Moombai & Co @ The H Dubai

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 0 Comments A+ a-

The H Hotel has been in talks recently because of the brand new Irani - Parsi restaurant Moombai & Co. I wanted to experience what is the hype all about, I was happy to be invited to such lively fun place. 

As soon as we entered, we were escorted to our table. This place completely reminds me about the Mumbai streets because of the movie posters on the walls. They also have antique board of Kingfisher and olden times televisions which had only Doordarshan. Most amazing thing is the Rickshaw which is still most popular in India. They play dholak to celebrate birthday's and make it more especial. They have different seating arrangements indoor as well as outdoor. The music played from yesteryear's will take you back to future. 

The staff is very friendly. Especially our server Mukesh, he gave us brief intro and guided us through the menu. That helped us to take decisions and choose from menu. They have a huge variety of alcohol drinks I hope they also increase the Non-Alcoholic drinks because there are only 5 drink without DAARU totally unfair.

What We Tried There:
  • Pao Bhaji
  • Tareli Kolmi
  • Murg Malai Tikka
  • Tandoori Chicken
  • Hari Mirch Ka Jhinga
  • Chicken Berry Biryani
  • Sali Marghi
  • Patra Ni Machhi
  • Sheermal
  • Kachumber Raita with Pomegranate
  • Baked Gulab Jamun
  • Kulfi Falooda
  • Ananas Ka Rus
  • Masala Cola
  • Mango Lassi
While we were deciding, they served us with Aam ka Panna as a welcome drink, crispy Papad and chuttneys.
Aam Ka Panna - Welcom Drink

Pappad & Chuttney's

Starting with small appetite we decided to have famous Pao Bhaji which you can find on route Mumbai to Goa and vice versa as the street food which is easily available and also very tasty.
The quantity of Bhaji was very nice and the soft butter bread would just melt down.

Pao Bhaji

Our second small appetite was Tareli Kolmi which is ginger garlic marinated prawns and then fried.
Prawns were juicy and crispy. If you are prawns lover then this is a #MustTry.

Tareli Kolmi

Barbeque is something that Mumbai is famous for, our first choice was Murg Malai Tikka. It is perfect for people who doesn't like spicy but yet very delicious. The flavor of yogurt and other spices just tantalized the taste buds.

Murg Malai Tikka
Tandoori Chicken is our #AllTimeFavorite, the aroma of spices and burnt charcoal makes it yummy. I loved the chutney and salad served with it.

Tandoori Chicken

Our last barbeque had to be seafood, we chose Hari Mirch Ka Jhinga. It is marinated in green chilly mix with other spices but once it hits the charcoal oven the spiciness is reduced but still you get the hint of chillies.
Hari Mirch Ka Jhinga
All of the barbeques had amazing flavours, each one different from others. I #HighlyRecommend to try any one of it or all three.

For our main course we started with Sali Marghi. It is very simple homemade chicken curry garnished with crispy potato straws. I loved the combination of crispiness with spice curry, I #HighlyReccomend.
Sali Marghi
To accompany the curry rather then having our regular naan or paratha we opted for Sheermal. It have saffron in it which was interesting. It is very small and we thought it won't be enough. But trust me after having one I realized why they made it so small, it is too heavy.

Sheermal
Our second dish was Patra Ni Machhi, it is fish wrapped in a banana leaf with green chutney. It didn't have that spice and was too soft, but it was ok.

Patra Ni Machhi
My most awaited dish was Chicken Berry Biryani, my words won't do justice. It had long grain rice and lots of berries. It was my first experience to have such different biryani. If there is a one thing you need to try is then this. It is #MustTry #MustHave dish. It goes well with Kachumber Raita with Pomegranate.
Chicken Berry Biryani

Kachumber Raita with Pomegranate
For drinks we chose Ananas Ka Rus which is very refreshing and had mix of chaat masala. I liked the chatta patta flavor.
Ananas Ka Rus
Next drink was Masala Cola, our famous coca cola drink is mixed with their masala. It had completely different flavor.

Masala Cola
Lastly our personal favorite drink Mango Lassi, it was thick and very yummy.
Mango Lassi
We barely had any space in our stomach but I had to try their Baked Gulab Jamun. It is served in hot sizzling plate with small gulab jamun with lots of hot rabdi. Gulab Jamun was bit sweet but when mixed it nicely with rabdi it was balanced.
Baked Gulab Jamun
Last dessert was Kulfi Falooda, I loved the thickness and the quantity. It couldn't have been better then this.
Kulfi Falooda
The prices overall is bit high but for the service and quality of food it is totally worth it.

