Scrumptious (Foodie Review)

Hello....

So I decided to finally do it. This is my review on scrumptious! I have been here quite a few times and I could not make up my mind on, whether I should review the food served in Scrumptious or no. But in the long run of having most of my Sunday morning breakfasts here, I picked up some favourites. (Location: Seven Bungalows, Andheri West)

Barbecue sauce: One dish that I enjoy often, is their Chicken Barbecue Burger (The first image of this post). It's so juicy, the barbecue sauce is a bit different and it has a more sweet and tangy flavour to it. They serve the patty topped with the perfectly caramelised onion (not too crunchy, not too mushy), I personally don't like the salad on the side but the fries are good and seasoned....SEASONED.....which makes it really GOOD. 
 Kheema Paratha: This one is a family favourites, but let me warn you, this is a cheat dish, heavily loaded with oil and loads of kheema. It is served with mango pickle and curd, which goes very well with any paratha to be honest.
The other dishes worth trying,
The Lamb Burger & the Fries with Cheese.

There are a few dishes that are really good and a few dishes that are a big no no.

Avoid the panckaes (It says it is nutella but its not) and stay away from the cold coffee

The ambience is good, it looks like a  modern Goan caffe in a land far far away (cheeezy). Plus the service is good too, the waiters are sweet but make sure you get what you order because I have seen quite some cases where the waiter brings out a wrong dish to a wrong table. 

Overall Review:

Good Flavours

Great Quantity food

Reasonable price

One time Visit

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The BURRRP Machine (Review)

It has been a long time since I have sat down and actually written about food. This is exciting! After a long time my first post is about the first food-truck I have ever visited and my experience was good. Mumbai needs more food-trucks. 

The Burrrp Machine reminds me of two foodies that I have known since my childhood, Shaggy and Scooby Doo ( for reals... ) . I ordered for a chicken burger, two sandwiches, a cold coffee and I took home some more burgers. The burgers were a hit for me! They serve a juicy patty that is perfectly seasoned, with a slice of cheese balanced with crunchy vegetables, packed in a warm and soft bun, I also tasted the sandwiches and there were quiet some good options for both vegetarian and non-vegetarian folks. The barbecue chicken sandwich was amazing with a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce (a must have dish). They serve Hot-Dogs, but I did not have any more space in my stomach. A second visit to The Burrrp Machine is fixed, I heard they have a new menu and I am excited to try out some more of their awesomeness. 

Overall Review:

Fast Service
Fresh Flavours

Great Quality and Quantity food

Reasonable price

Must Visit

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Hagen Daz + OOTD

I recently told my MUM that we should go out somewhere and visit some place new. I hadn't been out to a restaurant or dessert place for quite some time now (at least not a place that I could write about). My mother agreed and we decided to surprise Sam and take her to Hagen Daz Which was over all a good experience for the soul, but a bad one for the wallet. We drove for 20 minutes to a branch of Hagen Daz Ice-Cream parlour in Powai, (Powai is a grand and lovely place in Mumbai). I loved the place where this Ice-Cream parlour was, it honestly felt like some mini Londonish town. We sat in there and ordered a Brooklyn Bridge, which was a Sundae and later on we had some cones.

I loved the flavours and the decor on the platter (p.s. the bridge made out of chocolate had no taste at all which was a downer, when I speak of flavour I mean purely the flavour of the ice-cream stood out ). The ice-creams were exceptional but you'd get most of the flavours in Naturals Ice-Cream Parlours if you do not want to splurge. I'd recommend Hagen Dasz only if it was a really special occasion and if you'd want to truly indulge. 

Leo's Boulangerie

This is going to be another "food review" post. I really enjoy writing reviews related to food, so this week's post is going to be the same. If you are a desert person, you need to stick around and read this post for sure.After reading the post, I am sure you will visit this amazing place.

LEO's BOULANGERIE

  

 

LEO's BOULANGERIE
is a small pastry shop situated in the very crowded Lokhandwala market. As you enter Lokhandwala market keep looking to your left as this place is tiny and can be missed easily (if you walk it is just 4 minutes after you enter the market). It has this big board with it's name written in red on the top of the main entrance. When you enter the pastry shop you have the pastry counter to your left followed by the snacks counter. On the right you have a place to sit and the cash counter. The pastry shop is spacious and I must say the lighting is very good, the shop feels bright and gives out this happy vibes. The grey finish of the walls contrasts the colour of the pastries, and if you look at the whole shop, the pastries stand out and look amazing.

