Fatang Foods

GIRGAON KATTA , BORIVALI WEST.

Wanting a change from the regular western cuisines we were browsing for something regional and came across this place Girgaon Katta in Borivali West which serves Maharashtrian food and not to forget, wonderful food actually. We actually had to eat here on two different days to provide you guys with an elaborate menu because the quantity of their food is really worth a mention.

Without much ado let us move on to the food people! On the first visit we started with the maharashtrian favorite of every non-maharashtrian, Dahi Misal ( because I am not brave enough to try the typical spicy misal at a typical maharashtrian food joint ). To be very honest, the very sight of misal will make you drool and I actually had to stop myself to start eating before taking the photo. Every bite was delicious and spicy!! Yes, even the dahi misal was spicy and we could actually feel that aroma and taste that you usually smell in a maharashtrian household. Moving on we ordered another speciality, Thalipeeth!! This too tasted wonderful and was accompanied by a dahi chutney which balanced the taste of thalipeeth with excellence. Next on the menu was Batata Vada !! I personally believe no food experience is complete if you don’t eat the batata vada or vada pav when you mention Marathi cuisine. The vada came with the dry lasoon chutney ( yumm!! Yumm !! yumm) and every bite of the vada took my senses away !! I also tried eating the vada with misal making it a Vada Misal dish ( courtesy : Mr. Ajeenkya Salvi…. Some wonderful perks of having a maharashtrian friend ;) )

Okay…. Enough with the vada now, let’s move on to the day 2. My foodie partner was fasting so the obvious choice this time was fasting dishes. This paragraph is dedicated to navratri fast although it is over but fasting food can actually be enjoyed even without having to fast so starting with some delicious and obvious food item we ordered Sabudana Khichdi. It was very very fresh with the aroma so good that again it was difficult to hold on the urge to keep the phone aside and start hogging and ofocurse go by the word, you won’t regret this choice. This tasted as good as home-made, mom-made khichdi ( literally maa ka pyaar in every spoonful ) . We also ordered Faraali Misal ( yes!! It’s absolutely necessary to taste misal in every form ) This dish also tasted wonderful. A layer of potato bhaji , topped with sabudana khichdi and faraali chivda this was quite a plateful and heavy!! One misal and you are done with one meal! And I had read an article so I had to order the Kothimbir Vadi. Accompanied with pudina chutney this vadis were crunchy and yummy and the best part was all of these were mine !!!

Yes we did eat quite a lot and after this we also had few things to drink!!! Don’t wonder how much we eat just enjoy and keep scrolling. On the first visit we ordered Piyush and Kokam Sherbet. Again two very famous drinks from the Marathi cuisine and the next day we had Taak!!! All of these were so delicious that one wasn’t enough and we had to give a repeat order .

So , I had my perfect regional outing which stretched on for 2 days and I bet this small joint will not disappoint you at all. A feeling of homecoming is what you feel when you eat here and a special mention to the Man on the counter. An old man of aroung 60-65 years with a smile so good you will see your grandfather in him !!! If not for the food I would personally recommend visiting Girgaon Katta just to see this Man!!!