Mumbai food: This pocket-friendly Dadar eatery is ideal for hangouts

 It was adore during initial steer as we sealed gawk with a wall lonesome with a fun, illustrated obstruction of questions directing us to eat, splash and play during soon-to-launch MRP (My Regular Place) in Dadar (E). Located on a belligerent building of Hotel Midtown Pritam, a latest charity by Pritam Group of Hotels (also possess Grandmama’s Café, Terttulia and PDT) betrothed to be some-more than usually a unchanging eat-and-drink night-out, and hold on to it by charity cool, wooden gaming boxes on any list — featuring a spin bottle, rug of cards, dices, ping pong balls and even join-the-dots coasters — and shots that came trustworthy to a mini foosball set. Featuring an indoor and al fresco section, a well-stocked bar, wire chandeliers and tables vast adequate to accommodate both, dart games and food platters, a atmospheric grill presented a happy vibe, charity pocket-friendly, complicated Asian bistro fare. While molecular gastronomy techniques done a wandering coming as foams and spheres, thankfully, they didn’t repress a flavours.

Molecular DSLR

Drinks during MRP
In sync with a name, a bar bonds a accumulation of alien wine (from consequence and singular malts to Chilean wines), that we can relief of during a MRP. However, it comes with riders — a offer is accessible usually on full and half bottles of alien ethanol and if we can dedicate to a smallest spend of Rs 750 per conduct on food. From a drinks menu, we attempted dual of their residence cocktails, Orient Express (Rs 280) and Molecular DSLR (Rs 320). A lip-smacking mix of vodka, orange extract and homemade basil and lemongrass syrup, Orient Express was ideal to assistance us get absolved of a monsoon blues. Meanwhile, a vodka, litchi and passion fruit mixture that seemed in a potion made like a DSLR, with litchi spheres on a side, was high on display and flavours.

A DIY chronicle of Prawn Fish Fajita

Miso meets Mac Cheese
Helmed by cook Puronjoy Das (of Cafe Nemo fame) and cook Gracian D’Souza, a food menu featured soups, tiny plates, baos, low sums and Asian mains with innovative combinations like a Caesar salad with a Korean Gochujang salsa and Patrani Fish with ramen noodles. We began with Boneless Chicken Wings (Rs 280), a tiny image of crispy and tender beef squares on a bed of a heavenly, honeyed scotch glaze. Served with tapioca chips and a jalapeno-mayo formed Bang Bang sauce, a consume soothing Wheat Protein (Rs 220) bao, pressed with cilantro, cucumber, preserved daikon and kungpao sauce, was a detonate of spicy-tangy flavours.

Wheat Protein Bao served with tapioca chips and Bang Bang sauce

Next, a normal bamboo enclosure featuring corn tortillas seemed on a table, with a platter of piping prohibited Vietnamese boiled rice, crispy wontons, Singaporean chilli salsa drizzled on baked fish and prawns. We desired this DIY chronicle of Prawn Fish Fajita (Rs 490) that scored high on taste, generally for a melt-in-your-mouth prawns.

Boneless Chicken Wings With Bourbon Glaze

A wall lonesome with a maze-like painting of questions. Pics/Datta Kumbhar

While we unsuccessful to detect any Asian flavours in MRP Mac Cheese (Rs 370), it was comfort food during a best, with crispy, seasoned mozzarella sprinkled on a bed of well-cooked shitake bolognaise. As we wrapped a dish with a not-too-sweet and light Coconut Milk Panna Cotta (Rs 225), including tasty macerated pineapples, from a dessert territory over Coldplay’s Hymn For The Weekend, we were happy to have found a ideal weekend haunt, divided from a hubbub of Kamala Mills.

Opens on: June 29 (12 noon to 3 am, no children post 7 pm)
At: 20 Dharamputra, Pritam Estate, Dadar (E). 
Call: 9699990036

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