Location: Right at your doorstep
Sooner or later, this page was going to move towards takeaway/delivery joints from the 'have it here' places. Well, here's your first digression then.
Faaso's motto is to desify your regular wrap/roll/frankie, and deliver it to you, right at your doorstep. It does pretty well at the quality of the wraps, with a fine assortment of non-vegetarian ones, and a good variety of vegetarian stuff too, if I can recollect well. Even a single wrap is filling enough, and for the more hungry ones, they have lite bites too, which are essentially smaller wraps.
They have recently introduced chicken/mutton biryani as well, which is recommended, if one is in luck and calls in when the Faaso's centre hasn't already run out of rice and/or mutton and/or chicken. The food is good value for money. Faaso's looks to have worked well at their innovative packaging- colourful, safe and peppered with witty one liners.
The problem, though this could be particular to the franchise I order from, is their delivery! On the face of it, the order-taker assures one of delivery within 30 minutes, and immediately sends you a number which could be used to track one's order online. However, on numerous occasions, I have been subject to a really long wait, inspite of having received a 'your order is out for delivery' message a few eons before I finally receive the order.
My recent experiences say they are working to make delivery more efficient. That done, this one is a convenient, good-quality food option.
Food: 6.5/10
Ambience: N.A.
Service: 6.5/10
Value for money: 8/10
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Saturday, July 13, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Food Review: Dakshinayan
Location: Walkeshwar, Mumbai
One simply does not walk into Sobo-land expecting a typical South Indian meal experience. But, then there is Dakshinayan.
I got acquainted to the eatery during my first trip to Mumbai, but it was only a month back that I, along with my flatmates from the 'South of Vindhyas' revisited this one. They love the food. And this is the first +1.
I have my favourites too. Having tried the rava dosai, mysore masala dosai, and the other permutations and combinations, I must compliment the preparation. However, one has to agree that getting the dosai right is like a hygiene test for an authentic South Indian food place. Dakshinayan has more to offer. One can get the mini idlis, which are nice to eat and rather cute! There is a spring dosai which has an average person's monthly intake of cheese as garnish.
Major attractions include 'Sweet Pongal', which is utterly true to its 'sweet' name. I found it pretty delightful, and again it has been hugely thumbs-upped by my Southie-tongued friends. Beverages obviously include filter coffee which I would classify as ordinary. I would suggest trying out the 'ginger ale' on the menu. Great fizz, a moderate dash of ginger and compliments the food very well.
The seating area is rather small. Try heading here on a Sat-Sun night and be prepared to wait for atleast 10-20 minutes. Also, remember that the place opens only at 11am, so it is not really your breakfast haunt. The interiors are anything but plush, and look more so considering the location of the restaurant. Also, this one's most definitely atleast a 15-20 min drive from your place of residence. If it is not, send me your number. I would love to mooch some money off your overflowing coffers.
Also, very easy on the pocket. Definitely, worth a visit.
Food: 7.5/10
Ambience: 3.5/10
Service: 7/10
Value for money: 8.5/10
One simply does not walk into Sobo-land expecting a typical South Indian meal experience. But, then there is Dakshinayan.
I got acquainted to the eatery during my first trip to Mumbai, but it was only a month back that I, along with my flatmates from the 'South of Vindhyas' revisited this one. They love the food. And this is the first +1.
I have my favourites too. Having tried the rava dosai, mysore masala dosai, and the other permutations and combinations, I must compliment the preparation. However, one has to agree that getting the dosai right is like a hygiene test for an authentic South Indian food place. Dakshinayan has more to offer. One can get the mini idlis, which are nice to eat and rather cute! There is a spring dosai which has an average person's monthly intake of cheese as garnish.
Major attractions include 'Sweet Pongal', which is utterly true to its 'sweet' name. I found it pretty delightful, and again it has been hugely thumbs-upped by my Southie-tongued friends. Beverages obviously include filter coffee which I would classify as ordinary. I would suggest trying out the 'ginger ale' on the menu. Great fizz, a moderate dash of ginger and compliments the food very well.
The seating area is rather small. Try heading here on a Sat-Sun night and be prepared to wait for atleast 10-20 minutes. Also, remember that the place opens only at 11am, so it is not really your breakfast haunt. The interiors are anything but plush, and look more so considering the location of the restaurant. Also, this one's most definitely atleast a 15-20 min drive from your place of residence. If it is not, send me your number. I would love to mooch some money off your overflowing coffers.
Also, very easy on the pocket. Definitely, worth a visit.
