"Dosa Factory is the real deal." So I've been told by my Indian counterparts who are subject matter experts on the topic of Indian Food. To rival the well-established dosa joint, House of Dosas on Kingsway, Dosa Factory opened up.... a few doors down! What a bad-ass. They also price-matched the Monday $5.99 dosa deal. WIN for all of us!
Instead of taking advantage of the Monday $5.99 deal, we somehow ended up going on a Tuesday and paid nearly double the price, because one simply cannot wait around with Indian cravings!
Pictured above was my dosa combo, part of the Tuesday $9.99 special. The special consists of any dosa of your choice (Mine was chicken, well hidden under the dosa wrap), a vada (donut thinger), an idly (white rice cake), and a lentil (?) soup. The amount of carbs in this meal was unbelievable. I had to unbutton my pants to finish half the dosa.
First of all, this is still a good deal even if it's not $5.99. There was a fair amount of chicken in the dosa. However, as for the "donut" and "rice cake", I'd say, they're unnecessary. They come with little flavour (you gotta use the dip sawce) and they primarily serve the purpose of making you more full which would be great in a zombie apocalypse. The soup was light and tasty.
My companion had a crepe-like dosa (pictured above) which I think was the "Madrasi style special dosa" with special chutney and masala. I had a bite of it, which offered an explosion of flavours. Logistically, it was much more manageable to eat a crepe-shaped dosa. She devoured it within minutes. I still think I got more "stuff" in my dosa. A better bang (for the buck). Size matters (for value).
Another friend ordered an indo-chinese fried rice, which she really didn't care for. Lesson learned: stick to Indian food at Indian restaurants!
Overall, the experience at Dosa Factory was positive, if only the service wasn't SO DAMN SLOW! It took us 30 mins to flag down a server to order our food, and there were only 2 other groups in the restaurant at the time.
On a side note, my throat felt so dry after eating the dosa. MSG? Spice overload?
Food quality: 5/5 I can't pick faults with Indian food
Service: 2/5 too slow
Ambience: 3/5 diner style joint
Value: 5/5 great value, especially on Mondays
http://dosafactoryvancouver.com/
