Hotel Shauryawada, Pune

Hotel Shauryawada, Pune 

Gastronomic funda: Non veg food trip to Hotel Shauryawada, Pune  

Date : 14th September 2026

Address:

NH65, Katraj Bypass Rd, opposite Hande Lawns, Handewadi, Pune, Maharashtra 412308

Gastronomers: 11

Damages: INR 4000

Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 5 / 5

Ambience: 5 /5

Service: 4 /5

Parking : Available

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Prologue:  It was a festive long weekend where we were in Pune at my sister's place. Also being Monday, it was first day of Ganeshotsav (which is usually veg days in Maharashtra). We decided to use it to our benefit to avoid long waiting at Iconic non- veg restaurant Shauryawada.

We preferred their Handewadi branch as it was near almost 8 km from our place. With quick drive to the place our Innova crysta, the Hotel is well placed and has ample parking space.

Being one of veg days where most Hindus avoid non veg, the restaurant was almost empty as expected. The restaurant had typically village like ambience giving awesome Gavran vibes. Occupying preferred joint tables,we scanned the menu to choose carnivore appetite.

We ordered 2 full Chicken Raan for starters.

Chicken Raan 

The Raan we awesome and true to hype it has online. Marinated and grilled to perfection, the chicken was soft and juicy. It accompanied with Pure Desi ghee and masala seasonings to augment the taste further. It was awesome dish.

For main course we preferred Shahi Mutton Korma, Mutton Kheema, Rajeshahi Chicken in non veg. In veg we ordered their iconic Shevga handi (moringa sticks) These were coupled with 8 Nans + 2 Jowari bhakri+ Indrayani Rice.

Shahi Mutton kurma, Kheema & Jowari bhakri

Shahi Mutton and Rajeshahi Chicken were tasty and were little spicy.

Shevga Handi

Shevga handi was in black masala and was also dish to reckon. With 7-8 finely cooked Shevga pieces in thick black gravy, had large serving quantity.

The Naan were not softer as expected. However the Jowari bhakri was soft and crispy.

Indrayani Rice servings was generous.

Indryani Rice

All these dishes were washed down our throats with soft drinks and Sol kadhi. Sol kadhi was authentic and chilled.

Village vibes 

Summary 

Overall it was wonderful dining experience with good food, awesome ambience coupled with village vibes. 

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New Martin's Hotel - Colaba

Gastronomic funda:  Non veg food trip to Goan Restaurant in Mumbai

Date : 26th February 2025

Address: 21, Glamour House, Strand Road, Near Strand Cinema, Colaba, Mumbai

Gastronomers: 4

Damages: INR 650

Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 5 / 5

Ambience: 4 /5

Service: 4 /5

Parking : Available

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Prologue:  It was lazy Saturday when we had planned trip to South Mumbai and we had a stop at Merwan's for morning breakfast.

This place is nostalgic and  i cherish sweet memories while working at South Mumbai office. It is a jump away place from Gateway of India in South Mumbai.

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After boat ride at Gateway of India, we decided to explore local Goan food. Being nearby, New Martins Hotel was preferred. 

We reached the restaurant at around 1:00 PM. 

We were welcomed by heavy flow of food aroma of crispy fried fish which got us salivating and our tastes buds activated.

It is a small joint with comparatively less sitting area (20 seats) where local Goan and Catholic folks dine. There is usually rush during lunch and dinner hours.

The service time here is quick and food here is tasty.

Few dishes we tried here were :

1. Steak, Onions and Chips

2. Surmai Fry

3. Pork pulav 

4. Omlette and Chips

All 4 dishes were awesome and delicious. The steak was evenly cooked and served with potato wedges. The Surmai Fry was the showstopper and deserved Burping Applause. Kids were served by Omlette and potato chips.

 

It is most recommended place for Goan and Mangolerian dishes. 

 

Boat ride around Gateway of India 

Menu

Steak, Onions and Chips

Surmai fry

The Entrance 

Epilogue:  To sum up it was wonderful Goan lunch which was easy on pocket in the South Mumbai.

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein he has paid for the full bill & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

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Merwan's Bakery

 

Address:  B.MERWAN HOTEL, Pannalal Terrace, Grant Road East, Bharat Nagar, Grant Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400007

Date: 26th February 2025

Gastronomers: 4

Damages: Rs. 350

Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 4 / 5

Ambience: 4 /5

Service: 4 /5

Parking : Available

Prologue: It was lazy Saturday when we had planned trip to South Mumbai and we had a stop at Merwan's for morning breakfast.

This place is nostalgic and cherish sweet memories of me and my train mates gathering at this bakery for morning breakfast on our journey towards office. It is a jump away place on Grant Road Station East on western suburban railway.

The Bakery has changed with times, however the taste and vibes are still the same. The rush and hustle is still the same. However the billing systems have changed with time. We have pay first now.

Gastronomy

We had started early morning by AC local from Virar and were very hungry by the time we reached Grant Road Station.

There we ordered for Masala omlette pav, Cherula (scrambled egg) and Anda Half fry with Maska paav. The maska paav is iconic and comes overloaded with maska.

