Worli

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Mumbai is known for its kaleidoscope of gourmet restaurants catering to varied taste-buds and ambience expectations. While some of these cater purely to gastronomic delights, others provide for memorable

experiences or simply a “fun-time out”!

Few places offer an irresistible combination of good food, great ambience and “reasonably light-on-your-pocket” experience.SPICES & FLAVOURS (or SNF as it is popularly known)at Worli,Dr.A.B.Road is one of them! Being a neighborhood eating joint, I have frequented it many a times. And have come back satisfied every time!

As one arrives at this joint tucked away at a corner of the Worli Sea Face Rd he cant miss too see it. There is AC & Non AC section. And since the place is new , the waiting time for a table can be quite long on a weekend evenings. They do take reservations on weekdays.

And then as u enter u feel it was worth it! The ambience inside is arabic nd moroccon. Colourful lights and the shamiana look with all walls havin somewall hangin u cant miss and a mocktail bar counter with all marbles in it. They have an Indian seatin with a table made of a big chakki stone. This is the best and most comfortable seating. All the other tables too have some theme in it.The menu has a lot of items indian and italian also. Its purely vegetarian

My personal favourites include the tandoori platter, followed by shyam savera(have never tasted another delicious preparation!) and some lovely kulchaas or missi rotis. mirchi ka salan with spl roti is also really awesome. My meal at Spices & Flavours is never complete without the “dal-khichdi” served with curds, which can be very plainly described as “mind-blowing”!

You cant miss to the hookah at snf They serve the best hookah ever. the pan masala or golden pan flavour. They have a spl fresh fruit hookah wehre they serve the real watermelon as a hookah itself.

The management of SNF seems to have its pulse on the food business knowing well that a good food product is never complete without equally good and competent service standards. This is one joint that I can bank on for entertaining friends to some good, homely food away from home amidst good ambience

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Cafe Ivy has been started to promote wine consumption and the pricing def makes you want to try more than one. The food itself is mostly Italian with some Indian options. You have pasta, biryanis as well as some interesting sandwiches.

The place itself is quite small, not for more than 25 but its well designed and they have seating on the outside too. The have a wide range of wines available by the glass as well as by the bottle.

The food isnt bad at all, i heard some bad reviews but i decided to try it out anyway. The Bruschetta (2 pieces for 50 bucks) is amongst the best i have had ANYWHERE. The pasta is ok, the aglio olio wasnt too bad (with REAL feta) while the Arrabiatta was a bit sweet spicyish

The following are the Wines by the Glass and most of them were quite good.
Chantilli Sauvignon Blanc (95 rs) Ivy Shiraz (140rs)
Ivy Brut Sparkling(150rs) they also have Pompadour (175rs)

The total check was 1000 bucks with 500 for food and 500 for drinks. Not a bad place and worth a go.

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This was my first time having Japanese food so I was looking forward to this.

 

We started with Sake and an assorted Seafood platter

  

After a couple more platters we had the famous eel dish. Unagi Sushi - (Grilled eel sushi) Throughout the meal we had Sumanth enlightening us about Japanese food

 

Lalit meanwhile unimpressed by the sushi was perplexed about when we are actually going to get any "real" food. He was finally overjoyed when for the main course Vikram ordered some Beef Steak. Infact so overjoyed he ordered one for himself:)

 

Sumanth had Zaru Soba Noodles with Shitake and Nori with an accompaniment of Seaweed. That seaweed rocks. If I'm in Atria I could drop in at Origami just for having seaweed :)

 

Merril, Madhuri and I had Rice with assored seafood while Nandita had Veg Rice. The rice was sweetish. I never thought I would like sweet rice but now I do :)

We finished off with some Icecream at Gelato. Nandita's suggested me to have a Whiskey Flavoured Icecream which was awesome!

This being my first tryst with Japanese food it was a nice learning experience and thanks to Sumanth for the introduction. I liked some of the things on the seafood platter (but have no idea which). Especially the ones which left a sweet lingering after taste. The seaweed was super, the eel was nice, the rice was oddly delicious :)

The only con was the cost. This was by far the costliest Sigfood Mixer ever at 1750 a head while the ones we have had till now have been in the 300 to 500 area.

Oh. I forgot to mention the Sake. We had dry sake which went great with the sweet seafood! It's probably this sweet-dry combination which caused the super sensation in the mouth while eating the sushi.

I'm looking forward to experimenting more with Japanese food!

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This is a multicusine Indian restaurant, which offers a lavish buffet lunch at a reasonable price. The Veg & Non-Veg Indian buffet is priced at Rs.350/- plus taxes. The eatery is chiefly popular for its Kababs, their buffet has a varied range of Veg & Non-Veg kababs.

Ambience is good, as soon as you enter you have the bar on the right hand side and a corridor which leads to the buffet section. The restaurant is true to its name, it has a clock tower in the centre of the room, with a BEST hoarding on one side, a star plus ad on one corner and a riot of colors running thru the room.

The buffet usually offers an option of chicken or tomato soup, around 2-3 chicken kababs (murgh malai, chicken tikka), 1 or 2 mutton kababs (keema papad) and a fish kabab (fish ajwaini)...whew! quite an option!! in Veg, they have hara bara kabab, paneer tikka, corn kabab, mushroom tikkas etc. One mutton dish, one chicken & one fish main course, their mutton dish is something to be talked about, thick gravy, succulent pieces and the perfect spices. Veg main course is also quite good with Dal Tadka being their speciality, best had with plain jeera rice. Roti’s & Naans are served hot directly on the table.

Service is very prompt, each time you get up to start a new course, your plates and cutlery is changed immediately, ambience is good, apt for a lunch with business associates.

Though Mela has a good varied spread, the food gets monotonous after a few visits as they have the same stuff. The dessert section doesn’t change much too! They have jalebi, firni, fresh fruit platter, gulab jamuns and kheer, but what I would specially like to mention here is the Moong Dal Halwa, really heavenly and the same stands for their Rabadi, one would really. Mostly frequented by office goer’s in the vicinity.

They offer liquor/wine and mocktails and credit cards are accepted.

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Bharat Boarding’s Fish Land is a “vfm” (value for money) joint, located near worli naka in Mumbai. It’s a small joint which offers very some very good seafood. The crowd which usually frequents this outlet is officegoer’s from the vicinity.

Tightly packet during lunch hours, this eating place has an extensive menu of “thali’s” offering, pomfret, ravas, surmai, crabs & shells. A pomfret masala thali (Rs.60/-) will have a full medium sized pomfret, 3 chappati’s, 1 veg, solkadi and rice, totally vfm for such a paltry amount. Their bombil fry & prawns fry are a good side dish, which could be ordered while you wait for your thali to arrive. Other than chappati one can even opt for Roti, Neer Dosa (Rs.20) for four or Kori Roti. Chicken Kori Roti (Rs.50) Prawns Gassi with Neer Dosa (Rs.60) Crab Gassi with Neer Dosa (Rs.60) are some of the other options. For a few experimentive foodies, they even have, Pomfret Chilly (Rs.70), Crab Chilly (Rs.70), & Prawns Chilly (Rs.70), which as per them is South Indian Style, I found it a bit too salty but a few of my colleagues like it. Their Crab Masala is fiery blend of spices, which should be tried if you have ample time to enjoy your meal. They should try to improve their "solkadi" which is not upto the mark. I have been here mostly during lunch hours.

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Copper Chimney is a well-known Punjabi/Indian food restaurant in Mumbai (3 branches at least). The bar is decent. The non-veg starters are quite good. It is quite popular with families and for small treats. Not all people like the price/quality trade-off.