The service is really good, the staff is friendly and you do not have to wait a bit for someone to attend to you. They give you a piece of their new pastries or cakes to taste. I tasted many pastries and loved everything (I am not kidding literally everything tasted excellent). The staff did not hesitate to bring new pastries to the "tasting table".  As much as I and my foodie partner enjoyed tasting everything we enjoyed the service equally. 

Now coming on to the main part of our visit, the PASTRIES. We tasted quite some pastries,  every pastry was different and we did not taste anything that was similar to another pastry. So when you're there you can expect a large variety from all the fruity flavours to the sweet chocolate flavours to the dark chocolate flavours. They have some pastries and mousses that you do not get anywhere else, like the liquor moose and they have a sorbets with a twist (like their orange sorbet) which is like a cloud-burst of flavour in your mouth.

Their pastries are priced around Rs.80 (on an average). The pastries are filling, rich, and totally worth the money. What I really enjoyed about their pastries was, every layer or every changing element in a pastry was in harmony, and when you eat it as a whole every little thing comes as one to form this huge bomb of flavour in your mouth. The snacks they serve are good too, we tasted the chicken quiche and marble sandwich which tasted good and fresh even at seven in the evening. I strongly recommend this pastry shop, you have to visit it and I am sure you will visit it again.

Fun Facts: 

Leo's Boulangerie opened in November 2014 and was immediately famed for it's different variety and tasty pastries.

The owner is Farzad Jehani of Leopold Cafe.

Location: Shop 4, Lokhandwala Complex, Andheri Lokhandwala, Andheri West, Mumbai

My Overall review:

Surely one of the best cake shops

Pastries / Cakes have great flavours

The cakes/ pastries looked classy

Great presentation

Price: Just like any top notch pastry shop

Portion: Stomach filling

Service: Excellent

Pocket pinch: Rs.400

My rating: 4.00stars

My Order:

Kalhua Mousse

Baileys

Caramel crunch

Garlic Bread Loaf

(we tasted many more pastries and the review is base on everything not only my order)

The Boston Cupcakery Review

Hello everybody! I haven't uploaded much since the past month, honestly I don't know why. Nothing made me excited enough to write about it. As this was the condition of my life, I decided to take things in my own hands and go ahead searching for something to write about. I spent all my pocket money on getting gifts for my mother who celebrated her birthday recently, so I did not have any money left for a haul and I missed the great flat 50% off sale (:( ). Anyway I decided to do something I really like and feel really passionate about, that is reviewing food, so without any further ado here is 

The Boston Cupcakery review.

     

THE BOSTON CUPCAKERY

is situated in Lokhandwala Andheri West (Mumbai, India). It is a small shop standing just after the Lokhandwala bridge, so you need to keep your eyes wide open to find this tiny piece of heaven. This place cannot accommodate many people but it does home delivery, that makes up for this drawback. The service is splendid, they literally answer every doubt you have regarding the menu, and the cupcakes they suggested were spot on what I wanted to eat.
When you walk inside the glass door they have the cupcakes showcased right ahead. On the right side there was a wall with decorative frames and a mirror, and a shelf that had jars of sugar, cocolate chips, coffee beans, etc. which is pretty much what you would want to see in a cupcake shop.

Coming on to the cup cakes, we over-ordered because we wanted to try everything and our bill came up to Rs.740 (for 4 people). I'll mention my order at he end as I do it in all my food blogs. They have three categories of cupcakes ie. Signature cupcakes (Rs.100), Central cupcakes (Rs.80) and Classic Cupcakes (Rs.60). The flavours in the menu ranges from the exotic Red Velvet cupcake to the Fruity Blueberry cupcake to the mouth watering Gooey chocolate cupcake to the simple Vanilla cupcake. Check the menu carefully because you would not want to miss out on any flavours. The cupcakes we ordered were moist and melted in the mouth instantly. Some of them had fillings in their centre which was awesome because who would not want more chocolate (*wink wink*). The flavour of the cupcakes are strong and exactly how the name suggests they are.
They serve two very different things on their menu, that I saw for the first time anywhere, one is the cupcake ice-cream and the second one is the cupcake shake. We had two different cupcake ice-creams. It is basically an ice-cream served with a cupcake on the top and different toppings around it. When you serve cupcakes with ice-cream the cupcake bounds to get dry, so keep this in mind when you order your cupcake ice-cream and choose the flavour accordingly(I enjoyed the Choco city cupcake with strawberry ice-cream). I ordered a Kitkat shake.I am not sure how they make the shake, but I am guessing they blend the cupcake with milk and cream. It sounds a bit like "huhhhh" but the shake was pretty good, it was a little heavy though. My mother enjoyed the shake and could not keep her hands off it, while I eyed her Cupcake Ice-cream.
They served coffees and teas also, but I went in only for the cupcakes. There are not many reviews about their coffees and teas too.
I should mention the Baker Eric Lars Larsen known as @TheCupcakeDude on vines.