Hungry as we were, we relished the omelettes in few minutes to warm our throats with hot Irani tea. The Irani tea with maska paav is heritage combination and we love it to core.

While leaving the place i was nostalgic and missed my trainmates with whom I had spend some wonderful moments at this place. 

Eggytonomy and happy vibes

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein he has paid for the full bill & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

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Goa Diaries - Florentine Bar & Restaurant

 Florentine Bar & Restaurant, Saligao, Goa

Gastronomic funda:  Goan Food drive to Florentine Bar & Restaurant , Saligao, Goa

Date : 21th October 2025

Address: Chogm Rd, Pequeno, Morod, Saligao, Goa 403511 (Click for Google map Coordinates)

Gastronomers: 4

Damages: INR 1390

Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 5 / 5

Ambience: 5 /5

Service: 4 /5

Parking : Available

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Prologue:  It was pleasant Diwali afternoon at Calangute Goa wherein we were enjoying our stay at Ibis styles Calangute.

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After enjoying hearty swim at Calangute beach in morning and play time at hotel, then it was time to explore local Goan food. Chicken Cafreal along with fish were explore list.

We reached the restaurant with our Goan saddle (of course scooty) at around 1:00 PM.

The restaurant has lovely ambience and has typical Goan vibes. The service time here is quick and food here is tasty.

Few dishes we tried here were :

1. Chicken Cafreal with Poie

2. Chonak Rava Fry

3. Prawns Rava Fry

4. Bombil Rava Fry

All 4 dishes were awesome and delicious. The fried fish here were evenly fried and crispy. The Chicken Cafreal here was the showstopper and along with Poie it deserved Burping Applause. Rawa fried Chonak and Prawns were very awesome. 

All these were washed down our food pipes with softdrinks.

Happy Gastronomers

Prawns Rava Fry

Chicken Cafreal 

Poie (Goan Bread)

Chonak Rawa fry

       

Bombil Rawa Fry

Burping Applause!!!!

Epilogue:  To sum up it was wonderful lunch with awesome Goan vibes in the Saligao Goa.

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein he has paid for the full bill & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

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Goa Diaries - The Fish House, Calangute, Goa

 

Gastronomic funda:  Goan Sea Food drive to Fish House, Calangute

Date : 20th October 2025

Address: Lavinia Street A-003 Lavinia apartment, behind Hotel Calangute Tower’s, Calangute, Goa 403516 (Click for Google map Coordinates)

Gastronomers: 4

Damages: INR 740

Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 5 / 5

Ambience: 4 /5

Service: 4 /5

Parking : Available

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Prologue:  It was pleasant Diwali afternoon at Calangute Goa wherein we were enjoying our stay at Ibis styles Calangute.

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After kids play time and swimming pool sessions, we decided to explore local Goan food. Being nearby, Fish House was preferred. 

We reached the restaurant by  with our Goan saddle (of course scooty) at around 1:30 PM. 

Our red Goan Saddle

We were welcomed by heavy flow of food aroma of crispy fried fish which got us salivating and our tastes buds activated.

It appeared small joint with comparatively less sitting area (20 seats). We were fortunate to find a table in center. There is usually rush during lunch and dinner hours.

The service time here is quick and food here is tasty.

Few dishes we tried here were :

1. Prawns Thali

2. Surmai Thali

3. Prawns Rava fry

All 3 dishes were awesome and delicious. The fried fish here were evenly fried and crispy. The Rawa fried prawns were the showstopper and deserved Burping Applause.

The menu and kitchen 

Prawns thali

Me reviewing prawns thali 

Surmai thali 

Prawns Rawa fry 

Happy Surmaiwali 

Epilogue:  To sum up it was wonderful sea food lunch which was easy on pocket in the heart of Calangute Goa.

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein he has paid for the full bill & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

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Hotel Marathi Zhatka Lonavala

Gastronomic funda: Non vegetarian Food tour

Date: 13th September 2025

Address: New Tungarli Road, Near Don Bosco High School, Tungarli, Lonavala, Maharashtra 410403, India

Menu check : https://share.google/C44Jq6yK8FQAi47C7

Gastronomers: 4

Damages: INR 910

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Restaurant Ratings 

Food quality: 3 / 5

Ambience: 3 /5

Service: 3 /5

Parking : Available

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Epilogue: It was drizzly evening at Lonavala after adventure filled day at Della Adventures.

Having seen recommendations online, we (myself, wife and both kids) decided to try dinner at this Zhatka restaurant.

It is famous for its Chicken Misal. However misal as per us was breakfast item and hence decided to skip it.

Initially we ordered Masala Omlette Pav for kids. It was piping hot when served. 

                                                             Masala omlette pav

Then we tried Mutton Sukha Fry. It was super tender and awesomely spiced.

                                                                        Mutton sukha 

Then comes main course with Mutton Thali. It too was evenly spiced.

                                                                             Mutton thali 

Then we ordered the iconic chicken Kheema as additional dish. It was awesome. We tried it with Jawari bhakari instead of Pav.

