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Perhaps many who will read this review of three famous restaurants in Dubai — Canara, Eric’s and Treat — that serve coastal fish curries will react saying... “Ah Canara… been there number of times. Just love their masali kaddi (fish curry)”. While Canara is sought especially by Mangaloreans, Goans and East Indians, Eric’s and Treat are loved by foodies across Dubai and Sharjah.
If your taste buds are yearning for authentic Mangalorean fish curry with the right blend of sautéed coconut, tamarind and paste of ground masalas mixed so beautifully you don’t even realise the base is coconut, then Canara is the place for you.
The cosy little restaurant has a feel of homemade food. As you enter, you might even hear snatches of conversations:
(What’s on the menu today?). The restaurant has a white board on which names of dishes are written with a marker pen, reminding you of dingy joints in Mumbai. It is not plush and that makes it more realistic and appealing.
The staff is extremely humble advising you to taste the chicken with their famous neer dosa, and to begin your meal with starters like fried squid, tawa fry, rawa fry prawns, and prawns koliwada that will transport you straight to marshy lands of Gorai or Manori in Mumbai. Strongly recommended: their surmai curry, with mota chawal (red rice), kori roti – thinly spread dry rice roti — with mutton/ chicken curry, shell fish, mutlya — steamed rice balls in an oval or round shape, gives you
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a true feel of rural Mangalore kitchens.
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The Goan restaurant based in Karama boasts of ambotik, a chilli paste with kokum base— an authentic Goan fish curry. Venith Torres, 45, the Goan owner of Treat, says, “It’s been 10 years now and our famous ambotik has been the favourite among other dishes. He also recommends beef chops, and croquets. Recommended, again: beef potato chops, mutton vindaloo, beef chilli fry and prawn curry. Almost completing a decade in Karama, Eric’s opened its doors in 2006, and has left customers spellbound. It’s no wonder they keep coming back for more. “Our signature dish is strongly recommended for everyone, chicken cafreal — grilled chicken, with green spices and potatoes, says Eric Lewis, the owner of Eric’s. Loads of positive reviews for the chicken vindaloo, chicken xacuti and the beef chilli home style, along with the bread basket. But the other delicacies that can make your taste buds wanting more are the fish and prawn curries.
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