By Amy Van Veen (The Cascade) – Email
Print Edition: June 19, 2013
#2 – 3280 Mt. Lehman Road, Abbotsford
Phone: 604-625-1947
Hours: Daily from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Price: up to $13.95 (not including family packs)
Every time I discover a new delicious Indian restaurant, I get a rush of excitement and feel the need to shout it from the mountaintops. Although, now that I think about it, I have yet to have a bad butter chicken experience – but maybe it’s because our corner of the Fraser Valley knows how to marry those creamy spices into one delicious explosion of flavour.
Curry Time, nestled behind the Starbucks by the Mt. Lehman Road exit, has been a favourite of mine for purchasing one-too-many samosas. I call ahead and pick up a dozen or two on my way to the beach, on my way home and pretty much whenever I want people to like me because they are, in a word, perfect.
With the right amount of crunch on the outside and spicy red pepper flakes on the inside paired with a dipping sauce that makes me too happy to speak, their samosas are consistently delicious. I decided, then, that it was about time for me to peruse their menu and see what other dishes could live up to the samosa standard. And since butter chicken is my weakness (and they have a $10.95 special including butter chicken, rice and naan), I couldn’t resist.
And boy, I was not disappointed.
The butter chicken was somehow both creamy and light with a stronger tomato flavour in the sauce than other butter chicken dishes I’ve had. Though they didn’t offer different levels of spice, the heat was just the right amount to keep my mouth happily scorched – provided I had a large glass of milk within arm’s reach since my foray into spicy foods only began in the last couple of years.
The naan melted in my already burning mouth, soaking up the heat and filling my heart with happiness. (What can I say? Naan is a weakness.)
With friendly staff who don’t judge me for picking up a dozen samosas on my own, chicken orders that don’t skimp on the chicken, a creamy, spicy sauce that I have dreams about, and both dine-in and take-out options, Curry Time is a return-worthy place.
Plus, from that one butter chicken order, I was able to get four meals – though next time I would order more naan (because there’s just never enough naan to go around).
