burrp! Stats
- 35 Reviews
- 15 First to review
- 6 Places Added
- Been to 36 Places
- Burrping since Jan 02, 2007
- Burrping fromMumbai
Personal Stuff
- Favourite Books
- To Kill A Mockingbird, Blandings Castle.. to be honest I dont have a single favorite book. I just like to read whatever I can lay my hands on
- Favourite Music
- Anything soft and soothing. I hate loud and jarring music which is an assault to the aural senses.
- Favourite Foods
- I am an out and out omnivore, with a specific leaning towards seafood and meat. I love continental, tandoori, Indo-Chinese, Lebanese and South Indian cuisine
Reviews by VinitaBhatia
Mar 25, 2008
The Ozone Club, Rang Sabade Marg, Siddharth Nagar, Billabong/Vibgyor Lane, Goregaon (W), Mumbai
Excellent
Zing is equally good
While the other reviews are about White I decided to try the outdoor cafe that they have - Zing. While the menu is largely Indian, they do serve the food from White as well.
The one thing that might put you off if you intend to have a light dinner in Zing are the mosquitoes. Though the management has put aroma oils diffusers all over the place, it did not do much to get rid of the pests.
The beverages menu is extensive but also very expensive. for starters I had I had mussels in lime sauce and it was very good. These came with some fried onion rings, which made a good accompaniment.
I had a lasagna with lamb mince and it was filling and had the right amount of flavoring.
Service is prompt.
This is the kind of place I would like to frequent regularly, but for the hit to my pocket
Mar 25, 2008
LG-11/12 Centre Point, Sushant Lok Phase I, Gurgaon
Good
Good platters
What I liked about Kabab King is that it offers platters with a kababs, one gravy item, a choice of yellow or black dal and choice of either roti, naan or parathas.
What I did not like was how the stewards kept urging us to try the a la carte menu. Their argument was that since we were a group of 12 people and everyone wanted to go for the platters they would not be able to bring the platters at the same time. Instead they could bring in one by one. The other argument offered was that it would take 30 minutes for the platters to arrive. I failed to understand why the restaurant has platters on its menu and is willing to accomodate over40 odd people on its premises if it does not have the capacity to serve them food at a go. Maybe they have yet to hear of a magical contraption called the microwave for heating food that has been cooked earlier in the day, a procedure followed by most restaurants.
But once you move past the annoying stewards (who incidentally managed to bring all the 10-odd platters at a go once we insisted on having those), the food is really word digging your fingers and teeth into.
I had the pathar-e-ghosth, which is mutton kababs cooked on coals and a chicken gravy which was delightfully tinged with the right amount of tomato puree without making the tanginess of the the dish overpowering.
The black dal was awesome, well cooked and not too oily.
I strongly recommend the place. And once you are there insist on the platter even if you have to hit the steward on the head to take your order.
Mar 25, 2008
Plot No. 34, Central Road, Marol Inland Area, M.I.D.C., Marol, Andheri (E), Mumbai
Poor
A meal with a bump on the head
If you are tall, then don't even think of having a meal or partaking the buffet at the mezzanine floor of this restaurant.
My friend banged her head while she was going to get a refill at the buffet counter. And I saw one more diner suffer the same consequence when he merely arose from his chair.
The buffet spread is unimaginative. There was a mutton rogan gosh on the day I had but it was not well cooked and you had to struggle to get the meat off the bones.
The pulao was more like a khichdi with some vegetables as the rice strands was stuck to each other.
The only good thing on the 15-odd dishes was the Veg Sczhewan balls.
The dessert was good old vanilla ice cream and gaajar ka halwa. A buffet for two costs Rs 500 which is economical.
Of course given that the MIDC-Seepz area is devoid of any good restaurants, this place sees brisk business. But that is because it is the best of the worst out here
Feb 05, 2008
Shop No 2 & 3, Ganga Niwas, Next to Toyota Showroom, Link Road, Malad (W), Mumbai
Good
VFM place
This place is really good value for money. It has been started by the guy who owns Borivali Biryani Center, a good and economical takeaway place for Punjabi and tandoori fare.
The service is very good, and though it has opened barely a month ago, there were several other diners at this place. Strictly speaking this is not best gauge for a place's success. But if you can pull in a decent crowd and have them coming, then it is a feat for a one-month old eatery.
I had a kheema kabab, which come with a covering of cheese and bread, which was amazingly yummy. The chicken kabab in yoghurt marination was also good.
This place's forte is its biryani. There was also a kheema paratha, but it was too laden with butter and crumbled too easily when you tried to eat it. The chicken kadai was alright.
Price-wise this place was reasonable. A group of four will be faced with a bill of Rs 700. But no alcohol is served here.
The only negative about this place is that it is very cramped.
Feb 05, 2008
Vatika Grand, Leisure Valley, DLF City, Sector 29, Gurgaon
Average
Good place but not for meat lovers
For a Mumbaikar like me, the vast restaurant is a blessing. It is nice not to be squashed into a hole while dining.
The owners have taken great pains to do the place up in authentic Punjabi style. So you take a flight into the basement and see a ornate door with low cord seats and a well with a bucket et al.
Once you step inside there are more manifestations of Punjabi lifestyle. The water is served in the heavy brass glasses, the menu is on a slate, there are earthern lanterns hanging from the rafters, the seating is on wooden tables and there are mirror works on the walls, which look like they are caked mud walls.
The food was good. We had a stuffed mushroom, but the mushrooms were undercooked. The chicken gillafi kababs wer yummy, but the mutton biryani did not live up to expectations.
There are very limited options on the menu for the non-veggies. But my companions who gorged on the veg fare did like what they had.
The service was abysmal. Often you have to serve yourself and literally clear the table, by polishing off the food and piling the empty plates one on top of another.
Not a bad joint, overall, but still has miles to go before you can strictly recommend it to someone