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2 Nandu's paratha - once again dp, where we used to have those fattening
paranthas (with additional dollops of butter!) with watermelon juice ( i wonder what
the marathi name for watermelon was… oops it’s kalingarh). it suddenly comes to
my mind how we were hiding behind their car park once, during a police raid! do
you recall it - vipul was there and we were on our way back after attending a rock
concert nearby. himsi your fav paratha was a paneer paratha
3 Kapila Kathi kebab - the food stall located at the corner of the entry of dp road,
less oily and extremely juicy (making me recall vipul’s adage – why fart and waste
when you can burp and taste). What distinguished it from others was the liberal use
of pudina chutney
4 Cafe Olympia - another fav kathi place which we used to frequent, located on
the other side of mg road beside a cinema( forgotten the name, chip in the name if
you can)
5 Woods - initially located at Mundwa where we used to go thanks to huzi and his
old fiat. the standard fare was chicken breast sizzler (where if I am not off the track
one got a generous helping of 4 chunky breasts of chicken served on a bed of
sizzling rice and minimal amount of “ghasphus” & the essential fries) along with
iced tea. this restaurant was later shifted to north main road, koregaon park along
with a live band (much to our disliking and inconvenience)
6 The Place - located adjacent to Westend theater was one of my fav, though you
preferred Woods more. Chicken Piri Piri Shaslik was what i used to order. Khera had
ordered for the second sizzler while we were busy at our first quarter of the sizzler.
7 Zamu's - another sizzler place which was frequented more by Gaurav (dp
road).both you and i had promised not to revisit the place owing to their generous
helping of cabbage on the wooden platter!
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Walk Down The Memory Lane (Gastronomical lane…)…. Pune
8 The Bakery store diagonally opp Nandu's ( was it Hot Bread's? or Just
Baked?) where we freaked out on their freshly baked cakes and pastries
9 Cake n Counter - the bakery owned by the quirk irani couple next to shamun's
where our standard fare was walnut cake. much to our annoyance the couple would
resume begin business extremely late and no matter what the demand would have
a countable number of cakes n pastries selling which they shut their shop!
10 Gobbles - another dessert place located on Gera plaza on the left near north
main road , before the flyover on the return journey from koregaon park.
11 Prem's - located behind sophie's bookshop. Wadu was gaga over potato soup
(which actually turned out to be quite good) .the waiting period was so frustrating &
killing.all of us (comprising 15 guys) had a fight with the waiter and came back after
placing orders
12 Riverview - North indian restaurant - the food was okay though ambience
was great , open air restaurant with a great view though mosquito infested at night.
A crystal pyramid greeted visitors at the entrance.
15 Malaka Spice - probably visited once or twice, overtly priced. we preferred sala
thai than this place. Banana fritters come to my mind which was quite an unique
dessert- fried banana in the shape of dominos dipped in honey!
16 Arthur's theme - a small french restaurant which i had the audacity to visit only
once during those days along with jinesh only to be aghast with their ridiculously
smaller portions and heavy pricing
17 Along the lane where arthur's theme is located were two more restaurants - One
was a burger joint famous for its fish n chips & the other a parsi joint whose
name i can't recollect
19 La Pizzeria - the only time when we preferred veg stuff over non veg. Zen pizza
was one of those exotic pizzas which came covered. yummy!
20 Jaws - the burger joint most frequented and lamented by us. This is one of the
turning points in our lives where we learnt to listen to rock music (Switch was the
pune based band which used to play here)
23 was it Bombay Brasserie next to mainland china? where the north Indian
buffet platters was simply out of the earth and was at par with delhi standards, if
not already better!
29 Street side dosa idli stall & Vada pav/ Ragda Paties stall near aurora
towers
27 Ghanshyam shakes - one near our college and the other far away . Chiku
shakes , strawberry shakes and sitaphal shakes
28 Dosa Hut & was it American Diner (?) – along the same road where Ah Ling
was there were two restaurants probably owned by the same group. The former as
the name suggests dealt with dosa and idli with a difference. Most of them were
available with chicken stuffing which we felt was a relatively new concept. The
latter dealt with salads which were sold according to the weight.
29 The Chinese room – located in East Street was this relatively costly restaurant
which was much more authentic in taste
30 Chung Fa (?) – diagnonally opposite to the Chinese room was this place. Used
to visit during our terminal years
31 Some (Shaen?) – the name itself was a matter of discussion amongst us.
Located at Kondwa which we used to visit during our terminal years, very near to Dr
Jog’s residence/ clinic
32 Eddie’s Kitchen – one of those one time visits owing once again to Gaurav /
huzi where we ended up khera’s leg so much so that he was livid. I was the sole
benefactor! Needless to say typically oily Indian Chinese but good to taste.
34 Jai Bhawani- another old time fav very close to our college where we used to go
right after college esp after exams . Masala papad, raita , a whole plate of ring cut
onions dashed with local chaat masala , chicken adraki, with kaali daal (daal
makhani) was our standard course inside this shady and dimly lit alcohol smelling
place
39 Fulora Garden – was this the place where I won a bet (swallowing the water
from my used finger bowl infront of other diners mostly middle class
maharashtrians much to gaurav;s discomfiture in losing it eventually). Eventually
we had take a lift inside a truck making it so memorable
40 The shack behind our hostel nivara where we used to bada pav and cutting chai
every evening after college
42 jughead’s near shaane Punjab was another place which had caught our fancy
for snacks after college hours. Our interest in this place was short lived
43 mickey auntie’s , ruchika (where I loved methi flavoured butter chicken) , the
shopping mall (name ?) at our hostel frontside where we used to have the famous
club snadwhich, our regular dhaba in 3rd year (?) where we loved the paneer chilli
and chlli chicken
46) Radhika – Bengali restaurant at senapati bapat marg where you have gone
with me and loved luchi alur dum along with sandesh
47) Charcoal pit – in mg road opposite aurora towers another tongue licking north
Indian dish oriented place
48) Blue Nile – the catchy goat hoarding advocating “Pleased to meet you, and I
have meat to please you” was another fav irani restaurant dishing out the typical
irani biriyani finished by the lovely caramel custard which you were so fond of
49) Café George – located in east street was our fancy during the terminal years.
Keema served out here was pretty good and once again caramel custard completed
our course
50) Geoffrey’s – located in the same complex as crossword and linearly beside
San Marzano and Either/Or was t eventually his multi cuisine restaurant which
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made us taste pastas of different nature (tomato based or white sauce) along with a
Walk Down The Memory Lane (Gastronomical lane…)…. Pune
dash of olive oil. The pepper crusher was an additional equipment we must have
used for the first time in our lives.
51)Was it Café Naaz which eventually gave way to the Barrista at MG Road. we
were regular there for the chocolate scones with hot tea
52) Vaishali – nothing that I write can cumulatively talk about my memories or
yours. the psychological impact of this place is immense
53) Ruchira cottage – the place which taught you to learn eating prawns and gave
me one of the most memorable event in my life can’t be captured in words. The
place, the ambience, the food , the company , everything about this place was
unusual and can’t be re-created with money. Thank god I have shared your memory
capability in this instance
54) Ambrosia – was more of an ambience and extra-curricular place than an eating
joint. Located away from our hostel over a small hillock
55) The Pithla Bhakri at Sihagarh fort and the Anda bhurjee at railway station or
cooked by bhagwat is incomparable even today
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