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Maurya
Victoria St, Kamloops

Located where the China Village was forever, Maurya offers up quite a large selection of Indian food. I've eaten here a number of times, and it has been consistently good. On Thursdays and Fridays, there is a lunch buffet for $9.95. This is a great way to try something new for those who aren't familiar with Indian food. Anything ordered off of the menu is served much like it is in Indian restaurants. Each dish comes with an order of rice. Maurya's menu is quite extensive and may intimidate. So for the newbies to Indian food, I suggest the Goa chicken, malai kofta, palak paneer, the butter chicken and any of the naans. This is only a smattering of what is offered. Considering how consistently good the food is here, I wouldn't hesitate to try any of the other dishes.

posted by reviewer @ 8:43 PM 0 Comments

Starbucks
Anywhere in the Kamloops (perhaps the world?)

I don't think that Starbucks has particularly good coffee unless you take it home and brew it yourself. However, it does have excellent marketing and packaging which I can't resist. Anyways, I love the Chantico drinking chocolate. I prefer to have it in the shop served up in a porcelain cup with a saucer. It is rich, creamy and sweet...unlike the hot chocolate which can be bitter unless you ask for extra chocolate flavouring. This cup of pure decadence is $3.16 including taxes. While I think this is a stand-alone item, I agree with my friend that a very mild cookie or wafer would make dipping a lot of fun. So since it is the season to get fatter, go ahead and indulge in a cup of chocolate heaven...perhaps one of these days they'll sell it in large enough quantities that one could take a bath in it.
PS. On my way into Vancouver, there was a billboard advertising a chocolate university. While I was happy to try Chantico...you would be amazed at my disappointment that there wasn't such a thing as a chocolate university...hey Starbucks, why not? McDonalds has a hamburger university!!!

posted by reviewer @ 4:35 PM 0 Comments

Hello Toast
Victoria St, Kamloops

Every time I say the name of this cozy little breakfast diner, I think of Seinfeld making a voice for his at the time girlfriend's belly and saying "hellloooo".....I like this place for breakfast....My favourites are the omlettes, particulary the mushroom and cheese or the spinach and feta. I think the traditional breakfast is okay but nothing really special. More than anything, it is a cozy place to meet friends and have coffee and breakfast. This is not a place where you go if you are looking for formalities...it is a shop of mismatches -the chairs, the dishes, etc....The servers are friendly...the service relatively good even when it is very busy...Just a comfortable place to sit and visit...Breakfasts run between $6.00-$10.00. You will pay for all the extras you order...except for an extra egg apparently. Even so, it is worth it to have a comfortable and homey place to meet.

posted by reviewer @ 4:23 PM 0 Comments