Location: Shop 1 , Legend Apartment, Near Millat Nagar Circle, Andheri Lokhandwala, Andheri                     West, Mumbai

MY OVERALL REVIEW:
Must visit at least once
Very innovative
Moist Cupcakes
Perfect icing
Great Service
A bit Pricey
My Rating:3.5stars

My order:

Cupcakes
Red Velvet
Chocolate ganache

Cupcake ice-cream
Choco City with Strawberry ice-cream
Nutella with Chocolate ice-cream

Cupcake Shake
Kitkat cupcake shake
:)

Cocktail #1 Rum Punch

The best part of the holidays are, we get to try new food and beverages. One drink that really stood out on my Dad's special Christmas menu was, a cocktail called 'Rum punch'. Now we didn't have different types of rum and all, so we did our version of a rum punch which was simple and the ingredients are easily available, so you can recreate it at home easily. 
My father told me to remember 1 2 3 4,
That is; 
1 cup of lime juice.
2 cups of sugar.
3 cups of rum (we used old monk).
4 cups of orange juice (it goes good with old monk)
 Shake these in a shaker and according to how strong or mild you want it you can add water. Shake it with ice or shake it and pop it in the fridge. garnish it with a slice of lime or sweet lime on the glass.
TIP: Turn your spoon up side down and pour rum slowly over it so that it floats on top.
Serve it in a tall glass.

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Red Box

We had an amazing time at 'The Red Box'. The food was yum, strong on the palate and stomach filling. This restaurant serves food that does not bloat you and make you feel thirsty, I thought I'll mention that first because I hate it when I come back home bloated due to excess ajinomoto. Red Box gives you a high dining experience and really good mocktails ,oh I love them! We sat down for a three course meal and out of the three, our favourite part was obviously the desert. My favourite was the New York cheesecake and the lemon cheesecake. The chocolate truffle was good but the cheesecakes stole my heart. The restaurant does not follow a particular cuisine type, although the interior decoration had a Japanese theme going on with red walls and black sofas. The overall experience was amazing and worth every penny.

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Highway Gomantak

Personally I am not a Fish person, it is because of the fish-y taste you get when you eat a fish curry or something similar to it. Many people enjoy eating fish, but not me. However HIGHWAY GOMANTAK changed my mind completely. Highway Gomantak is a seafood restaurant located at Bandra East. It is a small restaurant with simple infrastructure and interior, The limited seating and large demand creates a problem though, as the waiting period can stretch upto an hour. They do not take reservations, and something that I did not like is they do not list names and just take people in randomly. People still wait because the food is worth it.

I did not want to go hardcore fish so I ordered a Mutton Thali which was amazing and spicy (not mouth burning spicy but the correct amount of spicy ). Thali is the best option if you want to eat like a proper plate of traditional Maharashtrian food. Everything we ordered was amazing, I'll list my order at the end. The best thing we ordered there was the sweet dish 'Kharvas' (which is like a sweet steamed milk pudding and it is eaten cold). If you ever go to Highway Gomantak , you have to taste their kharvas, it was amazing and one of the best sweet-dishes I have ever eaten. It is perfect after a heavy meal.

My order:

Mutton thali 

Prawns thali

Prawns fry

bombil (bombay duck) fry

Kharvas

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Cafe Madras

Cafe Madras (Matunga, Mumbai), on my way there, when I asked a man walking on the road for directions, he said " you mean the famous cafe", which got me even more excited to visit it and taste what made that small food joint so big. There was a huge waiting line for breakfast at 9.00 am .I learnt when you go to cafe Madras you shouldn't miss out on their specials, or anything with podi ( A flavored powder that does not taste like any ordinary masala) .They are recognized for their 'filter coffee' for Rs.25 only, which was absolutely yum and people with a taste for strong coffee would love it.There is a small stall outside the restaurant, that  sold farsaan items (Snacks) and the famous filter coffee (also called kaapi).
We left from there with a happy stomach and a happy heart. 
My order:
Idli podi
Upma podi
Set dosa
Sheera (sweet)
Filter coffee

:)