grilled over wood

Charcoal in traditional clay oven.

or

Juicy Prawns

Marinated with crushed garlic. Olive oil, carom seeds, Spanish saffron

and black pepper cooked on wood charcoal and served sizzling

 

Entrees

 

Chicken breast tikka

sealed in clay oven & finished in the pan with rich fenugreek

rich fenugreek sauce

or

Chicken breast tikka

cooked with yogurt based tadka gravy with garden mix of

celery, onions, tomato & peppers

or

Ontario’s Fresh baby lamb

cooked with hot herbs and spices from Goa estate like

Vindaloo style or with cashews gravy

or

Ontario’s Fresh baby lamb

cooked with herbs and spices finished with or without mix

vegetables, can also be served with purred spinach and rapinni mix

 

Accompaniments

Option of any small vegetarian side dish upon request

Saffron Basmati Rice with cumin, cloves, cardamoms and bay leaf.

Fresh Garlic Naan bread or Fenugreek herbal Naan bread

Herbal Teas

Ten to choose from.

Fresh Mango Drink

Compliments from Chef P.K.

Sample Menu B

 

Appetizer

 

French Rack of Lamb

marinated with fresh papaya, ginger, crushed garlic, and

roasted herbs, touch of dark rum as tenderizer, skewered & grilled over wood

charcoal in traditional clay oven.

or

Juicy Prawns

Marinated with crushed garlic. Olive oil, carom seeds, Spanish saffron

and black pepper cooked on wood charcoal and served sizzling

&

Breast of chicken

overnight-marinated, almonds, cashews, crushed garlic & olive oil

cooked on wood charcoal & served sizzling.

 

Cold

Mixed seasonal baby greens tossed in home made tamarind dressing with roasted

garbanzo vermicelli

Entrees

 

Kingfish

sealed with fresh garlic and carom seeds and cooked with saffron, dill

cashew sauce.

or

Chicken Breast

sealed in clay oven & finished in the pan with fresh garden

vegetables.

or

Ontario’s Fresh baby lamb or goat cooked with herbs and spices finished with or

without mix vegetables.

or

Ontario’s Fresh baby lamb cooked with herbs and spices finished pureed rapini &

spinach.

 

Accompaniments

 

Saffron Basmati Rice with cumin, cloves, cardamoms and bay leaf.

Fresh Garlic Naan bread or Fenugreek herbal Naan bread

 

Desserts

 

Rice pudding or Home made Pistachio kulfi Ice cream

Herbal Teas

Ten to choose from.

Fresh Mango Drink

Compliments from Chef P.K.

 

Sample Menu C SIX COURSE MENU

 

To Begin with

 

French Rack of Lamb

marinated with fresh papaya, ginger, crushed garlic, and

roasted herbs, touch of dark rum as tenderizer, skewered & grilled over wood

charcoal in traditional clay oven

&

Juicy Prawns

Marinated with crushed garlic, olive oil, carom seeds, Spanish saffron

and black pepper cooked on wood charcoal and served sizzling

 

Cold

Homemade crunch wafers, Sweet potatoes, garbanzo peas, topped with tamarind

yogurt chutney dressing

 

Entrees

 

Prawns or Kingfish

sealed with fresh garlic, carom seeds and cooked with saffron,

and dill saffron sauce

or

Chicken Breast

sealed in clay oven & finished in the pan with fresh ginger, celery,

onions, peppers and herb fenugreek

or

Ontario’s Fresh baby lamb

cooked with herbs and spices finished with or without

garden vegetables, or with fresh spinach and rappini

 

Accompaniments

Saffron Basmati Rice with cumin, cloves, cardamoms and bay leaf

Fresh Garlic Naan bread or Fenugreek herbal Naan bread

 

Desserts

Homemade Rice pudding with golden fried cheese balls

or

Home made pistachio kulfi Ice cream with dried cranberries and rose syrup

 

Herbal Teas

Ten to choose from

Fresh Mango Drink

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Dinner Menu

Watch as we cook

Healthwise Tandoori Delicacies
 
(THE TRADITIONAL CLAY OVEN)
 
"A Tandoor is a traditional clay oven in which coal is at glow all times. Meats Poultry,
Fish and Kebabs are stuck on a long skewer and Grilled / Bar-Be'-Qued over coal and
never actually touching the coal."
 
