My Daily Breakfasts in Bombay

I was staying at my friend Chandni's house, and here is a collection of my daily breakfasts:

And here are some chips and dip from my mate Hrithik's:

Jhaal Pasta- Banana Bar in Bandra, Bombay

After one tired day of shopping in Bombay, I hopped in to the first place I saw for a meal. It was a little hotel in Bandra and it had a restaurant called Banana Bar. And little did I know it would turn out to host one of the Best Pastas I've ever had:



















So it was a creamy tomato pasta with chicken. But the cherry on top: It had Chilli flakes, so it was the PERFECT blend of tomato, cream and Jhaal!!!


I would go back to Bombay Just to eat here again. mmmmm

The Best Sashimi I've ever had: Taj Hotel- Bombay

This is single handedly my best meal I had during my stay in Bombay, and also one of the best meals of my life! The Sashimi, was OUT OF THIS WORLD.

  
Wasabihttp://maps.google.com/?cid=4648287798171619449s=4316649393731611875

Place page

The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, Apollo Bunder, Colaba, Mumbai
Mumbai, India
022 66653366
Hours:
Lunch: 12:30 hours - 14:45 hours
Dinner: 19:00 hours - 23:45 hours

(This is how much I love the place, I'm showing you the way to it!) haha

Wasabi Decor:



The table with a beautiful view:


My table:




Having said all that, it is one of the most expensive restaurants I've been to. I could only afford an appetiser which itself was RS 1400!!

But Oh what AN APPETISER. I cannot tell you how fresh the fish was,how it felt in my mouth, on my taste buds, on my tongue, in between my teeth. mmmmmmmm....

Crab meat, Salmon, Yellowtail, Tuna, and Blue fin tuna also known as "Toro" (also known as the new love of my food life)





YES. This was the first time I'd ever tasted Toro and it BLEW my mind away. And although I have tried it again, a few times, it never tasted as fresh, as meaty and as AMAZING as it did at the Taj.

 

I still dream about it sometimes. Actually not just sometimes but ALL THE TIME!!!

And this is Happy ME :D :D :D :D

Chicken Curry with Onion&Tomato finish by Chef Samira

So you readers have seen Sami's kitchen before, while she was away, we used it for our midnight snacking, but the "malik" was back, and I had rushed over for her first home-cooked meal.

As you can tell, me and my friends, pretty much just cook chicken curry Bengali style over and over again. But everyones' is different as you'll see:

As the Pioneer Woman would say (oh how i love her!): The Usual Suspects




The start of most dishes in the world: Onions

The Chef and
   
The lovely kitchen, we've seen before:

My fav part of the kitchen:


Sami uses usual ingredients, but her take on it includes cutting up raw chillies instead of chilli powder, and that day randomly she added a special ingredient, a teaspoon of tetul! The flavour was Amazing. It was really Jhal (spicy) for the raw chillies but had a hint of sweetness in the curry. mmmmmmmm

Another fantastic edge to this chicken curry was the finishing. Just before turning the stove off, she added some cut up onions and tomatoes, which slightly melt but not too much, leaving a raw flavour in the cooking.



Et Voila: Chicken Curry with Tomato&Onion Finishing

Brown's @ Canary Wharf

               A coincidental summer weekday, when I was staying with Sami at and Uz and Pritha were staying with Prachi and Nabeel across the street, meant all of us hanging out till late night and then having lunch the next day!

We met up at this great place Brown's. Food was brilliant!



Some appetisers: Bread, salad and the BRILLIANT goatcheese eggplant bake.mmmm

Main Courses:
Beef pate and stuffed tomatoes:


                                                                                                Whole fish: (it was amazingly fresh)














Salmon Teriyaki Style:


                                                                     Crab cakes (Big disappointment. NEVER order this)

While you were fasting

Eid Mubarak Readers!!

My friends of high temptations requested me to not post on my facebook during Ramadan. So here is a listing of all the posts you missed while you were fasting:

1. My cooking- Tuna Steaks with Spinach and Potatoes

2. One of my fav Thai places in London: Busaba Ethai

3. Asian mix lunch- The Hare and Tortoise

4. Prawn Malai Curry by Sahana Bajpaie- Prawn Malai

5. Chef Piya's Delicacies - http://dhakadelicacy.blogspot.com/2010/08/dinner-by-chef-piya.html

6. Chicken Curry by Zerin- http://dhakadelicacy.blogspot.com/2010/08/zerin-chicken.html

7.  Pret-a-manger- http://dhakadelicacy.blogspot.com/2010/08/shrimp-avocado-sandwhich-pret.html

8. Bengali Dinner by Pro Chef Saima Akbar- http://dhakadelicacy.blogspot.com/2010/09/chef-saimas-kitchen-1-bengali-dinner.html

9. Snack at Charlotte street blues- popcorn shrimp, nachos and wings

Charlotte Street Blues

Me, Bun and Haseeb did a small open mic night thing at Charlotte Street Blues when we were in London:


We had a little snack there of chicken wings, popcorn shrimp and nachos. The shrimp was pretty good.

Chef Saima's Kitchen (1)- Bengali Dinner with guest appearance by Chef Azaan Akbar

Saima Akbar is one great chef. In fact, I'm hoping we'll all hear of her more soon, on a more public level. She's my khala (ie mom's friend) and ive been eating from her kitchen for years now, and in one word her food is always "Delicious!"

My month in London was spent very near her place so I would frequently end up there for dinner. This is occasion number 1.


The weirdo who came to pick me up :



                                                                                      The Chef in her spic and span kitchen:


And a vase i randomly found pretty :D


A beautiful moment before our yummy meal, when Esh was pouring the water:


The dishes we were about to devour:


                                                                                    Perfectly cooked Basmati...what a pleasure:














Rui Mach Jhol: (Curry)


Beef Curry (made by someone else)


The highlight of my night, the AMAZING mushroom bhaji, i could have eaten the whole thing but felt that i shouldn't deprive the others:


And of course, Some Daal:


Another special treat that night was Chef Azaan Akbars Belgian Waffle..mmmm

Melting of the chocolate:



Et Voila:


Waiting to see Both of these Akbars be famous for their amazing hands at cooking!