Of Pot Pourris and Blue Frogs

Hey!

Last weekend was awesome! :) Lots of time spent with family and then some just by ourselves! Saturday lunch was at Pot Pourri Wold Cuisine Cafe at the InOrbit Mall in Vashi. Have been there once before as well.. What, I didn't write about that?! OK, then a little backtrack. Had been there sometime back and had the buffet at lunch. This is a good idea for me, as I end up being the lone vegetarian in the group. I could try all sorts of stuff. Worth mentioning are the Salsa sauce and the Hummus!! Oh, the Hummus!! They had crisp Pita bits with the Hummus... could not have enough of them!!

This time round the kids had the Margarita as usual, and the Mushroom Soup. I had the Veggie Salsa Burger... very impressive! The others had the Thai Red Chicken Curry and the Chicken Stroganoff (is that how you spell it?) which were both very good.

The ice teas (Peach, Strawberry, Blackcurrant and Lemon) are all great.. maybe a tad too sweet for many. The Minty Melon drink was tried and appreciated. So was the Homestyle Apple Lemonade.. (yes you read that right!).

To top it up we had the Sizzling Brownie with Ice Cream... pretty standard stuff there.. but we enjoyed it thoroughly coz we had it after ages!

Perfect Saturday Lunch!

Then Sunday was a different story. Radio One's RJ Malini, one my favourite RJs on my favourite radio station in Mumbai, was very kind to give me passes to the Weirdass Ham-ateur Night at Blue Frog in Lower Parel. So G and I got to spend a night out in town! The show was brilliant!! So was the food!! We were lucky to catch happy hour.. Our drinks for the day were Raz-mattaz and Tajihito. Two glasses down, the amateur comedians were real funny!! ;) The starter was a quaint quiche... french beans, cheese and coconut... hmmm, much like chapati-bhaji really... a little disappointing. But the main course was awesome.. I had the Penne with Cherry Tomatoes.. two words... mmm mmmm! G had the Sloppy Joe ad reported it to be great! We refrained from dessert although the menu looked soooo inviting!

Much fun was had and a big bill was rung up too!!

Cheers!!

Hail, the King!

Yesterday's evening snack... the ever-inviting Jumbo King Vada Pav. Donno how long its been since we have wanted to dig into one.. 

So, as chance would have it, we passed our regular pit-stop and then remembered that there was a Jumbo King right opposite Sion Station that we've been wanting to try for a while. Were quiet surprised at the variety offered in the menu, but wanted to first try the regular vada pav. But apparantly they had stopped making those for the day (some turnover issue that the guy behind the counter tried to explain). So we got the butter vada pav and a chole vada pav to go.

The bread was awesome!! The vada was not too much different than what we've been eating everywhere. Overall, I would say that it was quite impressive. I didn't quite enjoy the chole vada pav as much, but G did. He polished it off before i could say, "Vada Pav". :)

'til next time..

Ah, Ambrosia!

Hey folks!

Been too busy piggin' out to write about it!! ;) 

For a few months now we've been frequently taking a pit-stop at this small, cozy, easily-overlooked place in Chembur, that calls itself Ambrosia Bakery. 

We had spied it along the way but never thought of stopping, until one day when the stomachs were growling so loud that the people around us wondered if there was something wrong with their car!

So, being a veggie and a spinach-lover, I picked up the spinach, corn and cheese sandwich that they warmed up slightly for me... The first bite in and I was so pleasantly surprised at the yumminess, that I had a smile on my face for the next hour!! Got reminded of the creamed spinach at various places in USA.

Over the days, we have tried various things there... even taken stuff home... some of them being:

The veggie sandwich, veggie turnover, chicken cup (which I am told is absolutely amazing), garlic chicken sandwich, veggie burger (a bit dry.. could do with mayo, ketchup), veggie pasta (yummm), tiramisu (wow!), paneer tikka sandwich (could pass), chocolate croissant, apple pie (very very very good).

What I keep wanting to try is the dome pastry... looks very intriguing, yet extremely sinful!

Maybe, the next time....

Bon Appetite, people!

The Ultimate Falafel

After years of looking for the right kind of Falafel on the streets of Mumbai, I have finally found it in an only-vegetarian outfit that calls itself... ummm... Falafel's Veg Hummus House! I have seen it sitting on a corner of Hill Road, right before you turn for bandstand and right opposite from Kobe's, but somehow have never managed to eat or order from there. Finally, yesterday when we made a quick pit-stop at the new InOrbit Mall in Vashi, we saw it at the food court and didn't dilly-dally as you normally do in food courts. As I was standing there deciding what to get, the guy behind the counter handed me a hot falafel ball with sauces on top to try out... just like they do with little spoons of ice-cream at an ice-cream counter! I bought the traditional Falafel with a wheat pita (yeah, trying to be healthy!) and boy, was it the best decision I took that day!! It was a really fulfilling and satisfying treat!! The hummus was really amazing! The falafel balls were perfect. The sauces and salad were just right as well.

This will now be my regular pit-stop!! :)