If there is one type of food to dominate Parkdale, it's the roti. Within a two-block radius of Queen and Lansdowne, there are nearly a dozen roti shops all serving variations of this traditional Indian bread, stuffed with vegetables, spices and meats.
Ali's West Indian Roti Shop, located at 1446 Queen Street West, prepares rotis as they are favoured in Guyana: soft and layered. I ordered a chicken roti, and accepted the offer of hot sauce. My take-out order came in a recyclable paper bag (cool points for not using styrofoam or tin foil) that I carried home to eat on a ceramic dinner plate with a metal fork and knife.
The dhalpuri roti bread was stuffed with split peas, cumin, garlic, pepper and chicken. With the hot sauce, it was quite spicy and delicious.
I was unable to finish my entire $7.50 (plus tax) order, and so stored nearly half of it in the fridge for a lunch snack to be enjoyed later. Cold, Ali's Roti was still delicious.
Next stops in the quest for the best roti in Parkdale: Roti Lady and Bacchus.
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