Mumbai Food: New dhaba-themed grill serves rational Punjabi food

The interiors. Pics/Sameer Markande

The Singh family knows a thing or dual about that renouned snack, Fish Koliwada. They explain their grandfather, Bahadur Singh, introduced a plate during his grill Mini Punjab in Sion Koliwada. In fact, Parvinder and Harmeet Singh tell us their fondest memory of a plate is their father giving them pav pressed with Koliwada prawns and chutney for lunch, on their lapse from school.

We are during Turban Tales, a soon-to-open dhaba-themed grill by Jagjit, Gurcharan, Harmeet and Parvinder Singh. On a list with a rotating centre, flashy with paper fans, mistake branches and a horn, are a dishes we are articulate about: Fish Koliwada and Jhinga Pav. The fish credentials (Rs 249) is well-cooked, though a beat lacks a essence we design from a abounding spices in it. The Jhinga Pao (Rs 299) has luscious prawns between feathery bite-sized paos though a beat doesn’t impress.

Paneer Papdi Poppers 

Flavour wars
Turban Tales belongs to a Mini Punjab family, though is totally singular when it comes to a interiors. High on kitsch, gift and must-Instagram-this-now quotient, there are embellished matkas, low cots, overturned buckets dangling from a ceiling, tables laid on tractor engines and stools finished of kadhais.

The food on a whole, impresses. The Tikka Supreme (Rs 235) is proposal and has a cheesy centre creation for a robust dish. We are tender by a smokiness of a Reshmi Soy Chaap (Rs 200), simply a best ridicule beef plate we’ve tasted.

Jalebi Chaat

Among a chaats, we like a Jalebi Chaat (Rs 199), with a tiny, sweet, syrup-less jalebi adding a good punch to a soft, cold dahi vadas. We find ourselves returning to a Paneer Papdi Poppers (Rs 209) — boiled paneer wrapped in a papad crust. The Patiala Fried Chicken (Rs 229) is a standard tender dhaba-style plate flavoured simply with coriander powder, tomato, onion and chillies.

Mummy di Daal

Our favourite plate of a night comes from a aptly-named Mummy di Daal (Rs 229) served with rotis laid out on a mini cot. This dal makhni is filled with a brilliance of cream and butter, and packaged with flavour.

Kitchen experiments
The grill wants to foster tiny plates and smaller apportionment sizes. The Punjabi Tapas territory facilities normal dishes, staying loyal to flavour, though served innovatively. While we adore a comfortable and sour saag in a Makke Tartlets-Sarson Da Saag DIY (R239) we aren’t fans of a rotis served as tartlets.

Among other tiny plates, a beef in a Lamb Galouti on Sheermal (Rs 245) is well-flavoured though a bit dry; it could’ve finished with a yoghurt dip, instead of coriander chutney.

Chuski Rita

The drinks territory too, has informed flavours, with a twist. We are tender and somewhat intimidated by a Patiala Booze Ice Tea (Rs 500/600 ml), that comes served in a high coronet tumbler, filled to a margin with honeyed hiss apple iced tea (we attempted a mocktail version). The kiwi popsicle adds a good fruity mutation to a margarita experiment, a Chuski Rita (Rs 375).

Patiala Booze Ice Tea

Cold boiled caviar (Rs 400) is ideal for a summer — a lovely vodka drink, it has uninformed curry leaf, watermelon, cranberry and only a splash of black pepper.

Opens: on Apr 15
Time: 6 pm to 1.30 am
At” Turban Tales, second floor, above Mini Punjab Lake Side, nearby Panch Kutir Bus Stop, Jogeshwari Vikhroli Link Road, Powai.
Call: 25708633

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