                                                                    Chicken Kheema

Restaurant is typical Marathi restaurant and serves only Maharashtrian drinks such as Solkadhi, Kokum sarbat etc...(have no soft drinks in their menu)

Although the restaurant needs to maintain its ambience and overall vibes were not very cheerful. 

The The food prices are reasonable given the taste and quantity.

Overall it was good experience with tasty food.

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein he has paid for the full bill & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

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Ande ka Funda @ Chandan Omlette Centre Surat

Eggy drive to Chandan Omlette Centre Surat

Gastronomic funda:  Eggy Food drive to Chandan Omlet Centre

Address: Kabir House, Udhana - Magdalla Rd, Near Bafna Marble, City Light Town, Surat, Gujarat 395007 (Click for Google map Coordinates)

Menu check : Website: http://www.chandantheomletcenter.com/

Gastronomers: 18

Damages: Rs. 5000+

Epilogue: We all have heard the jingle from NADDC ...

"Sunday ho ya Monday, roj khao Ande...."

However it was Friday to begin with...And our HO cricket team had landed at our plant at Ankleshwar Gujarat for Sports week. After the day of play, it was decided to have dinner at some famous Omlet centre in Surat. 

To begin with we were very skeptic on going there. I mean who would travel 68 kms (1.5 hrs drive) one way to eat just humble eggs. However we gave in as our seniors were all set for it.

So there were we driving from Ankleshwar to Surat in a Xylo. During the drive, our friend Mr. Arun More got furious and quoted in marathi...

Arrey...XX@@2@22@... yevdhya lamb ...ani te pan fakt ande khayla....@@@@&&^^^

(Arrey....So far...and that to eat just eggs....)

To begin with pakka Mumbaikar Arun had a dry throat in that chilly evening and found himself unawares of unavailability of "magical syrup" in Gujarat state. And one of his friend who coming with solvent meant to treat dried throat, was caught up in erratic traffic at Bharuch. And above all leaving this friend of his caught in traffic alone, we were driving towards some imaginary Anda dhaba located some 60 odd kms in Surat wasting 1.5 hrs one way. Wasn't this a valid reason for him to get furious ?

There we had fun seeing him boil and instead of soothing him, we judiciously tried that fire in him never went out. There we quoted many famous quotes to convince him that this drive will be worth.

After landing there our imaginations had some shape. We found a makeshift dhaba typed eatery seating capacity of around 100- 150 all fully occupied. 

Parking area

It had huge parking ground lined with 30 -40 cars including SUV's and innumerable bikes. So it appeared to us as extraordinarily famous eatery.

As all seats under the shade were occupied, we were made seating arrangements on outside.

Our seniors acquainted with the place had already placed orders. There we sat in windy night with empty gizzards all rolling with acids guessing on what the eatery had in offer for us.

First to land on table were 4 boiled eggs plates sprinkled with paprika and salt. Served with it was cut veggies sprinkled with chaat masala. Seeing them still disgruntled Arun looked at me ... Suggesting that we would probably starve today. Ignoring him i had my share of boiled eggs.

Then came first main course dish named "007" ....Bond ...James bond ... Along came buttered bread slices. It was served one plate each for 4 of us.

007 

It was a thick gravy with cheesy boiled minced egg topping at center. The gravy appeared to be thickened by mixing boiled eggs yolk. Dropping in the centre were half boiled eggs  half and  fried omelettes. 

With first bite of bread dipped in the gravy,  i was convinced that the place was really worth the long tiring drive.

Following it was "Egg ghotala" ....Again spicy cheesy gravy with minced boiled eggs. Another awesome dish equally tasty as it's predecessor.

Egg Ghotala

Then to land was "Green Rolls"...Consisted of omelette rolls wrapping boiled egg whites and drapped on green thick milk cream based gravy.

All of these above dishes had cheese used in abundance. Moreover the gravies were mixed with boiled egg yolk to make it thick. These spicy cheesy morsels were washed down our gastric pipes by Sosyo (Gujarat's version thumps up) and Spirite.

Green Rolls

Fourth dish to appear was "Lasun omelette" having 2-3 egg sunshine swimming in garlic based gravy bottomed by regular omlette.

Lasun Omlette

The fifth dish "Red chillies masala" was bit late to appear on the table and hence we could not do fair justice to it. We all were almost full after the earlier dishes.

Red chilies

The cheese and cream had a fulfilling effect on our bellies and could not take any more of it.

After finishing our gastric agenda, we all returned to Ankleshwar all set for cricket match scheduled next day. 

Prologue: To sum up it was a wonderful evening spend with Colleagues enjoying humble Calcites and concluding on "Ande ka Funda".

If anyone happens to be in Surat and wants to get "Eggified", it is the recommended place to be at.

For more of my treks and traveloques you can check my blog. https://irishpereiraonthego.blogspot.in/

Disclaimer: The above restaurant in review was personally visited by Irish Pereira wherein the full bill was paid for & does not believe in featured / sponsored reviews. The reviewer believes in anonymously visiting a hotel to present an honest account of all the factors to you.

Happy Eating, Keep Exploring!!!!