Ratings: 9/10

XOXO

Nihan 

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MYBC - Best Cheat Meals & Crazy FreakShake

Monday, November 20, 2017 0 Comments A+ a-

Restaurants located in the heart of the city are the ones famous, there few restaurants which goes unnoticed because they are in interior places. But there are new places which have started growing very fast. This place which I visited I heard it for first time and my first experience. This place is known as Uptown Mirdiff don't mistake it with city center Mirdiff, both are different. Uptown Mirdiff is a new mall which have various dining options. I was invited by MYBC to try out their updated menu and freak shakes. Well #LifeIsTooShort to not eat all the great food in the world.


MYBC is american inspired restaurant. It have huge graffiti design on the walls and different type of seating arrangements. They also make cookies which they use in freak shake. They also have seating area outside restaurant.

What We Tried There:
  • Sriracha Chicken Fingers
  • Hurricane Prawns
  • Double Crunch Chicken Burger
  • MYBC Fluffy Pancakes 
  • Peanut Butter And Fluff
  • Mocha Caramel Latte
Sriracha Chicken Fingers is a crispy chicken fried and served with sriracha sauce. I was more excited about our second starter dish which was Hurricane Prawns. Prawns are nicely fried and tossed in spicy sweet chilly sauce. Both appetizer had Americans flavors. It is not extreme spicy, all type of foodies can have it. Both are #MyFavorite and definitely #MustTry
Sriracha Chicken Fingers

Hurricane Prawns
We chose Double Crunch Chicken Burger with Steak Fries you can either choose house fresh salad. I wanted to eat black colour burger, it is funny I know! The burger is huge with crispy breaded chicken breast and coleslaw. If you are burger person like me then this is #HighlyRecommended. Those fries were just amazing and big with perfect seasoning.

Double Crunch Chicken Burger
Next I wanted dessert but instead of choosing something from their dessert section I chose something from Sweet Tooth Breakfast. If you know me for a while then you know what to expect.
We ordered MYBC Fluffy Pancakes, firstly there were four big fluffy layers of pancakes. Which had mixed berries and maple syrup. It had perfect sweetness and if you wanted to make it more sweet then you could add maple syrup. Pancake lovers here is something new you can try out, it was one of #MyFavorite of the  evening.

MYBC Fluffy Pancakes
Lastly the show stopper of the day was their Freak Shakes. Our first freak shake was Peanut Butter and Fluff, it had vanilla ice cream mixed with peanut butter and lot of whipped cream with caramel popcorn, kitkat and choco stick on it. It was delicious and couldn't have enough of it.

Peanut Butter and Fluff
And our second freak shake have to be something related to coffee, we chose Mocha Caramel Latte. It had medium coffee flavor not so strong but very tasty. It had lot of cookies and cream on it. I was totally digging it. 
Mocha Caramel Latte
Each freak shake is one of it's own kind. I totally loved their freak shake. I #HighlyRecommend to try out their freak shakes.

Ratings: 8/10

XOXO

Nihan

MYBC Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

Ymi - Juices & Crepes

Thursday, November 16, 2017 2 Comments A+ a-

Weekday's are very hectic and to plan something interesting can be really difficult. Most of the time I don't plan because it get ruined if I plan anything, it need to be spontaneous. After having a ordinary boring day I check my mails and I see one more invite which is from the new dessert parlor at Al Barsha known as YMI.


Ymi is a newly opened dessert parlor which serves Juices and Crepes. They have very limited options to choose from Crepes. As people arrived in parlor most of them were confused because they didn't know what to order and secondly they didn't know what crepe is!? Crepe is a very thin pastry which is made up of wheat flour and then stuffed with anything and folded in triangular shape. It took me little while because I didn't know how it would taste, Rose who served us helped us decide to pick the dishes for us. It have good location and instantly pops because of the colors and there is no issue with parking.

What We Tried There:
  • Fruit Salad with Ice Cream
  • Cheese & Turkey
  • Cheese & Mushroom, Garlic
  • Go Bananas
  • Superstar Coffee
  • Broken Heart
  • Ymi Ice Cream
We started with Crepes. Our first savory crepe was Cheese & Turkey, we also added olives and mushrooms in it.  Second savory crepe was Cheese & Mushroom, Garlic in we added olives. I must say one crepe is enough for one person. It didn't have any spices but still the individual ingredient had their own flavors which blended nicely together. Definitely give anyone of it a try it's delicious.