Starters (small)

Duo of Murgh
Breast of chicken two ways | five spices marinade |
Basil almonds marinade | hung yogurt | charcoal fired oven |
$12.95
 
Venison Tender Tikka
Fresh Four Season’s Denver leg | pecans
rosemary marinade | grilled to perfection | wood charcoal
$7.95
 
Roasted Rack of Lamb
(House Specialty) Double bone | root
ginger papaya marinade | crushed garlic and roasted herbs | char grilled |
juicy medium rare | One of the best from Chef P. K.
$13.95
 
Soft Shell Crab ‘Prime grade’
Lightly spice dusted | fenugreek seasoned |
hanging skewer grilled | slow heat | fennel salad | mint chutney |
$11.95
 
Tiger Prawns
(Best seller) Thai black tigers | chopped garlic |
Indian thyme | Spanish saffron | fired clay oven
$9.95
 
Indus Lobster
3oz tail | white wine garlic poached | sour cream rosemary | Spanish saffron |
skewer grilled | wood charcoal glazed | must for the Seafood Lovers…...
(Seasonal price subject to change without notice)
$13.95
 
Shared Starters (family style)

Trio of Lamb
Fresh New Zealand three ways | Frenched Rack of two bones |
shoulder mince seekh | leg boti | beet root salad | wood coal oven
$19.95
 
Grilled Chicken Tikka
Grain fed | five spice mix | pressed hung yogurt |
Roughly ground roasted chickpeas | charcoal grilled
$16.95
 
Soy Paneer
(Homemade Tofu) Homemade Soy paneer | turmeric |
masala marinade | Skewered | fired wood charcoal
$13.95
 
Dhaba’s Platter
An assortment of | Tandoori chicken | Seekh Kebab |
Chicken Tikka | Tandoori Veggies | Basil Almond Kebab | Soy Paneer
$22.95

Tandoori Tigers (House Specialty )
Black tiger Prawns marinated with crushed
garlic | olive oil | carom seeds | Spanish saffron | wood charcoal
$22.95

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All Day Favorites

Vegetable Samosa
Homemade flaky pasty | lightly spiced potatoes |
roasted cashews | curried chickpeas | baby organic mix |
$4.95
 
Susur Seafood Samosa
Lobster meat | shrimp, calamari, Mussels | home
made flaky pasty | spiced peas and potatoes | served Susur way
$8.95
 
Pakora Pappadum
Onion bhaji fritters | pappadum basket |
$8.95
 
Avocado Chaat Papdi
Homemade crunch wafers | sweet potatoes
garbanzo peas | tamarind yogurt | mint chutney
golden vermicelli
$9.95
 
Semolina Savoury
Crunchy savoury puffs | spice dusted yam aloo | date
tamarind chutney | jeeram infused chickpeas
$9.95
 
Freshly Baked Breads
 
Garlic Naan
(Best Seller) Roasted garlic | white sesame | cilantro
$3.95
 
Chilli Mint Paratha
Multi layered |whole wheat | Chilli mint | or Plain
$4.95
 
Chicken Rosemary Naan
Stuffed in a flour naan bread and freshly baked
Over charcoal fired oven |
$5.95
 
Tandoori Roti
Wheat flour bread freshly baked in the tandoor
$2.95
 
Plain Naan
Flour bread | freshly baked | Clay oven
$2.50
 
Side Orders
 
Pineapple Raita
Home made yogurt | grated cucumbers | vegetable mix | roasted
ground cumin
$3.95
 
Salad
EVO tossed | seasonal baby mix greens 
garbanzo peas | sun dried mango
dressing
$7.95
 
Mango Chutney
Homemade | fresh mangoes | exotic spices 
$2.50
 
Mixed pickle
lime | green mangoes | assorted Vegs. | chilies.
$2.50
 
MAINS (Entrées)
 
Chicken
 
Boti Bocconcini (Tikka Masala)
Rooster tikka | fresh market vegetables
Dhaba’s exotic salsa sauce
$14.95
 
Butter Chicken (House Specialty)
Home smoked Tikka | tomato fenugreek sauce
Indian paprika | garlic .
$14.95
 
Brits’ way Balti
British balti cuisine | chicken desi tadka
TO farmers finished vegetables
$14.95
 
Goan Xacutti
Hot ‘n’ Spicy | wine soaked poppy seed
kazmere chilli | coconut sauce
$14.95
 
Madras josh Curry
Chennai three spices mix | Curry leaf
Southern Indian style
Spring Lamb (Fresh New Zealand)
$14.95
 
Spring Lamb (Fresh New Zealand)

Lamb Tikka Masala
Spring lamb | market vegetables | Mediterranean yogurt
masala gravy
$15.95

Lamb Rappini (saag)
Pureed fresh Rappini | spinach | mustard greens
cumin & roasted garlic
$15.95

