Following from the short intro of local eats in my earlier blog entry, here’s some restaurants you could actually visit if you’re doing independent travelling around India.
Shreyas Hotel
Maharashtrian Thali
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26
Dec
While I had my fair share of Indian cuisine in Singapore and Hong Kong, I felt like I was in veggie paradise coming to India for the first time.
Even the meal served on Jet Airways was tasty as I flew from Hong Kong to Mumbai, which landed at 1am followed by a 4 hour drive to Pune.
The main purpose of coming to India was to attend my friend’s wedding and do some sightseeing as well.
Since I stayed at her house during my entire trip there, I was able to eat what the locals eat.
Here’s a peek:
Puran Poli
Puran Poli is like a pancake that has a sweet filling inside, which you eat with other dishes.
Laddoo
Laddoo is an Indian sweet made of semolina that is served at special occasions and simply melts in your mouth. I love to round it off after my meal. Above, Namrata’s mother showing off the tin of Laddoo she made herself.
lunch
This was lunch served at home before my friend’s wedding ceremony in the evening.
dinner served at wedding ritual
On the first night before the wedding (Shrimant Pujan) where the groom gets invited to the bride’s place, guests were treated to a vegetarian dinner.
The full course meal consists of salad, curry that was spicy and rich, dhal gravy on rice and dessert.
wedding luncheon
On her actual wedding day, the luncheon was another full course spread. I had a hearty meal.
Upma
There are several breakfast dishes that Indians eat in the morning. This dish is called Upma, a type of grain/ wheat and sprinkled with coconut and parsley.
lentil breakfast
This is another typical breakfast dish that comprises of peas, potatoes and lentils served with bread fresh from the bakery in Panjim City, Goa.
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31
Aug
Branto is one of my favourite Indian restaurants in Hong Kong because it serves only vegetarian food and it plays Bollywood videos on its LCD screens.
I forgot the name of this dish but I love the yoghurt sauce and the yellow crispy dough, it makes the deep fried batter tastes so yummy!
Instead of ordering full-sized meals for lunch, we opted for little snacks and got this tomato pappadum sans onion (below).
tomato pappadum
I personally like the crunchy thin crisp of pappadums but when sprinkled with tomato pieces, it makes it tastes even more delicious!
cheese bites
The cheese bites (above) are yummy, especially since it came out piping hot, the cheese flows out from the dough but it’s not too rich that you have to stop after two of it. I dipped it with ketchup, which is sweet and savoury.
masala dosa
Fellow veggie friend, Emily can’t resist munching on her pappadums even while on the phone. She says she likes potato dishes and so we ordered the paper masala dosa, you can peep into the fillings on the right. We shared half and I was dipping into the different gravies, one is diluted curry and the other’s coconut.
kulfi dessert
We rounded off with Kulfi dessert, which tasted a little bit like ice cream, kinda melts in your mouth but better! Love the nut toppings!
Don’t forget to get yourself a lassi to go with the meal! Namaste.
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