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Jun 07, 2007
Lunch buffet a total VFM option
This place is in the heart of Vileparle West market road, next to and above McDonalds. Valet parking is available. Reservations are a must. We went in just before 1 pm for lunch on a weekday and the place was nearly full. By the time we were out by 2.30 pm there were 10 people waiting and I overheard that there was a 45 min waiting in store for them. That's about the logistics.
Since I've only had the lunch buffet and not the a-la-carte, my review is solely based on that.
I've eaten at the Angeethi in Bangalore and the setting is entirely different here. While in Bglr and Hyd it is a rustic dhaba type atmosphere, here in Bombay the look is almost veering towards minimalistic, black tables and chairs, water in wine glasses and white crockery. The seating is split into two levels, with some 150 covers atleast.
There is a vegetarian section and non-vegetarian section. The menu runs into pages and I guess the menu changes everyday. The menu of the day was:
A makke-pudine ka shorba / chooze ka shorba for the non-vegetarians.
They had a fairly decent spread of salads, an apple-walnut salad, peanut-cabbage-bellpepper salad, the regular cucumber-tomato-onion slices, pickled onions. I liked the apple-watermelon salad with walnuts.
There were two chats thrown in too - dahi bhalla chat and papdi chat.
The main course had 8 vegetable dishes with some regulars like bhindi masala, pindi chole, 2 varieties of kababs, one navratan gravy, palak paneer, aaloo gobhi and the likes.
The non-veg main course (from the buffet menu I picked up) goes like this: Paya masala, macchi tikka, murgh kurcharan, saag meat, murgh shikampuri and tava jhinga with murgh biriyani
The rice was a tandoori paneer biriyani and a samarkand dal which basically tasted like a black dal. There was a cucumber mint raita and tadka dahi (hung yogurt with tadka but dahi was too sour)
The desserts were running into a long list too...Vanilla icecream with different sauces to choose from, choco walnut fudge (the best option to have with icecream), some Indian sweets, pineapple halwa, fruit salad and brownie (too dried out).
Overall, food tasted good, nothing outstanding, regular punjabi fare. But they provide a HUGE spread at a nominal sum. Location being very convenient also helps, whether you can coming by road or train, you can reach there easily.
At 189 plus taxes for a weekday lunch and 218 plus taxes for a weekend lunch and a spread like that, hearty eaters cannot ask for more.
My favourites from the meal:
Apple walnut salad
Palak paneer
Choco walnut fudge
One word of caution:
Lunch time is full of noisy kitty party kinda ladies, even housie is played here. The place was choc-a-block on a thursday afternoon, you can imagine how it will be on a weekend. Good for catching up with friends, but if you want a quiet lunch/dinner , look elsewhere.
The manager tells me the buffet at Aromas of China is fantastic too! Now that must be tried next.