Location: 4155 Fairview Street, Burlington
Website: https://www.dhotshoppe.com/

I showed up at D Hot Shoppe at around 2:00 on a weekday, and it was absolutely packed.  They also had a section of the wall dedicated to framed plaudits from various publications (which didn’t even include the article that brought me here in the first place).

Suffice it to say, I was fairly certain I was in for a tasty meal.

I ordered the small chicken roti, which costs seven bucks and is actually quite generous, so it’s a great deal.

They have six heat levels you can choose from, ranging from mild to suicide — I went with hot, which is right in the middle.  It was a great level of heat.  It’s noticeably spicy, but not unpleasantly so.

It’s very, very easy to see why the place is so popular.  Everything was just right, from the richly flavourful curry sauce, to the big chunks of tender chicken and potato, to the satisfyingly chewy, spice-packed roti shell.

It’s a fantastic, affordable lunch.  What’s better than that?