Busaba

Jan 23, 2008

Good food but...

I have been to Busaba twice - the first time I really liked it, so recently when I was in Mumbai I decided take some friends there. I had the Khaushwe - which is a Burmese stew and that was pretty good. A friend had the Fillet Mignon -which is where the problem lay. It wasn't beef - it was lamb.

What upset us was that the maitre'd tried to claim that we were wrong and it was a fillet of beef. Well, then it must have been some muscular and tangy cow ! I was clearly lamb and not very good lamb at that. Finally he agreed to take it off the bill and suggested a dessert - a chocolate fondant - which gave us the impression that that would be complementary as a conciliatory gesture.

Well, it was excellent - but wasn't complementary. And very expensive. I can't think of too many places in the world where a dessert costs Rs. 337.50 - almost 10$. Its ridiculous !

Anyway, the worst part of all of this is that it ruined the mood of what was a rather pleasant evening out. So while the Khaushwe was pretty good, I can only recommend this place with some reservation. Apart from this - the service was incredibly slow - and given that when we entered there wasn't anyone else around, this was surprising.

I think this is indicative of a larger problem in India. With the Indian economy booming in the luxury or high end sector prices have skyrocketed. However, quality remains poor. Its just that a large section of the clientele are willing to pay money just for appearance - to show that they can. And this causes the suppliers to try to get away with poor service - and they often do.

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