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Named for chef Tushar Tondvalkar's mother and the Marathi word for poetry, Kavita's Ammakase tasting earns both meanings course by course.
West 3rd Avenue, Mount Pleasant / Olympic Village
More infoKavita is what happens when a chef from Bangkok's Michelin-starred Gaggan comes home to cook a love letter. Tushar Tondvalkar named it for his mother and the Marathi word for poetry, then built an Ammakase tasting that runs through regional Indian courses anchored in Fraser Valley ingredients, like buttery lamb with smoked honey. It's tiny with an open kitchen, so book well ahead and come genuinely hungry.
Book the Ammakase tasting well ahead, this is a tiny open-kitchen room and it fills fast. Come properly hungry and let the kitchen drive: four punchy snacks lead into five regional courses, so don't fill up early and don't skip the cocktail pairing (the bar program is genuinely a highlight). Don't miss the dry-aged Fraser Valley duck curry, the menu's quiet showstopper. Budget a relaxed two hours and change; with the chefs working an arm's length away, the food does most of your talking for you.
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