The best thing about being a foodie and belonging to
foodie community within Ahmedabad is that you get to visit numerous and new restaurants
in and around city.
I and my other foodie friends being part of one of the
happening foodie group, ‘Ahmedaabd foodies’ or better known as ‘Tummy Rats’ always
meet on 2nd Saturday of every month to celebrate our love for food. City
Shor members coined the group and idea of making foodies meet each other. To
know in depth about it visit: http://nikitadudani.blogspot.in/2014/01/from-eye-of-foodie.html
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| CityShor team and Foodies |
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| CityShor team and Restaurant owner |
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| FOODIES!! |
So, last Saturday, i.e 12th July 2014, we
meet at ‘Bombay Street Café’ in Prahaladnagar, Ahmedabad. The menu was
pre-decided and agreed upon.
For starters, we had Khakhra Dosa, Jini Dosa and Bombay
Jumbo Grill Sandwich. Khakhra Dosa was big in size, rather thin and crispy like
Khakhra. It was served with Chutney and had minimal flavors. You could not
easily find out that whether what you just ate was Khakhra or Dosa. It was a
new concept and definitely rocked.
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| Khakhra Dosa |
Next was Bombay Jumbo Grill Sandwich, which was show stealer.
It is one of the best sandwiches; I had till now. The sandwich had fresh
vegetables, lot of cheese and was perfectly grilled. It may not look heavy but
it could nearly take up your ¼ of empty stomach. After gulping down this yummy and
scrumptious sandwich, next on table was Jini Dosa. Once again, the concept was
nice. The dosa’s were soft and had lot of toppings on it instead of filings. The
flavors used were common yet had varied tang; however, they do turn tender if
kept for long time. Since, it is layered with toppings, you have to eat it as
soon as it comes otherwise it would not taste good.
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| Bombay Jumbo Grilled |
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| Jini Dosa |
In main course, we had wide varieties of Paneer Handi
Dosa, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Dosa, Paneer Burji Dosa, Bombay pav Bhaji, Masala pav
and Tawa Pulao. Now, all the while after reading this, I was under assumption that
the Dosa’s will be stuffed with Panner Handi, Burji and some new masala called ‘Jhanak
Jhanak Payal.’ Instead, it turned out to be companions with Dosa’s and not the
stuffing.
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| Jhanak Jhanak Payal Dosa |
We were served; plain Dosa’s with regular chutneys and cooked
vegetables in gravy. First, in the list was Jhanak Jhanak Payal Dosa, which had
Panner and other vegetable in green gravy, made from spinach. This green gravy
companion was good in taste despite having strong resemblance to Palak-Paneer.
The other two Dosa’s were same, concept wise. Panner Handi and Panner Burji
Dosa were served with Panner in different gravies. Overall, all these three
Dosa’s tasted normal yet, I wish if they had used dry gravy or ingredients as
fillings, it could have been a hit concept.
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| Paneer Handi Dosa |
Moving on, I lavished myself with Pav Bhaji and Tawa
Pulao. These two dishes made a mark and served the purpose of café’s name. They
both were cooked in typical Bombaiya ishityle and were my favorite of the day.
Most important was their bun. It was softer than butter and melted quickly in
mouth. You could easily have 5-8 without even releasing it.
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| Tawa Pulao |
For desserts, we had Vanilla ice cream and brownie. Now,
no one needs description of that, I guess!
Overall, it was a decent and different experience.
Food: 7/10
Service: 5/10
Ambiance: 7/10
CityShor team hosted this meet. Each individual in
liable to pay for them and decisions are mutually discussed on foodies group in
whatsapp and on the official app.To be a part of this exciting group, you can
visit the CityShor website http://www.cityshor.com/
or download the app from http://www.tummyrats.com/
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