TASTE BLENDS — Restaurant in Edmonton

This review might be a little out of place considering the plethora of 5 star reviews.

We visited this place and ordered the vada, a few dosas and biryani.

The presentation and ambience of the place is great. The hostess/server could be a little more outgoing. Regardless, great décor and setting of tables. I couldn't help but notice the numerous wires just hanging from the back of the TV - could help to tidy that up a little.

Onto the food, the potatoes used in the dosa were very sweet - the food overall was under seasoned and lacked a general 'good taste'. The food was sent back and the owner assured us they were using russet potatoes which shouldn't be on the sweeter side. That only comes down to using stale and older potatoes where the starches convert to sugar.

Secondly, the vada! The recipe and ingredients were great and I was expecting it to be the savior. Unfortunately, it had a very odd and burnt (coal like) taste which means they are reusing old oil.

Lastly, on to the biryani which was beautifully wrapped in Banana leaves. You could smell and taste the staleness of the rice and the actual composition and elements of the biryani were missing. Instead we had chicken with a thick sauce bundled up and spiced rice sitting on top as if a previously prepared chicken curry dish was mixed up with a stale serving of rice. Under seasoned as well.

I suggest the restaurant to really focus on their quality of ingredients, preparation and a touch more focus on taste and flavor.

Patrons go to a restaurant to experience great tasting food - which was absolutely...

We went to this place just for a change , me and my colleagues usually go out for Friday lunch . I gotta tell this is like eating in home with 5star taste . I usually feel sick when I eat outside ( the extra ingredients they add to make food better will Make sick) but I believe they either don’t add or add little bit which doesn’t affect anyone . I tried Mutton Kizhi biryani it is authentic Kerala biryani, out of all biryani I have tasted in Canada this is the best and authentic . Also their chilli fish is good , parota is highlight of this store , it’s not some frozen parota like other restaurants. Mutton Kothu parota is good as well. My Colleagues tried dosas and they said they were all amazing and they said we will stick to this store always . Cx service is awesome , guy who served was Melvin who has got high cx service skill and smiling face always which you don’t see in many restaurants. I will not go to any other restaurants other than this one . To be short the most underrated restaurant . This needs to be reach all over so people get to eat (know) what is authentic South Indian food . Trust me try this you won’t regret , I...

When I moved to Edmonton from Toronto, the first thing I did was look-up all thre kerala restaurants here. I started exploring the food from all the restaurants and this particular restaurant made me want to actually write a review because of how outstanding their menu and how absolutely delicious their food was. I only tried their buffet but I think I can speak for almost all their items because of the amount of options you get to choose from in the buffet. Tasted all of the offerings and I can confidently say that the food will not disappoint you. It hits right at that spot and makes you feel like you're at an actual Kerala restaurant. The mouthwatering buffet got even better when the staff told me that there were more items in the buffet that were not on the table, like kallappam, thattu dosa, Porotta etc. that I could just ask them to bring to my table freshly made.

If you are in Edmonton and looking for authentic Kerala food and are very picky about food taste and texture, I would recommend Taste Blends without a second thought. So easy to...