Tilda basmati rice toronto

[howisitgoing]

Does anyone know where I can buy Tilda rice? Spadina--Dundas or anywhere else in Toronto? Thanks

[bogie]

Tilda rice is way overpriced and overhyped. You are better off buying Elephant brand basmati at a reasonable price, available at most Indian or Asian grocers. It is less expensive, aged longer and an overall superior-tasting product.

[carissima]

bogie, i'm looking for brown basmati, not white. Is there brown Elephant rice, as well?
As to Indian and Asian stores, they usually sell in huge packages.
BTW, I have found a good aged brown basmati rice in bulk at SLM

[ChowTO]

Will try the Elephant brand...
Here's a link to the Tilda rice website,,must be 20 varieties
http://www.tilda.com/

[foodyDudey]

That is correct. I don't bother searching for it. I use Elephant 817. Click here to see what the bag looks like: http://www.eastwestbazaar.com/product_info.php?products_id=671

Here is a place in Brampton that has both brands: http://www.gurubazar.ca/index.php?cPa...

I buy my rice on Gerrard St.

[carissima]

BTW, how do they age rice?

[foodyDudey]

it's stored for up to 2 years but I haven't checked the actual method. The rice attains a more nutty flavour due to the aging process.

[The Chowhound Team]

A sub-thread about cooking the rice has been split to the Home Cooking board:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/630390

[ChowTO]

Just picked up some Tilda rice in the blue aluminium package
from no frills at the Dundas-Landsdowne store...4 pounds for $9.99..this is some trully tasty rice..yumm.

[carissima]

ChowTo, is it white or brown Tilda rice?

[ChowTO]

carrissima the Tilda is white basmatti rice...i also seen 10 pounds for $18.99 at the no-frills Dufferin Mall location..this Tilda cooks up perfectly in my Zojirushi Rizo,,it's so light it defies gravity.
Just noticed Satish Patel post for 10lbs for $15.99,,Thanks...am i overcooking this rice for it's so light that i don't remember ever having basmatti that tasted like this or anything aproaching the feel of this Tilda..is it supposed to be so different?

[Satish Patel]

You can also purchase Tilda from BJ Supermarket @ Gerrard and Coxwell. I noticed that the price of the Tilda brand is slowly increasing: 10lbs for $15.99

[Dimbulb]

House of Spice on Augusta? Parliament & Wellesley?

[carissima]

House of Spice indeed carries brown basmati rice from India. Good enough :)

[embee]

The Loblaws at Vic Park/Gerrard had it this morning. It is probably at Queens Quay, but no guarantees.

[carissima]

I just called, and they are out of it!!!

[sam_1]

I have seen Tilda brand rice at Loblaws (Queens Quay), but IMO it is extremely overpriced. One small bag was around $10 I believe - crazy. I usually go with something from the Indian grocers, or, believe it or not, the PC brand basmati. It's actually really good.

[1sweetpea]

Wow! Goes to show you the price disparity from store to store and city to city. My 2 lb bag cost me $5.99 in Windsor. The 4 lb bag was going for $10.99. I'm sure the PC product was cheaper, but I won't buy the PC rices. I had a bag of PC Jasmine and it consistently cooked up mushy and waterlogged, which never happens when I buy the imported Thai rice from my Southeast Asian grocer here in Windsor.

[Navigate440]

I've seen it at Metro at Kennedy Commons in Scarborough, so you might try contacting them and see if there is a closer store that carries it.

[Hondapendragon]

Try the Indian stores at Albion and Islington.

[jayt90]

I have seen it at Costco.

[Kagemusha]

Same here. Loblaws/NoFrills and other NG outlets carry various brands of basmati where it sells strongly; elsewhere, probably not.

[carissima]

jay90, unfortunately, Costco is not an option for me.

[1sweetpea]

I just bought a bag the other day at my local Zehrs (a.k.a.) Loblaw/Great Canadian Superstore. I haven't bought any in quie a while, since my previous bag was a 5lb Mr. Gouda's sack which lasted a long time. The Tilda packaging is a metallic royal blue and looks pretty flashy. I found it amongst the vaious rice types in the regular aisles (vs. health food/organic aisle).

[carissima]

sweetpea, at which store (location) did you buy? How big is the package?

[1sweetpea]

Sorry to say that my store is in Windsor, but I can't imagine that the stock would be much different in T.O. stores. My bag is 2lb (907g). The bag has a resealable sticker, like a sack of coffee beans. The best before date is Feb. 01, 2011. I'm guessing that this packaging is quite new. My Zehrs recently got renovated and is now a Superstore, I believe. Along with the renovation has come more ethnic/imported items (the tilda rice is packaged in the UK and imported by the USA).

[carissima]

sweetpea, Windsor is a little bit further than I'm prepared to go for Tilda rice :)
I called the Indian restaurant on Dupont, and asked where I could buy the brown basmati rice from India, not from USA.
It is Evergreen store, 513 St Clair West.

[carissima]

I'm looking for Tilda basmati rice, too. But I can't find it at the usual No Frills or Loblaws. These stores now carry PC brands of rice.
Has anyone seen Tilda basmati rice lately?

[Full tummy]

I saw some at the Victoria Park & Gerrard Loblaws last night.

[ParsleySage]

Tilda is my favorite brand of basmati rice. I usually purchase it at No-Frills but I have seen it on occassion at Wal-Mart & Loblaw/Superstores.