{"id":729,"date":"2012-05-18T09:16:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T13:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2012-05-23T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T19:52:13","slug":"tiffin-lunch-time-tiffinday-vegan-downtown-lunch-delivery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/tiffin-lunch-time-tiffinday-vegan-downtown-lunch-delivery\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiffin Lunch Time – Tiffinday Vegan Downtown Lunch Delivery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I felt like I could use a midday pick-me-up so I ordered lunch from Tiffinday again. I’ve covered their background a little and there is more information about Tiffinday here<\/a>. So I come from the point of view of someone that is already a fan.<\/p>\n

\"Tiffanday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve been known to forget to eat lunch on a fairly regular basis, but on Tiffinday day, I was watching the clock like a hawk (if hawks watched clocks.) Tick tock the time crept by… but finally lunch arrived and was brought over by Seema (the owner\/operator\/almost everythinger at Tiffinday.)
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\nI ordered the Kachori as a starter, but ended up eating it last. It is a round ball pastry stuffed with crushed peas, lentils and flavoured with cinnamon and cloves. It arrived with tamarind sauce which greatly enhanced the flavour, but it had a really intense clovey flavour and I realize I’m generally not a big fan of cloves. On the bright side, the texture was really interesting and it was nice to try an East Indian dish I was not familiar with.<\/p>\n

\"Tiffanday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My main entree was the curried aviyal with basmati rice. Aviyal is made with plantains cooked with green cluster beans and carrots in a coconut sauce. It was hearty and fragrant and my coworkers were jealous of my lunch – mission accomplished. There is cilantro in this, so if you dislike that delicious herb, skip this dish, otherwise, it’s so yummy you should try it. Also, coconut sauce.<\/p>\n

\"Tiffanday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In the end, I had Nani-ma cookies. They were described as a soft, Indian version of Italian biscotti. Accurate. I let each bite of the cookie\u00a0dissolve\u00a0on my tongue and was left with this pleasant heat. Cardamom, nutmeg, and pistachio flavours combined, it almost had the texture of a slightly more dense spicy ladyfinger. I didn’t share. Maybe next time.<\/p>\n

\"Tiffanday\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m plotting out which day I can justify ordering from Tiffinday again this month. I’ve limited myself to two days a month, and it’s hard to decide which day I want to actually eat a tasty lunch. With the improvements in the weather, I almost want to bring my own tiffins to work and eat outside, but odds are I will have a Tiffinday outdoor lunchtime picnic before I bring my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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