Cheese & Turkey

Cheese & Mushroom, Garlic

Our next crepe is Go Bananas, it is sweet. It had walnuts, bananas and honey, we added nuts and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. I liked it but the walnut pieces were little big which didn't go very well. 

Go Bananas


Later we asked for Fruit Salad with Ice Cream. This bowl had all of my favorite fruits I was really happy even it was just a fruit bowl. I love eating fruits but I m choosy. It made a good combination with chocolate and ice cream. This is a healthy version of dessert. 

Fruit Salad with Ice cream

For drinks we chose Broken Heart because it had combination of my favorite fruits. It had banana, mango, pomegranate and strawberries with ice cream. Flavor was amazing and very yummy, I #HighlyRecommend it. 

Broken Heart

I'm a caffeine addict, our next drink was Superstar Coffee. It had medium coffee with ice cream yet strong. It was perfect and I loved it. 

Superstar Coffee

Lastly we had Ymi Ice Cream combination of in house vanilla and chocolate flavor. It was light and was creamy.

Ymi Ice Cream

Ratings: 7/10

XOXO

Nihan 

Ymi Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato

Barbeque Nation - Casual Dining & Special Screening

Sunday, November 12, 2017 0 Comments A+ a-

Barbeque Nation is a successful casual dining restaurant at affordable price. It not only the chain of restaurants or company but also awarded as best places to work as the study was conducted by Economic Times. They have more then 85+ outlets in India and now they are extending their food magic in other countries.

Their first branch was in Al Barsha, whenever I use to pass by this restaurant I use to plan  to visit but due to my busy schedule it wasn't possible. Recently they opened up their second branch in Al Karama. Last week I was lucky that I have been specially invited for the opening of the restaurant.  



As soon as we enter we were escorted by the supervisor to our designated place. The restaurant is spacious and very well planned. Later we were explained how the flow of the restaurant works out. 

Starting with the Live Grill, you can have unlimited barbeque as long as you want. They have Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian options. We opted for Non-Veg, we were served Punjabi Tangdi and Mutton Masala Seekh. For grilling they had Chicken Tikka, Parsley Fish and Chilli Garlic Prawns. #MyFavorite was their tangdi and chilli prawns it proper spices and was tender.



Next we wanted to try out something from their Live Cooking section, we opted for Pav Bhaji and Indo-Chinese Hot and Sweet Noodles.
The Bhaji was already cooked only thing was done they made it bit hot and Pav was fried in butter. It did lack on taste factor.
Pav Bhaji

Next the veggies were very raw but the hot and sweet sauce made it up for the taste but it can still improve a lot.

Hot & Sweet Noodles

In Main Buffet section we started with salad, I had to start with #MyFavorite Corn Salad and Jalapeno Pasta. They had nice descent spread of buffet which included roti, seafood crab masala, butter chicken, paneer masala and more.
Salads

Buffet

I was full but #ChickenBiryani being my first love I had to try it out. They also had Veg Biryani and Mutton Biryani. Biryani had good flavours and chicken was also soft and juicy but the rice was bit dry. Mixing it out with Raita made it up for it.

Veg, Chicken & Mutton Biryani
For Drinks we chose Fruity Hop which is mixture of Guava, Lychee and Orange. Second drink was Spicy Tango which had Aam Ras, Tabasco. It made it really spicy drink but I loved the taste. Both drinks were flavorful and yummy. I totally #Recommend it. Spicy Tango is a #MustTry.
Spicy Tango


Fruity Hop

Lastly for dessert we tried their Kulfi Falooda, Yogurt Delight, Kesari Phirni, Chocolate Brownie and Jalebi with Rabdi. I loved all of the dessert but what stood out for me was Kulfi Falooda and Jalebi with Rabdi. You can select whichever Kulfi you like and the toppings as per your taste, you can just customize it as per your flavours. Jalebis are made hot in front of you and rabdi is poured over it. It just melt down in mouth, I #HighlyRecommend this to you.



Ratings: 6.5/10

XOXO

Nihan

Barbeque Nation Menu, Reviews, Photos, Location and Info - Zomato