P. K’s Rogini Chop Rack
popsicles Kashmere way | nutty broth | infused
fenugreek finish
$19.95
 
Lamb Vindaloo
(House Specialty) | Hot ! curry broth | Goan spices |
lime honey mix | Iron hearted only |
$15.95
 
Game Specialities
 
Venison Mogul (Fresh grade ‘A’)
Four season’s | Fresh New Zealand
Cashew gravy | rich Mogul style
$17.95

Mountain Goat
Fresh New Zealand native goat
leg or chops | bay leaf, mace and cloves | slow
heat | braised over night | gravy glazed finish
$17.95
 
Fish and Shellfish
 
Halibut Bengal Curry
served with mild or curry sauce
$22.95

Spicy Scallops
Hand dived jumbos | garlic chilli
paste | asparagus
$19.95
 
Bombay Prawns
Roasted poppies | Indian thyme | ginger garlic paste |
Bombay spiced touch |
$19.95
 
Lobster Indique (6oz)
lobster tail | wine saffron poached | silky dill
sauce
$26.95
 
Seafood Platter
lobster tail | sea scallop | tiger prawns
mussels, calamari etc.|cumin garlic sautéed
chardonnay infused
$29.95
 
Vegetarian Delights
Aloo Kadchi | Potatoes stuffed | cashew nut
root ginger | shaved Paneer, silky scallion sauce
$13.95
 
Faliyan Beans
Local green beans | garlic infused |
mustard seeds | pine nuts |
$12.95
 
Eggplant oven roasted | tampered aloo |
topped mild mint sauce
$11.95
 
Gobhi Mange tout
Cauliflower, mange tout mix | ground turmeric
cumin and base tadka |
$11.95
 
Makai Okra
local okra| baby sweet corn
fennel seeds | ground haldi |
mango masala hint
$11.95
 
Punjabi Tinda (Indian squash)
garlic chilly roasted | ground cumin
punj poran mix | desi Punjabi style
$12.95

Saag Paneer
pureed rappini | mustard green | garlic paneer
$11.95
 
Chana or Daal masala
curried chickpeas | or black and yellow lentils
Dhaba spices or | fresh spinach
$11.95
 
Cashew Porcini Paneer
Porcini mushrooms | cashew nuts | shallots |
topped rich curried sauce | choice of dry |
mixed vegetables
$13.95
 

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Desserts

Ice Wines
 
‘INDIAN SUMMER' RIESLING (V)
Select Late Harvest, VQA Niagara Peninsula , 375ml
$59.00

(Cave Spring Cellars)
This wine was vinified from Riesling grapes which were left on the vine until late
autumn to concentrate their natural sugars and flavours.
 
VIDAL ICEWINE (V)  
VQA Niagara Peninsula, 50ml
(Inniskillin Wines)
A sweet little offering for those who have never tried Ice wine.
$19.00
 
Brandy
 
Remy Martini Cognac V.S.O.P
ANTIQUE Hine’s Cognac
Remy Martini X.O
 
Liquers
 
Kahlua
Baileys
Drambuie
Triple Sec
Sambuca
Crème de menthe
Malibu
Grand Marnier
GRAND MARNIER 100TH ANNIVERSARY
Medium-deep amber colour; rich orange aromas with vanilla and spice notes;
Balanced palate with a rich, long finish. Made from a blend of cognacs, aged up to
yrs.

Desserts
 
Pistachio Kulfi  
Home made ice cream made with pistachio, almonds and cashew nuts.
$5.00

Mango Kulfi  
Home made mango pistachio ice cream.
$6.00
 
Rice Puding
Home made rice pudding with cashew nuts, served cold.
$5.00

Gulab Jamun
Exotic milk-puffs soaked in homemade rose sugar syrup, garnished with fresh
pistachios.
$5.00
 
Rasmalai
An Exotic, sweet and delightful experience from the west of Bengal. Made from
Chaina Paneer with fresh pistachio, green cardamom and extracts of fresh roses.
$6.00
 
Tea/Coffee
 
Hebal Teas
Green tea, Earl Gray, Lemon & Ginger, Peppermint, Vanilla and more ...
$3.00
 
Masala Chai
 
Tea/Coffee
 
Madras Coffee
 

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Drink List

BEERS
Kingfisher (Indian)
Heineken
Corona
Creemore Premium
Sleeman Ale
Sleeman Dark
Coors Light
Canadian
 
