Street food with a twist at DesiKlub

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Some lucky things happen when you are least expecting it! 
A couple of days back, a cancelled meeting at Nariman Point leads me to a street food eating experience with a twist. 
Having travelled a bit of a distance that day for this meeting, when it gets cancelled, I must admit I am a bit peeved. To add to that, it is beyond my lunch time and the hunger monsters are revolting inside my stomach demanding to be fed. When the mind does not work well, what works as the stress management buddy is the Zomato App. I punch in a couple of words on search and in a jiffy, the name 'DesiKlub' pops up. Location shows Maker Chamber 5, Nariman Point. I am thrilled. Street food, a couple of good reviews on the app and my gnawing hunger, sends me straight through their wooden door into an air-conditioned street ambience. Welcoming Bollywood music of the 80's, and a tempting menu with a hint of Bollywood Deja Vu has me ordering for food even before I can look around to grasp the decor of the place (which is what I usually do when I am up for an eating experience). 'Chitthi Aayi Hai' (Spicy paneer filling wrapped in Roomali roti envelopes, served with Waldorf salad) and 'Cutting Pudina Chai' is what I start with. 



The plating is innovative and the food even better. I am ravenous today and the smiling attendant recommends 'Litchi-Rose Icecream Soda',  'The Tiffin Box' (Reshmi paratha, dal, rice, paneer sabzi served with papad, crushed onion and Indian coleslaw), and a 'Chocolate Thali' from the dessert section. I cannot believe my own ears when I say yes to all of that.  The ensemble that is served to me is a lavish tribute to the Mumbai dabbawalas. 



As the taste buds in my mouth and the hunger monsters in my stomach relax with a heave of content, my focus shifts from the closeups of the food to the ambience around.

'DesiKlub' is designed smartly with a feel of being right in the hub of Mumbai Streets. BEST buses, street shopping, zebra crossings, lampposts, mounted car bonnets all give a feel of a busy Mumbai street. The chairs with well-known Mumbai destinations pinned on them are inventive. The experimental attempt to create a street feel within a restaurant space works well. 




I am positive that I have a predisposed DNA conditioning in which when I hear the word 'Food' and especially 'Street Food', the explorer in me comes alive and I have to try it again and again (guilty pleasures).  I am glad that I landed up at 'DesiKlub' without forethought, cause I sure will head there again (with planning this time) for the Sunday Brunch with my family. I am thinking this Sunday may be.




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5 comments:

  1. Unknown8 April 2016 at 06:58

    Palatable reading.my taste bud have already begun to tingle and the hunger monsters in me demanding to shoot straight to desiklub!

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  2. Unknown8 April 2016 at 07:00

    Palatable reading.my taste bud have already begun to tingle and the hunger monsters in me demanding to shoot straight to desiklub!

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  3. Unknown8 April 2016 at 22:47

    What a vivid description of the place, its interiors and of course the indomitable food and their innovative names. The elucidation is so well that the taste buds of the readers start tickling. The images are nonetheless complimenting. Once again a great post to read with delight.

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  4. Unknown11 April 2016 at 09:57

    Tempting...

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  5. Unknown11 April 2016 at 09:57

    Tempting...

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