#FoodPornFriday Went downtown for a personal favourite: Terra Cotta

Up late for a Twitter Party and just realized that it's turned into #FoodPornFriday!

This past week my wife and I headed downtown to one of our favourite places to eat: Terra Cotta Pizza.  It had been far too long since we've been there. I think it was a bit over a year ago. Which is a shame.

While I was slightly disappointed that they no longer server Okanagan Spring beer on tap (for some reason it went with their pizza so well) the food was as amazing as ever.

If you dig fresh hot wood oven pizza you have got to check this place out. Call for reservations and head down there on a Tuesday and you can even get 2 for 1.

#FoodPornFriday Take-out isn't just for Pizza and Chinese - India Palace

For this week's #FoodPornFriday post I figured I would feature some take-out. Now normally when people think take-out they think Pizza (especially here in Windsor and with good reason) or Chinese food. Actually we do the traditional take-out often enough that every time we go to order I wrack my brain for something different. 

One of my favourite forms of 'something different' is Indian and the best place to get Indian food in Windsor is: India Palace. This rather tiny place is easy to overlook at their location at 1167 Ottawa Street across from Lansbury Park. I have to admit I've never eaten in there but I do like to get take-out from there.

I became interested in Indian food because of the TV show Red Dwarf. One of the characters, Lister, is obsessed with Curries, specifically Vindaloos. One of the episodes even has the crew fight a Vindaloo monster. At some point quite a few years back I went into India Palace and told them: "I want a Lamb Vindaloo and some other stuff. For someone eating Indian for the first time what would you recommend."

While I don't remember exactly what we got back then, I do know that the meal included Butter Chicken and Garlic Naan as those are the two things we enjoyed the most and ended up on the 'order every time' list. Along with those I still get Lamb Vindaloo every time. Other than that we mix it up. 

What you see up there at the top is the Lamb Vindaloo on the left, the Butter Chicken at the bottom and Paneer Masala at the top. This all surrounds a portion of the largest serving of fried rice I've ever seen. Seriously, check it out, it's over there on the right. Added to the insanity of that portion, my wife and I ordered two! Never again.

One heads up about India Palace and Indian food in general, for those who haven't tried it. It's HOT! Hot as in spicy. Every dish we ordered here besides the rice had some serious bite to it. Personally I enjoy this (at least while eating it, not as much the next day). You can let them know how hot you would like it, but even medium is pretty hot. 

So the next time you are sitting at home thinking "I don't feel like cooking, let's get take-out", forget the traditional Pizza and Chinese and try something new.