MIXES
All our Martinis and Margaritas are hand shaken and contain 1.5oz liquor
Screw Driver
Ceasar
Dry Martini
Apple Martini
Mango Martini House specialty
Cosmopolitan
DHABA’s Dirty Martini House specialty
Nimboo Margarita
Eemlee Margarita Chef’s choice
Mango Margarita
Strawberry Margarita
Mango Fizz (Non-Alc)
Fruit Punch (Non-Alc)
All Margaritas can be served as Daiquiris of Your choice

SPIRITS
Vodka Grey Goose
Gin Bombay Saphire
Bacardi Clear or Dark
Canadian Club
Rye Whisky
Tequila
Red Label J.W.
Black Label J.W.
Gold Label J.W.
Chivas Regal
Crown Royal
Bourbon “Woodford Reserve”
Jack Daniels
Glenfiddich 12yrs old
Bruichladdich 15yrs old Islay Single Malt
Glenmorangie 18yrs old Highland Single Malt
 
BEVERAGES
Fresh Lime Soda Sweet / Salted
Mango Lassi or Mango Shake
Lassi Sweet / Salted
Tea / Coffee
Masala Chai
Juices of choice
Orange/ Litchi / Apple / Mango / Cranberry
Cold Coffee
Coke / Sprite / Ginger Ale
Nestea
Spring Water
Perrier Water

WINE LIST
RED by Glass
Conchy Toro,Cab.S.Merlot Chile
Lindmens, Shiraz Aus
Sula, Cab. Sauv. Shiraz Ind
Masi, Valpollichella Ita
Carmen, Reserve, Merlot Chlie
Chianti Rufina D.O.C.G Ita
Pinot Noir, Louis Latour Fra
Wolf Blass,Yellow Lbl. (Cabenet Sauvignon) Aus
Chateauneaf-du-pape (MOUSSET) Fra
WHITE by Glass
Chardonnay, E & J Gallo USA
Sauvignon Blanc, Jack. Triggs Can
Soave, Masi Ita
Sauvignon Blanc, Sula winery Ind
Reisling, 00 “Reserve” VQA (Cave Springs Cellars) Can
Pinot Grigio, Santa Margherita Ita
Gewurztaminer, Alsace Fra
ROSE by Glass
Rose d’Anjou Fra
Beringer W. Zinfandel Usa
 
CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING WINE
Henkell Trocken Brut Ger
Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial Fra
Veuve Clicquet-Ponsardin
(Vintage Réserve) Brut
Fra
La Grande-dame AC Champagne Veuve Clicquet-
Ponsardin
Fra

RED BOTTLE 750ml
Gamay, VQA Henry of Pelham Can
Perrin Reserve, Cotes du Rhone Fra
Cannonau di sardegna,98 “Reserve” DOC Ita
Beaujolais-Villages, 01 Louis Jadot Fra
Mouton Cadet Bordeaux Fra
Merlot, Bordeaux Fra
Pinot Noir, Louis Latour Fra
Shiraz, Rosemount Estate South of Aus
Shiraz, Cab. Sauv. Red Label South of Aus
Cab.Sauv“Reserve”00 VQA Okangn. Valley Can
Chianti Classico, 01 DOCG Tuscany Ita Ita
Shiraz Classic, Grey Label Aus Aus
Shiraz, Wolf Blass Premium Selection Aus Aus
Merlot, 00 Napa Valley, Sterling USA
Amarone,99 Della Valpollichella DOCTideschi Ita
Chateauneuf-du-pape Pere Anslem La Fiole Fra
Chateauneuf-du-pape, 99 Le Bernardine Fra
Cab.Sauvignon, 99 Napa Valley,R. Mondavi USA
Cab.Sauvignon, 98 Knights valley Beringer USA
Barolo, 98 DOCG Giacomo Ashcheri Ita
Brunello Di Montalcino,98 DOCG Castello Banfi Ita

WHITE by Bottle 750ml
Orvieto Classico, Antinori Ita
Mouton Cadet, Bordeaux Fra
Sauv. Blanc, Santa Rita “Reserve” Chil
Pinot Grigio, Folonari Ita
Chardonnay, Wolf Blass Aus
Chardonnay, Black Opal Aus
Chardonnay, Reserve VQA M.Hill B.C. V Can
Chardonnay, Bourgogne Louis Jadot V Fra
Pouilly – Fuisse, P & F Fra
Chablis, Les vieilles vignes V Fra
Sancerre “Les Baronnes”Henry Bourgeois V Fra
Fume – Blanc, Napa Valley Rob. Mondavi V Usa
Chardonnay, Napa Valley Beringer Pvt. Reserve V Usa
Conundrum, Five Grapes Mix from California V Usa

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