Food: 7.5/10
Ambience: 3.5/10
Service: 7/10
Value for money: 8.5/10
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Food Review: Summer Park
I really have to begin the food section with this one. Not because it offers the most amazing of food, but, because of it being a stone’s throw from our apartment, it has been a lifeline for me and my housemates (who, for perspective, are similarly-aged guy friends who sing better than they cook. And they don’t really sing much).
Coming back to Summer Park. It is not uncommon to find restaurants like this one in Mumbai. Located close to a residential area (this one being in Worli), good footfall, strictly vegetarian, Summer Park is a restaurant with an inclination towards South Indian cuisine, but one that has a fine assortment of north Indian preparations too. It has a separate menu for ‘Jain’ dishes as well, for the relevant populace.
The restaurant has very ordinary interiors- seating for, say, 20-25 people on the inside, a similar number on tables laid in the outside shed, and a sneaky, yet more ‘formal’ seating area upstairs where the room height makes you believe it was the original residence of the Hobbits. The menu for the segment upstairs is the same, with a surprise alcohol serving. Taking this seating, however, is not recommended, (1) because it takes more time for the food to be served with the kitchen situated downstairs, (2) the idea of eating at Summer Park is basically agreeing to a compromise on ambience for simple food, so trying to get formal seating beats the purpose, and lastly, (3) it can be a fatal exercise for claustrophobics.
It is advisable to settle for ‘mendhu vada’, fried ‘idli’ and more from the family if one is in for snacks. Some of the north Indian curries are good too- a trifle less oil and spice, and they would be as ‘home-like’ as restaurant food gets. Some of the pluses are the fresh fruit juices ranging from pomegranate to black grapes (one of my friends actually convinced them to make a customized spinach juice), a very filling chickoo shake and the availability of palatable tea till past 11 in the night. The very sensible ‘khichdi’ also deserves a mention. Also, the quantity in the dishes is more than value for money.
Summer Park is your no-nonsense go-to restaurant. The staff is friendly enough. Nobody really pesters you with too many choices, and sticks to what you order rather than confuse you with a zillion additions and variations. They also deliver within reasonable vicinity, and they open from 8 in the morning and close only past 11pm.
It might make sense to reiterate that with the not-so-spectacular seating, the location jutting out right into the road, this is not your impress-my-friends eating joint. One of the wall posters (pictured) pretty much sums up the purpose of the place!
Food: 6.5/10
Ambience: 3.5/10
Service: 7/10
Value for money: 7.5/10
Coming back to Summer Park. It is not uncommon to find restaurants like this one in Mumbai. Located close to a residential area (this one being in Worli), good footfall, strictly vegetarian, Summer Park is a restaurant with an inclination towards South Indian cuisine, but one that has a fine assortment of north Indian preparations too. It has a separate menu for ‘Jain’ dishes as well, for the relevant populace.
The restaurant has very ordinary interiors- seating for, say, 20-25 people on the inside, a similar number on tables laid in the outside shed, and a sneaky, yet more ‘formal’ seating area upstairs where the room height makes you believe it was the original residence of the Hobbits. The menu for the segment upstairs is the same, with a surprise alcohol serving. Taking this seating, however, is not recommended, (1) because it takes more time for the food to be served with the kitchen situated downstairs, (2) the idea of eating at Summer Park is basically agreeing to a compromise on ambience for simple food, so trying to get formal seating beats the purpose, and lastly, (3) it can be a fatal exercise for claustrophobics.
It is advisable to settle for ‘mendhu vada’, fried ‘idli’ and more from the family if one is in for snacks. Some of the north Indian curries are good too- a trifle less oil and spice, and they would be as ‘home-like’ as restaurant food gets. Some of the pluses are the fresh fruit juices ranging from pomegranate to black grapes (one of my friends actually convinced them to make a customized spinach juice), a very filling chickoo shake and the availability of palatable tea till past 11 in the night. The very sensible ‘khichdi’ also deserves a mention. Also, the quantity in the dishes is more than value for money.
Summer Park is your no-nonsense go-to restaurant. The staff is friendly enough. Nobody really pesters you with too many choices, and sticks to what you order rather than confuse you with a zillion additions and variations. They also deliver within reasonable vicinity, and they open from 8 in the morning and close only past 11pm.
It might make sense to reiterate that with the not-so-spectacular seating, the location jutting out right into the road, this is not your impress-my-friends eating joint. One of the wall posters (pictured) pretty much sums up the purpose of the place!
Food: 6.5/10
Ambience: 3.5/10
Service: 7/10
Value for money: 7.5/10
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