July 21, 2011: Lakshmi

6/8/2013 - It seems equally though Lakshmi is closed. The site is beingness transformed into notwithstanding to a greater extent than or less other burger articulation - we'll continue yous posted.

Depot de Pain). It's a cute picayune house amongst seats for mayhap thirty people together with a relatively brusque carte du jour - half dozen curries including three vego dishes together with a few sides.

We were greeted amongst a picayune bowl of mixed spicy treats (on the house) piece nosotros mulled over our choices. Drink-wise Lakshmi is strictly BYO, amongst simply a couplet of non-alcoholic options: mango together with tamarind. We both chose the tamarind quaff - it was sugariness together with non-carbonated together with a decent plenty accompaniment for our curries.

I couldn't resist the lure of the thali: dahl, raita, pickle, chutney, salad, pappadums together with rice summation your choice of curry (chickpea masala for me!) for $18.90.

chickpea curry, amongst the add-on of crispy fresh beans together with a slightly less intense flavour. The array of accompaniments was a prissy acquit on but I in all likelihood didn't bespeak pickles, raita and chutney. I create dearest my pickles though together with this i (lime) was pretty great.

Cindy took on the other vegetarian curry on the menu, the Sri Lankan pumpkin (with fenugreek seeds, curry leaves, mustard seeds together with kokosnoot milk, $13.90) amongst a side of roti ($4). The curry was sugariness together with mildly spiced, amongst the fenugreek together with mustard seeds shining through, piece the roti performed much ameliorate than Chin Chin's version.

Melbourne's other Indian places, shooting for the classier cease of the marketplace position occupied past times Roti Man together with Indya Bistro. I idea that they measured upward pretty well, piece I intend Cindy in all likelihood favours their near neighbours. The carte du jour is limited, together with thus how oft nosotros company dorsum volition depend on how oft nosotros experience similar repeating these dishes (or how oft Lakshmi alter things around). Still, it's a prissy add-on to the neighbourhood, together with i that I intend volition create pretty well.

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Lakshmi
687 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
9349 5525
veg eats $14 - $19

Accessibility: There's a pocket-size footstep on entry together with pocket-size to moderate room betwixt tables. We didn't banking concern fit out the toilets.