It is not too difficult to make sure your order is vegan when you place it online. Under modifications, you just check 'eggless' sauce and mark 'vegan' under special instructions. In my case I screwed the order up, but the kitchen divined my intentions and made our whole order vegan anyway! Then I just cruised up to Scott Road Centre at 120th and about 80th to pick up our food!
I'm going to have trouble remembering what everything was, but for sure, this is Gol Gappe. This is a vegan standby as far as Indian street food is concerned. The picture is messy as Gol Gappe is partly an assemble-it-yourself project. One taps a hole in the crispy little ball, stuffs in a mixture of potato and chickpeas, and adds the sauce. It's messy but very nice. The crispy shell contrasts with the soft filling, and you have a treat.
Tacos! This would have been Aloo Tacos. So a potato croquette, some vaguely taco fixings like tomato, crispy noodles, cilantro and onions all in a hard taco shell reminiscent of the taco shells you get in grocery store kits! This was my wife's favourite.
Some kind of chaat, I am pretty sure this is Bhelpuri. A tasty mix of puffed rice, lentils, peanuts, crispy noodles, and what have you. Salad and chutney keep it from being dry and makes it more than a snack. We love this.
A burger of course! Indian food never used to mean burgers but this Noodle Burger with a potato patty and lots of messy fixin's is at least as tasty as its western cousin as far as we're concerned!
I think this is Aloo Tikki Chaat. We seemed to have ordered a lot of potato dishes but there are a couple of main ingredient soy dishes as well. Anyway potatoes are good for you and are a nice palate for Indian flavours. A couple of chutneys bring the flavour here. We asked for this to be vegan of course, so no yogurt as might usually be the case.
I will have to work on upping my tubular food photo game. This is a Frankie. Aloo, of course, but chutneys and salad all in a tortilla. Not the most exciting thing I have ever eaten, but a snack in a tortilla is certainly convenient!.
A nice big casual but comfortable room, if you choose to eat in. The counter staff was very helpful in verifying that everything was vegan. Indian street food is not a new thing, but it has become very popular in recent years, and Desi Rasoi has its game well sorted!
Food 4 out of 5
Vegan Options Available 4 out of 5
Comfort 4 out of 5
Service 4 out of 5
Value 4 out of 5
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