Madhumoti

Cheap, and incredibly tasty food! For a while the low cost seemed to mean a sacrifice in atmosphere and service, but since their reopening the place has classed up! One of the best indian or bangladeshi in the Footscray area, and up there with the good, but over priced and over hyped restaurants such as Aangaan.

Madhumoti has been around for ages and gone through a number of owners, yet retained its unique flavours probably due to the consistency of the Chef who is one of the happiest people around.
Last year Madhumoti was taken over once again by the same people that run a Bangladeshi lunchtime joint on Lonsdale St in the City. Instantly small things started to change… some for the better and one for the worse. Gone were the multiple disfunctional aircon units. Gone was the friendly counter staff and gone were the spices and flavour. Fast forward six months and Madhumoti has had a facelift although you’ll notice that the ugly vinyl signage without the colourfast inks still drapes around the awnings. I don’t know what they did in those six months, but I can only assume they were in the food laboratory perfecting their menu. If you’ve ever been there before you’ll notice a few additions to the menu like the Sri Lankan dishes. On our first return there we chose to distance ourselves from our previous favorites (Chicken Tikka Butter Masala, Buna Kachuri with Meat and Pumpkin Masala) so as to avoid disappointment. Thankfully were stoked with the results.
With Bangladeshi food it’s all about the spices and the ability to see the ingredients before you. No mushy and blended mystery pastes here. Daal Gosht was perfectly balanced without a hint of excess moisture and the potato dish (forgot the name) was as tasty as the chicken korma. In the excitement of opening day, they forgot to bring out our chicken biryani, yet made up for it with deserts on the house.
We had a todler with us that made a mess of the complimentary kids tasting plate and they greeted the display with a smile. A good sign for sure.
We’ll definitely be heading back to our usual haunt.