* UPDATE March 23rd 2014:  We went to Magic Mint tonight and I decided to confirm again if the onion kulcha was vegan as the last couple of times they told me it was.  But when I googled recipes they all seemed to have dairy.  Anyway tonight I was told their onion kulcha has milk in it  🙁  I’m hoping it didn’t the times I ordered it but well, it would explain the (TMI alert) Sneaky Dairy Poos.

Husband and I returned to Magic Mint in Moonee Ponds for a lovely meal.  Magic Mint always has great service, the food is good and I get to take leftovers home for breakfast.  So it’s a win on all fronts!

The first time we visited, I ordered the mixed veg curry.  On the second visit, I got the eggplant, potato and pea masala.  For this third visit I went back to the veg curry with coconut rice.  I ordered onion kulcha on the side but forgot to take a photo:

Husband and I are always happy with our visits to Magic Mint and it’s our go-to Indian restaurant.

Now on to the humour part of today’s broadcast.  I’m usually a bit slow catching up on all these funny clips and stories that float around the WWW so I’m guessing a lot of my readers have seen the following clip.  The “you have never seen a more inexplicable clip than this” really sums it up for me.  I swear I sat there in a state of utter confusion and speechlessness, with some laughter (hello Tonya Harding!) thrown in before going back to being utterly confused.  Enjoy!

http://sabotagetimes.com/funny/you-have-never-seen-a-more-inexplicable-clip-on-the-internet-than-this

Husband and I went back to Magic Mint in Moonee Ponds, after enjoying our first visit there.  This time I was less greedy and only ordered the pakora for my entree, which includes two onion bhaji.  This was part of my onion bhaji experiment with my Philips air fryer as I wanted to see the deep fried bhaji one more time.  The pakora and bhaji were delicious like last time.  I didn’t take care with the photo because I wanted to hurry up and eat, so you get reclining tongs and photo bombing cutlery:

For my main I went for the Baigaan Aloo Masala, which is ‘eggplant, potatoes & green peas cooked in delicately balanced masala’, with a serving of coconut rice and plain naan.  This was delicious although a little too much on the oily side.  Next time, I’ll order another vegan option so I can work my way through the vegan offerings.  It’s all blog research:

Husband very much enjoyed his non-vegan meal.  The desserts are non-vegan but we were too stuffed anyway.  I took my leftovers home and had them the next day… for breakfast.

Magic Mint is located at 9 Hall Street in Moonee Ponds.  http://www.magicmint.com.au/

Husband and I had a day to ourselves without children.  We had a social event that went on for most of the day and by the time we left and drove the hour long journey home, we were pretty hungry.  We had our anniversary recently but didn’t do anything for it so tonight we had a sortof belated anniversary dinner.

We were passing through Moonee Ponds on the way home so I suggested we check out Magic Mint as we were both in the mood for Indian food.  Google told us Magic Mint were open tonight and there were options for omnis and vegans alike.  Sounds good!

Being Sunday, and very cold outside, only a few tables were taken.  That doesn’t bother me, it often means you get your food sooner!  After some discussion with a helpful member of staff, I ordered the onion bhaji and vegie pakora for our entree– the helpful woman confirmed that these were not cooked in oil used for egg/dairy/animal dishes.

I got a bit of a surprise when the onion bhaji came out because the onion bhaji I’ve had were more strips of onion as opposed to ball shapes.  I was soon bowled over by how tasty these were and perfectly cooked, with lovely subtle fennel flavours:

The veg pakora were also a nice surprise as there were different types and every one was delicious:

As you can see, there were a lot in the entrees for two people.  Whoops.  For my main I ordered the mixed vegetable curry with rice.  This was fantastic.  That’s all I can say really.  Faaaantastic.  And proof that veg curries can be bursting with flavour:

I was so stuffed from the entree that I ended taking three bhaji home and my leftover veg curry is currently sitting in the fridge too.  Husband ordered his omni meal and was happy with it.

Service was really helpful and friendly.  I think Magic Mint has become my new favourite Indian restaurant!

Magic Mint is located at 9 Hall Street in Moonee Ponds.  http://www.magicmint.com.au/