Vij's Railway Express - Vancouver

The texture of the butter chicken schnitzel was incredible (i'm'a have to try to duplicate! and the flavor was amazing. also, very polite crew and thank you so much for having Fanta! takes me back :

We had the 'staff meal ', an array of five different dishes plus rice and naan. Almost too much food, but delicious! We had to wait a while for a table, but they seated us in the bar and it was nice there... plus, they kept coming around with trays of delightful little appetizers.

This place is not a traditional Indian restaurant, but the food is excellent. It’s offers an innovative take on Indian and North American cuisine. Everything we had was delicious! The goat was particularly good.

Vikram Vij is a legend in Vancouver and the city’s most famous celebrity chef. His restaurants are the first and last word in Indian cuisine in this town. On top of his four restaurants, a frozen food line in grocery stores, four books, and being an investor on the TV show Dragons' Den... He also has a food truck. Because of course he does.<br/ <br/ I knew that I needed to track down this truck after seeing it in enRoute magazine’s Dining Guide 2016, named as Vancouver Magazine’s Best Food Cart 2016, and after seeing them on an episode of Eat St. As with most food trucks, social media is key. If you want to know where to find a truck, you’ve gotta get the tweet! I set out to find Vij's Railway Express on a Wednesday afternoon after they tweeted that they would be located Downtown. I found a parking spot directly in front of the truck which was very convenient. You’ll know the truck as soon as you see it because you won’t be able to miss the bright turquoise colour. There wasn’t a line up so the entire process was extremely quick and easy! The two gentlemen working in the truck were very friendly. They accept all forms of payment which also simplifies things. As with most food trucks, the menu is ever changing. This is another good reason to check with social media, especially if you’re hoping to eat something specific. The goal of this truck is to serve as a creative exploration of the culinary diversity of India. They accomplish this well.<br/ <br/ On the day of my visit there were three menu choices. Each of them sounded very good and I was really close to ordering the delicious sounding cod cakes. However, for my first visit to the truck I thought that it would be wiser to try the Butter Chicken Schnitzel (Crispy breaded Fraser Valley chicken and rich tomato fenugreek cream curry, garnished with mango raita. Served with cumin basmati rice and naan $12.50). Once my order was placed they took my name and my box of food was ready to go shortly after! This was a box bursting with colours and flavours. Right off the bat, you’ll notice the interesting fusion between Indian and Austrian cuisines. I’d never seen breaded chicken used in a curry, but for a food truck something like this makes so much sense. It’s the perfect place to try new ideas. I loved the tender slices of chicken and the breading was deliciously crispy and well seasoned. Throw some fragrant and spicy curry on top that? Yes please! The curry itself was expertly made. I loved the complex mix of spices which brought a bit of heat and a lot of flavour. I really enjoyed the dollup of raita on the side for a bit of a cooling element. The rice and the naan weren’t as exciting. The rice was very plain and the naan was very flat and dense, although it was seasoned nicely. I also used some of their housemade green hot sauce and it was very good. Overall, this was a fun and interesting dish that I enjoyed eating out of a box on the side of the street.<br/ <br/ There weren’t many drinks to choose from and certainly nothing interesting like a chai or a lassi, so that was a bit of a disappointment. The food was pretty solid though. If you happen to come across Vij’s truck in your travels it would be worthwhile to hit them up.

Very good and full of flavours. This food truck was out in Abbotsford for the Fraser Valley food truck festival. There wasnt much in the way of selection. I did notice the chicken was preped well before hand, placed on a plate and stored below the counter and pulled out when an order came in. I would have thought the food would have been cooked to order not batched cooked