Gastronomic trek @ Mohammed Ali road
Gastronomic funda: Non - veg Food trek Mohammed Ali road during Ramzan
Address: Mohammed Ali Road, Bhendi Bazaar, Mumbai (Click for Google map Coordinates)
Gastronomers: Irish Pereira, Sahil Dodti, Febian Corriea, Avinash Crasto and Frazer.
Damages: Rs. 1500
Damages: Rs. 1500
Prologue: Gastronomic trek @ Mohammed Ali
road
Once we reached there this year, we found that this stall has reduced its capacity, i.e. number of grills has reduced to 2 from 4 every year. Also it was more crowdy than last year. May be due to its recall has increased among meat lovers. We also decided to super specific and limit ourselves to only beef.... So Beef kofta, Beef boti kabab, Beef kheeri...were all on our list. We ordered 3 skewers of each to begin with.
Also the dish of the day was Kheeri grill..(now Kheeri is the soft meat extracted from Udders ...or milk bags.) Its soft grilled upper crust and juicy inner texture makes it steal the show any day. Our gastronomers were so pleased with kheeri, we repeated it hands down. It was perfectly spiced. Spicy, piping hot and most importantly its live status makes it a unique combination. This grill morsels were intermittently topped with judicious sips of coke to cool our burning taste buds.
Seeing the process it seemed unhygienic to me and was trying to avoid such a thing. However there was lots of crowd around it to taste this so called 'Novelty'. So my buddies also could not resist trying one. So we ordered two such flavors out of which one was called 'Dilwale'... i thought, what a romantic name, but mind you ...it has no iota of food romance in it. But to my vindication, it turned out to be 'Over hyped inconsistent cream'.
Epilogue: It was as usual a busy Friday to begin with. While on
punching in a mail to one of our customers, I received a whatsapp message at 6
pm from one my glutton accomplices...of the plan; a plan for 'Gluttony' as I
would like to call it...to Mohammed Ali Road in Bhendi Bazaar .... and as usual
i could not resist joining.
Every during Ramzan there are
non veg food stall raised especially at the Mohammad Ali Road in South Mumbai.
This place is a heaven for meat lovers ...and also sweets. One visit to Mohammed
Ali Road during Ramzan month has become a regular practice for us gastronomers
as I would like call us...over past 6
years. Now due to past years experiences, we know the intricacies of this place.
To begin with were group of 5
all weather meat lovers on this annual food trek. However this year unlike all
past years we had a clear cut agenda ...no surti handi's, no paya soup or no
kheema...or gravies....but to optimally fill our gastric spaces with only BBQ
and just BBQ beef and BBQ Quails (Tittar)... And when one say BBQ, one
name just pops out leaving others... i.e
Haji Tikka. A makeshift shack just in lane of Saifee Ambulance. It has been
one of its kind and known for its BBQ dishes. Unlike other stall who offer
gravies along with BBQ, this stall specializes only in BBQ..and that's what
makes it a prime attraction for grilled meat lovers. Also we find it to be lot
more hygienic compared to its peer stalls.
Once we reached there this year, we found that this stall has reduced its capacity, i.e. number of grills has reduced to 2 from 4 every year. Also it was more crowdy than last year. May be due to its recall has increased among meat lovers. We also decided to super specific and limit ourselves to only beef.... So Beef kofta, Beef boti kabab, Beef kheeri...were all on our list. We ordered 3 skewers of each to begin with.
'Chacha Beef me kya kya menu
hai'
... ChaCha muttered 4-5
menus....
'......sabke 3 - 3 sheekh lagao....'
Here tasting red hot spicy
grilled koftas was a delight to taste buds.
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| Beef Kofta |
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| Beef Kheeri |
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| Sheekh Kababs |
Also the dish of the day was Kheeri grill..(now Kheeri is the soft meat extracted from Udders ...or milk bags.) Its soft grilled upper crust and juicy inner texture makes it steal the show any day. Our gastronomers were so pleased with kheeri, we repeated it hands down. It was perfectly spiced. Spicy, piping hot and most importantly its live status makes it a unique combination. This grill morsels were intermittently topped with judicious sips of coke to cool our burning taste buds.
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| Our Gastro team |
After this grill-o-session our
next stop over was for BBQ Quails and sweets...and sweets to be specific
"Mawa Jalebi, Phirni and Malpua's". We started towards towards Minara Masjid
for these stuffs. There we found a over crowded stall in corner. It appeared
some thing new ice cream minus milk shake was served there. Named 'Pappu Juice Wala' where they
actually extract coconut cream, grate it in mixer to make creamy ice cream
stuff topped with cashews ...which is served in the empty coconut shell itself.
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| Dilwale...... |
This is was a unpredicted
diversion in our planned agenda. So we started towards Minara Masjid through
by lanes parallel to Mohammed Ali flyover. There passing through one of such
lanes, we passed through series of Attar shops (perfume shops) ... wherein our nasal olfactory receptors were aroused to strong typical Rose Attar. We took few pics there and the
attar shop owners obliged. They were like.....
"....Kounse channel pe
dikhaoge....."
....on which winked while moving ahead.
....on which winked while moving ahead.
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| Attar Shops.. |
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| Jovial Attar wala |
Finally when we reached Minara
Masjid lane only to find that it was too crowded out of last weekend of Ramazan. We could hardly
walk through the lanes. We saw BBQ Quails but could not make a way to reach
them. Moreover the stalls there were over packed. As we were literally full BBQ
earlier and also seeing the mad rush, we decided to
drop BBQ Quail menu and moved towards Burhanpur Jalebiwala, famous for its
'Mawa Jalebis'. This jelebi appears dark and are ugly to look at, but once you take
a bite...it is rapturous to your taste buds....
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| Burhanpur Jalebiwala |
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| Mawa Jalebi's |
It's cruchy outside crust is overpacked with juicy mava composition inside. Here tasting hot Jalebis', we all
almost exhausted our gastric spaces and decided to take few in parcel.
Then we made way towards 'Suleman Usmaan Mithaiwala', the shop just parallel to Flyover and which is famous for its Phirni and Malpua's.
Then we made way towards 'Suleman Usmaan Mithaiwala', the shop just parallel to Flyover and which is famous for its Phirni and Malpua's.
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| Suleman Usman Mithaiwala |
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| Phirni |
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| X-tra large Malpua's |
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| Man with a sweet parcel |
Here we took
Phirni and Malpua parcel as we were already full. Suleman's Phirni is famous and one of my buddies, took
not less than 20 Phirni bowls as parcel along with Malpua's; so much for his love for sweets. Then after we were done at
Suleman's, we bid adieu to the place and made our way towards Churchgate station.
Prelogue: There at Churchgate
Railway station our gastric trek was declared as 'officially completed'.
.....Phir milenge ..yehi par ...yehi samay...
Promised to return again the
next year ....same place....same time of the year..... And boarded the Virar
fast local from Churchgate.
Disclaimer: The above food stalls 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.
Happy Eating, Keep Exploring!!!!
