Justtiffins - Bellevue

Order for Medhu Vada and Onion Rava Masala Dosa. Medhu Vada was good, but Dosa was bad. A look at the dosa should have been enough to realize that the pan was not hot enough for dosa properly boiled and re-rotate instead of simply sending it in the take-out order, see photo of the full white dosa to speak with no real brown color. Also the masala quantity was very little. Not 1* as Vada was good, not 3* because how could they ignore the white color of Dosa?

Finally another South Indian restaurent to my go to the list together with anjappar. Had South Indian thali and 'meal deal' that includes Bisi bellabath, veg pulav, Curry and Curd rice. Thali and that was very delicious. I loved the Sambar. I feel when a restorative is able to make this delicious, there are very high hopes that the rest of the dishes will also be good. Very recommended if you are looking for a good South Indian food.

Update: The restaurant has moved to a new location. I ordered Tiffin Combo, the Sambar was watery, idli and vada was hard. I find the cleanliness and the quality of the food has decreased a lot. Only Tiffins seems to be a restaurant serving Tamilnadu dishes, a South Indian state. I tried another South Indian place for Sambar and my search ended in Just Tiffens. I ordered mini dishes and it had Sambarreis, Appalam, Curdreis, Rava kesari and Pumpkin Curry. The velvet was simply perfect, it is not too spicy and yet it had the beautiful aroma of spices and with appalam it tasted even better. I liked the rice too. The Rava kesari was the right mixture of ghee, nuts and pineapple flavor. I ordered medu Vada and it was the best I ever had in the USA. It's soft, crispy and doesn't have too much.

The restaurant was very dirty, lined with containers/packages, and the food was moderate. The official food safety assessment was good, not excellent. We would probably have gone right away, but the group was too hungry.

My second favoured Tamil style vegetarian place to go to. (After Madras dosa corner in Issaquah) I like their dosais and vadais, I usually try to avoid going on weekends because they are usually backed up and their sambars and chutneys could be runny There is enough seating for folks If you are going to order a quick meal, go for the combos (especially on weekends) the dosas and especially the rava dosais and the uthapams take a lot longer