May 02, 2003 10:42 AM
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(Updated May 02, 2003 04:40 PM)
OK, let me warn you about what this is about - this is about cheap lovely yummy clean honest-to-god food at Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. And if you visit this area and if your stomach is growling then brush aside those roadside sandwich-wallahs, and head straight to Status Stand-up Eatery.
I discovered this place a few years ago. I was actually trying to get into the air-conditioned restaurant beside this eatery; but I found it packed to capacity. I reluctantly decided to eat here with the commoners outside. I ordered a Masala-dosa quite disdainfully; after all what should a guy prepared to shell out a couple of hundreds feel when he has to settle for a measly masala-dosa for 25 rupees? :-)
I waited 5 minutes and took away my masala doasa to a stand-up table (this place is about self-service). What I ate that day blew my mind away. My stomach woke up from its slumber. In my existence of 25 years on this planet I had never eaten such delicious masala dosa ever. Im a hard-core south-indian mind you, dosa and idlis are a way of life at home. Dosas can only disappoint me outside my hme, but this was simply out of this world. And for just 25 bucks! And that quantity just satiated me. Even my monster chomper stomach got tamed that day. But so tempted was I, that my lust for more delicious food forced me to order an Upma. As if their food was not delicious already, they serve unlimited coconut chatni (my all time favourite chatni), unlimited sambar, unlimited onions, a foodies delight! And theres no doubting that this eatery is one of the cleanest in Bombay. What a lovely afternoon that was, my friends. I felt heavenly under the 35 degree sun!
And so it has been that every visit of mine to Nariman Point has included a must-visit to this lovely eating joint. I have ignored the air-conditioned restaurant inside ever since!
Tip: Order their ghee masala dosa, parathas, upma....oh just order anything from their menu, you'll not be disappointed! And cheap too!
Bless you Status!
