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Foodie Experiences
Indian Dinner at Vij's
Vikram Vij's legendary modern Indian room, where the wine-marinated lamb popsicles have been redefining romance since the '90s.
Foodie Experiences
Vikram Vij's legendary modern Indian room, where the wine-marinated lamb popsicles have been redefining romance since the '90s.
Vij's is the restaurant equivalent of knowing where the good seats are: it signals that you've done your homework without making a big deal of it. Vikram Vij has been redefining Indian fine dining in this city since the '90s, and he still moves through the dining room himself, checking that you're appropriately dazzled by the wine-marinated lamb 'popsicles' in fenugreek cream, which are exactly as good as everyone says and come on a short stick, which is charming. The kitchen runs West Coast ingredients through deep, layered Indian spicing, the room is warm and genuinely buzzy, and there's a patio upstairs when summer cooperates, which in Vancouver is an event worth scheduling around. Go hungry, order broadly, share everything, and let the fragrance of the kitchen do the introduction.
