New hakka resto in Cgy to open

[John Manzo]

...according to Gilchrist in today's Herald. Place is called Karma, and it's among a surprising range (as he describes it) of eateries at some new power centre (or whatever they call those overgrown strip malls in the burbs- "town centres"?) at 130th Ave and 42nd St SE, which I think puts it near Douglasdale and Mackenzie Town/Lake. The other side of the world for me but I'd want to check out some hakka since I discovered it at Spadina Garden in TO. Also, hakka is similar to how Trinidadians do Chinese...

Also in the centre is a Thi Thi franchise, the first Cora's west of Winnipeg, and a Marble Slab Creamery. Doesn't sound like the typical strip mall.

[Aman]

Karma-one of the best resturants i have ever ate at. The butter chicken dish is to die for, ummmmmmmmmm. I have been waiting a while for this resturant to open and it was worth the wait. Friendly service, and a really great looking resturant. I love the smell of east indian food and when you walk into this place it will make your mouth water. I have tried butter chicken in almost every east indian resturant in calgary and Karma takes home the gold. Great job Karma keep it up....

[TommyT]

I talked too the owner of Karma a very friendly fellow and he said they were opening Nov.7 and that they had 4 hakka style dishes. The restaurant looks amazing on the inside can't wait to try the food. Karma Fine Indian Cuisine

[John Manzo]

I think I'm going to try to enlist one of the forumers who lives that way- if there are any!

Deep southers- keep us updated- there is going to be a sushi place there too, so as I say this doesn't look like your typical suburban town centre unless Calgary's southern subdivision have suddenly become way more ethnically diverse than I had realised- the north side, I can see that....

[yen]

I didnt read the Herald, but was there a date that it was supposed to open? Im not going to make the 40 minute trek down there just to find out it hasnt opened yet :)

[John Manzo]

JG just said that they were hoping to open soon, no date.

[anonymoose]

Really! If you try it can you tell us how it was? My mom is Hakka, but I've never tried the food (as far as I know), and I'm curious.