7 weird though tasty Maggi equipment we contingency try during Mumbai restaurants

No Matter how many culinary experiments one likes to indulge in, it’s tough not to stoop to a attracts of good aged Maggi. Given it’s everlasting appeal, opposite age groups, a handful of chefs in Mumbai have been defeat adult versions of a two-minute noodles in quirky flavours and forms. From American to Italian, crunchy to soupy, a twists to a image are anticipating takers. We sampled a few and came behind amused during a perfect probability this many desired and so-taken-for-granted break holds.

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MAGGIE ET AL DOOR NO 1, BANDRA (WEST)
On Monday, when we dump by during Door No 1, it happens to be a karaoke night. Patrons are crooning Abba’s we do, we do, we do. Being a city’s usually retro bar, a place is dotted with LPs and glossy disco balls. “We wish to take we behind to a good ol’ days. And, that’s a thought behind Maggie et al as well,” says Mihir Bijur, who along with Vishesh Khanna set adult a place final December. The image (`150), partial of a singular mistake pas menu, is radically Maggi served in a play with some ‘leftover’ pav bhaji and orange squeezed on top. “Oh don’t worry, a pav bhaji is prepared fresh. We combined a word in a menu for effect,” he jokes. The thought sprang from memories of Bijur and Khanna’s college days when they would make Maggi and toss it with leftover gravy while prepping for exams late into a night. “That’s given we call it a singular mistake pas given many of us have attempted several unfamiliarity and combinations while creation Maggi during home. Some worked, some didn’t.”
Rs 150 

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TWO MINUTE SANDWICH
CHAAYOS, LOWER PAREL
“If there’s anything that goes good with chai, it’s Maggi,” says Raghav Verma, owners of Chaayos, that offers an endless accumulation of teas. No consternation then, that a Maggi sandwich has been partial of a menu given it was launched four- and-a-half years ago. The sandwich, labelled during `109, is a noodle peppered with tomatoes, capsicum and onions and sandwiched between dual breads. “It’s a default combo either you’re during home or movement in a mountains.” says Verma.
Rs 109 

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WELCOME BACK MAGGI FABLE, JUHU
While formulating a menu for this renouned eatery in Juhu, Chef Ganesh Gaonkar and his group were given a singular indicate brief — comfort food. “And, how can we speak comfort food in India and not consider of Maggi?” he says fixation a image of piping prohibited Welcome Back Maggi before us. It’s fundamentally Maggi, Bolognese style, surfaced with chop lamb and finely shredded parmesan. Sitting atop is a sunnyside up. The lamb creates for a abounding further to a dish, a Maggi is somewhat soupy, and together they make a good marriage. There’s also a vegetarian variant, where minced soya replaces a lamb. The flavours are scarcely a same. “It creates a really wealthy meal. And, while we meant to offer this one for lunch, it gets systematic by a day, mostly during breakfast hours. If it’s comfort food, it’s anytime food, we guess,” adds a prepare with a smile.
Rs 225 

Zoobar prepare adds finishing touches to a Chicken tikka maggi. Pic/Sneha Kharabe

CHICKEN TIKKA MAGGIE
ZOO BAR, VILE PARLE (WEST)
This author takes good honour in her appetite. So, when we reached Vile Parle’s Zoo Bar to try a Chicken tikka maggi, we knew polishing it off would be child’s play. We were wrong. Served like a risotto, with proposal chunks of duck cooking in Indian spices and afterwards tossed into Maggi, a image is finger-licking juicy and can be a standalone meal. “The Chicken tikka Maggi is my possess recipe. we adore Maggi and duck tikka. Together it’s a best thing we can ask for,” says owners Nishant Joshi. Interestingly, a place has an whole territory dedicated to Maggi called a ‘WAG’ GI, given a an animal-friendly restaurant. The options operation from Kadai paneer Maggi to egg burji Maggi. Chopra’s special Maggi, we learn, is desirous by Joshi’s friend. “His supporter would prepare it in a approach that done it ambience really opposite from what we are used to. To make it some-more delicious, it’s surfaced with a boiled egg,” he says, not peaceful to exhibit a recipe.
Rs 165 

Chef Avtar Singh wanted to offer a stuffing bar-bite Pic/Sameer Abedi

Chef Avtar Singh wanted to offer a stuffing bar-bite Pic/Sameer Abedi

MERI MAGGI
TRUE TRAMM TRUNK, JUHU
It’s not too mostly that we hear of Maggi as a bar snack. The folks during True Tramm Trunk wanted to change that. So, here, instead of unchanging bar bites like duck tikka or paneer chilly, we can opt for Meri Maggi to span with your drink. “It goes fabulously with a splash or wine. Even a amiable cocktail. The thought is to offer congregation a stuffing snack, instead of a little bar-bite. The reason given a present noodle is renouned is given it is sumptuous,” says prepare Avtar Singh, as he places a image before us. This is Maggi crowned with sharp duck keema, and a sunnyside subsequent to it. “Maggi can be consumed any time of a day. But, over a splash with friends, it adds to a nostalgia appeal.”
Rs 345 

MAGGI BURGER AND MAGGIZZA
HUNGRY HEAD, POWAI
The judgment behind this renouned Powai eatery was to build it around Maggi. The 3 “hungry heads” behind a venture, Arpit Kabra, Yash Patel and Rahul Daga, revolutionary Maggi fans themselves, wanted to see how many they could widen their imagination. Turns out, utterly a bit. On offer here is a noodles in scarcely each form imaginable, opposite cuisines. We attempted dual of their best-selling equipment — a Maggi burger, (called a Mag Burger) and a Maggi-pizza, that has been christened a Maggizza. Speaking of a latter, Patel says, “When we move together a dual things people adore — pizza and Maggi — and conduct to strike a right flavour, we can’t suppose what happens.” The Maggizza constitutes an eight-inch thin-crust pizza surfaced with classical Maggi. One can opt for combined toppings like onion and capsicum, and for a cheese lovers, there’s a decadent three-cheese burst, which, as a name suggests, comes with 3 outlandish cheese toppings. The patty in a Mag Burger is a crush of potatoes and Maggi, baked with a quintessential masala and served with a choice of salsas — a thousand island mayo, salsa mayo and Schezwan mayo. “We are perplexing to rise a various where a bun too is done of Maggi. Let’s see how that goes,” Patel says.
Rs 70-100
Rs 170-280 

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