SodaBottleOpenerWala’s Bandra Feast menu pays paper to Mumbai’s Bandra fair

Thali Sweet accompanied by kadio bodio
Thali Sweet accompanied by kadio bodio

For Bandra proprietor Sophia Netto, a month of Sep meant 8 days of festivities, pleasantness a iconic Bandra Fair that a suburb hosts annually. Held in 4 lanes that dot Bandra’s Mount Mary Basilica neighbourhood, it celebrates a birthday month of Mother Mary. “You could spend an whole day during a fair. There would be pageants like Sep King and Queen, games and shaft product stalls that everybody would mob to, and all-night prolonged jam sessions by Catholic bands during Mount Carmel’s Sep Garden with an entrance price of `1. We would binge on potato chops, candy floss and kadio bodio, a deep-fried honeyed hang of polished flour dipped in sugar. Even black chana would be heaped during stalls,” recollects 54-year-old Netto, who offers black chana and kadio bodio as nominal treats during BKC’s SodaBottleOpenerWala as partial of a outlet’s ongoing festival, Bandra Feast, that recreates a satisfactory experience.

East Indian Pork Sorpotel
East Indian Pork Sorpotel

In partnership with cook de cuisine Danesh Vakshoor, Netto has combined a special menu comprising East Indian and Goan delicacies. The menu facilities Mutton Potato Chops (Rs 195), where fried-till-golden breadcrumb crusted crushed potato bombard is pressed with minced meat, and Vegetarian or Chicken Lonvas (Rs 295), baked with a famous East Indian bottle masala and thick coconut milk. It also stars East Indian Pork Sorpotel (Rs 295) and East Indian Vindaloo (Rs 295) where a pig is cooking overnight and slow-cooked. “Most homes in Bandra would be open to guest compartment midnight, who would arrive from opposite tools of a city and over to find blessings during a basilica. we remember my mom creation kilos of sorpotel and vindaloo. I’ve used her normal recipes for a menu,” she adds. End a dish with Thali Sweet (Rs 175), a festival speciality done with coconut semolina and eggs.

Sophia Netto
Sophia Netto

The grill has also been dressed adult with ribbons and balloons that are a reversion to a helium balloons, that were a common steer during a fair. The choice also includes a retro jam event with in-house DJ Farhan and saxophonist Amar Sukhi on Thursday night, and breakfast housie on Sunday. The idea, says Netto, is to revitalise a fair’s charm. “Unfortunately, it has now incited into an prolongation of a Hill Road hawking zone,” she rues.

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