I stopped in at the byward market stall location today to pick up some indian food - with the plan to hopefully have enough left over for lunch tomorrow. I ordered the Channa Masala meal, the mutter paneer meal and a peice of naan. Thinking I would be buying a good quantity of food, I didn’t mind the 21$ price tag for this.
While I was being served, the owner was bragging about how his restaurant has better chefs then the 5 star restaurants in the vicinity (what ever that means), and he explained that his food was the best Indian food in Ottawa.
The naan was not made fresh to order. Although it was tasty after I re-toasted it in my oven, it was likely made in the morning and had been sitting around for a while. There were literally 4 pieces of paneer in my mutter paneer. It was tasty, but totally not worth it. The channa was pretty good, but it was almost akin to a southern/chili type baked beans, albeit with chickpeas. Very tasty, but not what I would call authentic channa masala.
My son and I enjoyed sharing a veggie samosa at the Shafali Bazaar in the Byward Market Square. His review, "This is spicy. I like spicy!"