For our last big meal in town, we decided to try Dolan Uyghur Restaurant. They specialize in Uyghur food. There's only two other Uyghur restaurants (Urumqi Ozgu Uyghur Cuisine and Le Taklamakan, both in Lasalle).
We dropped in on a Saturday evening with 7:00pm reservations. They didn't have a table ready for us when we arrived. Service was a bit timid but fine. Our waitress asked how spicy we wanted our dishes.
The menu is short with big plates, noodles, kebabs, bread and salad/appetizers.
- Jasmine tea ($5.99 big pot) - good to share between our group of 7.
- Tripe épicée ($7.99) - decent portion of tripe and the sauce was an interesting mix of sweet and spicy (very mild).
- Naan ($4.99 for 3) - dry and tasteless.
- 2x Polo (pilaf Ouïghour) ($16.99) - pilaf was tasty. The lamb skewers had a good bite. The yogurt was unique with the addition of the honey drizzled on top.
- Nouilles de riz épicé ($14.99) - this was the "spiciest" dish (medium level). Enjoyable kick. The noodles were interesting for a rice noodle; slightly firmer in texture.
- Dolan leghmen ($16.99) - noodles had a toothsome bite while the sautéed beef was excellently cooked.
- Qorma poulet ($35.00) - good portion of bone-in chicken. The thin, flat noodles were solid and soaked up all the sauce.
- Qorma agneau ($45.00) - the lamb (about 10 pieces) was my favourite out of everything we ordered. Tender yet meaty. The naan, which even drenched in sauce, was still dry.
Good eats at DUR. Worth a trip across the bridge. 4.5 stars read more
