Bombay Canteen - a MUST visit!

 

The Entrance

A GEM of a place, opened February 12^th and though the husband and I had been planning to visit we never did till  four weeks after its opening! Not good for an avowed foodie like me!

With Chef Thomas

I had the good fortune to meet Chef Thomas! One of the culinary stars behind the superb food. Indian regional cuisine with a global twist! If you have an evolved palate and love food, this is the place for you

Here’s what we ordered:

Seafood Bhel

Dark Malabar a rum cocktail

The Kejriwal 

Chota (appetisers):

Devilled eggs & kamal kakdi chips (crisply fried lotus stems)

Eggs Kejriwal – fried egg on toast with cheese & green chilli chutney

Seafood Bhel – with kairi date chutney and sev (full of shrimp and calamari)

Chili calamari - Charcoal grilled

Prawns – balck pepper, grilled

Arbi Tuk- looking like a dahi sev

Chicken kaleji grilled – looking like a mutton boti, on skewers

Pork vindaloo – served taco style on methi roti

Drinks:

Dark monsoon -yum cocktail with Old Monk, Star fruit, Angostura bitters and a ginger

Tamarind Whiskey Shake

The Canteen Sangria – wine, rum and a mixture of fruit

Indian Iced tea – Blackcurrant tea, white chocolate syrup and lime juice     

Fish roasted in banana leaf

Bada (Mains):

Banana Leaf roasted fish in Kerala masala 

Coconut mutton

Kheema bheja gotala- with a fried egg topping

Tandoori pork spare ribs  - jaggery glaze and green beans

Guava Tan a Tan 

Rum Soaked Gulab Nut

Dessert

Guava Tan a tan - guava tart with chili ice cream

Gulab nut – a doughnut looking, gulab jamun soaked in rum

After ages, I have been somewhere and LOVED everything I’ve had! That was unanimous in our table of 7. We are already planning to visit again as a group…

Having said that I went with some trepidation, as I am not overly fond of going out to eat Indian food- we eat it at home too often!

But this is regional Indian – Kerala, arbi, goan etc and prepared and served with a global sensibility! Nay, flourish

Loved the ambiance and look – buzzing on a week night! Full! Excellent service too!

Apart from the food, here’s what I loved: the Bombay vibe (not Mumbai) harking back to when Bombay was a Grand Lady among Indian cities J

The menu – the cover design is like the account books of my childhood

The décor – the flooring reminds me of the lovely tiles my school had

The only thing I wasn’t too enamoured of – was the sound level. But as it was the voices of happy diners, I had no complaint! Don’t sit opposite someone if you want to have a conversation without yelling!

Presently open only for dinner,  though lunch should start soon. No kids allowed

Bombay Canteen is a place you would definitely come back to and recommend to your friends. Thank you very much for making our visit amazing!!!