Today’s menu has been exceptionally good and my stomach is singing hallelujah as I write. In the ISKCON temple there was a restaurant for pilgrims, with the best bang for buck ratio I have seen so far. For lunch we had Masala Dosa, a traditional Indian pizza kind of thing. It is made of rice flour and lentils, has some ketchup-kind of sauce on the surface and a filling of potato and onion. Tasty, rich in nutrition, appealing with smooth texture and all this for mere 20 rupees(!). My general feeling of the temple was that they are only covering their own cost, which makes sense since they are probably trying to recruit more people rather than make a lot of profit. Two thumbs for price vs. quality!
For dinner I went to Bombay Post on the other side of Airport Road, right next to TGI Friday’s. The place was really tidy, well-maintained and even classy, with nice waiter uniforms and stylish interior design. The menu was really long and choices were plenty, but I went for Sheek Kabab this time. It was like long, spicy meatballs made of lamb and fried well. I had mine with rice, Butter Naan and a pint of Kingfisher. The term pint is not exactly what I expected it to be, even though it is a former colony of Britain. The usual serving of beer is actually 650 millilitres, while a pint refers to a bottle of 330 milliliters. This is good to keep in mind if the servings seem too big.
The food in Bombay Post was excellent and the whole experience was… intense. Not a single moment went by without a waiter being close by, ready to fill my glass or serve some more lamb to my plate. If I ran out of some side dish, it didn’t take more than a minute before I had a new portion on my table. The service was really good, but the price policy had some undocumented extras hidden inside. First of all, the list prices didn’t include taxes, and second, they charged a service percentage of everything. Looking at the list, the dish was less than 300 rupees, so I estimated the total to be somewhere around 700 with drinks, rice and bread. I was in for a surprise when I got the bill with a total of 1067 rupees with everything included. Although the food was good, I think it was not worth that much.
Next time in that district I’ll try the third place, Indijoe. It should be a chain restaurant, so the possibilities are there.
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