Saturday 22 March 2014

Food Review: Soda Bottle Openerwala
DLF Cyber Hub


Ok so I wanted to visit this place since a very long time. It was very enticing for me since the cuisine they serve i.e. Parsi and Iranian is definitely a very new concept for Delhi NCR. THe place is quite brilliantly located on the ground level of DLF Cyber Hub. We were a group of 3 people who wanted to specially try out their Vada Pavs and Keema Buns on a bright Sunday afternoon. One of my friend was a vegetarian and was counting on their Vada Pavs. 
One we reached we saw that the ambiance is very close to how a Parsi place would look. The highlight was this railway track they had in the air, on which a toy train would make rounds in the entire restaurant. I loved that bit. 
But as we were placing our order, we were very disappointed by this place. They were running out of keema buns AND Vada Pavs on a Sunday afternoon. We 3 were totally counting on these. However we placed the order for a Chicken Berry Pulao and a Tomato Cheese Macaroni (which was recommended to us by their server, who claimed it to be their bestselling dish).
The chicken berry pulao was just quite usual with nothing out of the world. It had pieces of chicken and Indian spices. A dash of berry was adding the edge to it. However the tomato cheese macaroni was just disastrous. It was like macaroni in tomato ketchup and cheese, with CAULIFLOWER, CARROT and PEAS thrown in. Just like the homemade "gajar gobhi matar" sabzi mixed with it. Worst part is that these three vegetables are like the cheapest. Maybe that's why they were used. I agree that they had to serve an Indian-ised version of the Macaroni, but this was just not it. Our vegetarian friend was so taken aback that we just had to order one more dish for him. After much thought we zeroed down on masala cheese fries since they seemed to be the safest bet. Once they arrived, we were not exactly happy again. The cheese wasn't generous. The masala was its only saving grace. 
The running out on keema bun and vada pavs on an early sunday afternoon demonstrates a glitch at the part of their management. Plus no options for vegetarians which does not seem right to me. To top it all, the disastrous macaroni. Not cool. 
Never going again.

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