{"id":10359,"date":"2017-03-29T13:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T21:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/?p=10359"},"modified":"2018-01-23T16:33:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T00:33:16","slug":"tasting-indian-mexican-concept-newly-opened-masaladobo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickydiners.com\/www\/tasting-indian-mexican-concept-newly-opened-masaladobo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting the “Indian-Mexican” Concept at Newly Opened Masaladobo"},"content":{"rendered":"

The formerly Cannibal Cafe <\/strong>has become Masaladobo<\/a> <\/strong>on 4<\/em>33 Granville Street<\/em>. Although under the same management, the restaurant has brought in Top Chef Canada<\/strong> Alumni, Kunal Ghose<\/a>\u00a0to work on a brand new menu with an Indian-Mexican concept.<\/p>\n

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Chef Kunal Ghose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was invited to try the unique dishes created by Chef Kunal and his team. The tasting began with the Tacocone<\/strong>, the roti-taco-handroll hybrid, with the namesake sauce, Masaladobo<\/strong>, combining Masala, the world’s favourite Indian sauce and the heat of Adobo, the Mexican pepper, as well as Raita Verde<\/strong>,\u00a0their Indian-inspired version of salsa verde, and Plancha Tortilla<\/strong>, the\u00a0gluten free corn tostada. The<\/p>\n

The tacocones, along with a variety of bowls, soups and salads, will be served over the grab-and-go counter during lunch hours. This should please the downtown crowd with the food that is largely gluten and dairy free, with vegan options, and most importantly, with big flavours.<\/p>\n

I was quite impressed with how flavourful the sauces and the soups taste, with such great complexity. Who would have known Indian spices and Mexican ingredients can work so beautifully together? \u00a0The local ingredients are featured as well, such as the Blackened Tuna Tikka Taki<\/strong> ($14) with dry tikka spiced and quick-seared albacore tuna,<\/p>\n

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tacocones<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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blackened tuna tikka taki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The add-on options for the Tacocones, bowls or salad are also the tapas style cantina plates during their Happy\/Cantina Hour<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>from 2 pm – close, for a 2-for-1 deal. The tapas dishes I tried were all bursting with incredible flavours:<\/p>\n