India’s Taste located at 680 Denison Street in Markham (they have an updated logo)

Updating this post with a recent visit on February 3, 2024:

I visited India’s Taste in Markham with my own family for their lunch buffet this past weekend.  It’s surreal that the bottom post was last published in 2016.  India’s Taste still has the same appeal for all-you-can-eat Indian food for an affordable price.  I am really grateful that they survived the pandemic and are still able to offer lunch and dinner buffets.

We arrived around 12 p.m. on a Saturday and were able to get a table immediately.  There weren’t many people inside, to my surprise.  More customers did start to roll in and dine in by the time we left at 2:30 p.m. though.

Buffet prices

Their buffet prices are listed very plainly at their front counter.  (When you are finished with your meal, you return to the front counter to pay — this is what I always remembered and this was the case for our visit this time too.)

They removed a middle section and turned the entire hot buffet table horizontally

The buffet section was smaller than I last remembered and they renovated their upper level section too with some beautiful lights.  However, once we started browsing the food selections, there was plenty to eat and lots of selections still.

New decor

Curries and rice

Desserts and hot selections

Fruits and salads and panipuri

Desserts selection

The staff were very friendly and nice.  The female staff asked whether we wanted regular naan or garlic naan to our table.  I asked for both.  She also asked if we wanted dosa (which they never offered in previous visits) and I said yes to that too.

Garlic naan

Dosa

My main plates of lunch

Everything was so delicious.  They have so many types of curries and chicken and desserts.  This time coming to dine with 2 toddlers is different.  We basically have to scarf down our food but everything was so delicious still.

The Tandoori chicken was a bit dry (but my husband said his drumstick piece was fine).  There was a type of chicken that was green on the outside that was delicious too.

The panipuri were so delicious too.  (On my last blogged visit, I didn’t know how to eat them.  But since attending a wedding that had them at their late night table and ordering them as takeout once, I now know what they are and how to eat them).

They had a sweet corn soup too which my older child liked.

Their yellow coloured noodles were really great too.

My plate of desserts

Reading my previous blog post, I found the Indian carrot pudding too sweet but this time, I really enjoyed it.  It was like comfort food to me.  I loved the texture of it and how it was warm and slightly sweet.

I also liked their vanilla cake (it was dense but had a nice texture to it) and the rasgulla (light, refreshing sweetness).

After so many visits to this restaurant, it was only this time that I noticed that they have a huge variety of Indian desserts for sale at their front counter.  My friend recently gave me some of their jelabi which was especially why I took notice of their dessert counter.  This is amazing.  I wonder what happens to their unsold goods?  Could they join Too Good To Go? ;D

Desserts for sale at their front counter

Such a great visit.  I know we will be back in the future.  We were so full and stuffed.

Below post originally published on August 18, 2016:

India’s Taste located at 680 Denison Street in Markham

It’s been many years since I’ve gone for Indian food (not sure why that is), so it was really great to dine at India’s Taste with two good friends of mine this past week.

India’s Taste is located at 680 Denison Street in Markham (near Woodbine).  It’s located on Denison Street where there are a lot of factories and commercial buildings which makes it a little hard to find if you don’t drive by this area often.  I’ve passed by India’s Taste hundreds of times as I used to drive by here often in the past but never ventured in for a meal until now.

India’s Taste; easy to miss so drive slowly on Denison as you watch out for its blue sign

India’s Taste is an all day buffet serving vegetarian and non-vegetarian options, pastries, and sweets.  They’re open seven days a week.  They also service a la carte items too.

Really clean, spacious, and modern

We arrived here on a Wednesday evening and enjoyed the various of Indian options from the buffet line.  At first, it didn’t look like a lot of selections but there were actually more than enough and I found I couldn’t even fit one of each item into my stomach.

Special platters

Vegetarian section

A lot of different types of curries and goat and chicken!

Vegetables and fruits and dessert!

They bring you fresh naan bread to your table but sometimes you have to wave the server down for some extra naan or water at your table.  It’s a very casual restaurant and fit for families and gatherings.

Naan brought to your table

I really liked the food I had here.  I can’t name everything that was on my plate as I didn’t want to stand in front of each food station to take photos of every sign like a food journalist — I’m a foodie but it’s not my job to capture everything sometimes lol.  I have to say that I really enjoyed the vegetarian options like the eggplant, yogurt, and also the Tandoori chicken.  There were other things I enjoyed too but I can’t recall the name of. XD

I really liked what I got here in this first dish — Tandoori chicken drumstick, more chicken and fish, and some vegetarian choices

Trying out the curries and samosas! The one with soft cheese was quite good and the yogurt curry was distinctly sour

Gajar Ka Halwa — also called carrot pudding, minced carrots cooked in milk served warm dessert topped and garnished with almonds, cashewnuts and Kishmish.  I liked this but it was a bit sweet so I was glad I only got a small portion to try.

Did I mention that I loved the naan here?  It was fresh, soft, and hot.  It went so well with the curries.  It’s best served hot so eat it once it gets to your table! 🙂

Ras Malai
-sugary, cream to yellow-colored balls (or flattened balls) of paneer soaked in malai (clotted cream)

This dessert called Ras Malai (sugary, cream to yellow-colored balls or flattened balls of paneer soaked in malai, clotted cream) was spongy and reminded me of tofu but it sat in a sweet broth.  This was actually really good!

The selections were all very fresh and flavourful and authentic.  I would come here again for some all-you-can-eat Indian food. 🙂  The prices are very reasonable too!