Sernyaa Tibetan Chinese Restaurant
Rated: Good
based on 9 reviews
185, Adarsh Nagar, Oshiwara Link Road, Oshiwara, Andheri (W), Mumbai
66784645, 65741005, 9820531935
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Nov 19, 2007
Best birthday dinner
My girlfriend had been raving about this place ever since she came across it on burrp so i decided to take her to Sernyaa on my birthday....
The facade on the outside is a little depressing and one might even miss it if they were not looking for it. But the insides while stark and spartan were reminiscent of tibetian joints found in the north, which is nice cos it gets quite unsettling at places like the taj where you always feel under dressed no matter what you wear, get confused by the silence and then have to keep looking at the contents of your wallet every time you order something...
Now being a foodie in a place where you do not understand 80% of the menu is confusing, even though every dish has been explained there. We spent almost 15 minutes studying the menu before calling on the nice old man to place our order.
"Call me John" he said with a nod. Something about that man's demeanor tells you that you are about to enjoy your meal.
"well uncle John, we do not know much about Tibetian cuisine so why dont you recommend something nice?" we ask...
looking at me he instantly knew i m not some 'grass munching, insult to food vegetarian' and promptly asked me if i wanted momos...... a resounding "YES" was the reply so he asked a few more things about the rest of the stuff which i just said yes to...(hell i wouldnt know the difference)
The soup arrived after about 12 minutes of waiting which is great.
Started off with the soup which was red and yummy... lots of burnt garlic and cilantro in it.... then came the steamed momos.... drooool......... smooth and tender, they just melted into my mouth along with some red sauce which was lying on the table....
the main course was bamboo rice which comes in this quaint little bamboo container filled to the brim and some prawn dish whose name i cant remember.....
Bamboo rice at first tastes like mixture of chinese fried rice and punjabi biryani but as you get caught in the aroma of the herbs and the bamboo it gets yummier. Trust me the aroma just takes you and spreads within.
The prawn gravy alongside was also yummy.... nice big prawns by bombay standards... I had just returned from a lil trip to goa n couldnt help comparing the size and the tastes.... ok so goa prawns are much bigger and a lot juicier but hey do they have prawns in tibet???
Sorry i cant tell you what i ate cos quite frankly I dont know myself.... all i can tell you is that it was lovely.
I normally eat enough for 1.5 ppl and my lil girlfriend eats for the other 0.5 ppl. so we end up finishing all the food but that night we had to let go of some food.... THE QUANTITY REALLY ROCKS.....
i still cant believe i couldnt finish the food and had to forgo dessert.....
The bill came to around Rs. 350 which is really inexpensive...
Am going back there as soon as my girlfriend gets back to bombay from her trip up to Kolkata. (I m jelous that she ll eat all the lovely streetfood there all by herself)
