Since moving here I have tried many different restaurants in search of a curry that approximates the pleasure I used to get from eating curry in the UK. The Chinese curry in England is a saucy savoury taste sensation like no other (probably due to the amount of MSG they put in it) which I have totally given up on finding in Canada, but I thought English style Indian curry (i.e. heavily spiced and with plenty of sauce) would be easy to find.

Unfortunately, I am yet to find a restaurant that completely satisfies (why is this country so obsessed with butter chicken?), but yesterday we went to Sitar in Gastown and you know what…it was ALMOST as good. I ordered a jalfrezi - the spice was great, the sauce was saucy, the chicken was juicy and plentiful but…in England this would have a drier, spicier sauce and have plenty of red and green peppers - the Jalfrezi I had yesterday came with peas and green beans. And sweetcorn. Now, someone in that kitchen has a sense of humour. I will be returning to try out their Dhansak, which in England has lentils in but I’m sure the Sitar chef will add something more along the lines of… broccoli, perhaps.